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Schuyler County Public Health will be hosting a COVID vaccine clinic this Friday at the Watkins Glen Community Center. The clinic will be open from 9:00 A.M. to noon and will offer the vaccine free of charge to all residents 12 and older. For more information visit the public health department website at Schuylercounty.us —…
Read MoreNew York is pursuing a statewide study of broadband access. According to the Ithaca Voice, the new program has halted a similar study in Tompkins County. The study is part of the $1 Billion ConnectAll Initiative announced by Governor Kathy Hochul during the state of the state address earlier this year. The study is meant…
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Features and Interviews
While the most ambitions Reimagination of Public Safety in New York might be happening in Ithaca, the surrounding college’s police and safety departments will be continuing as they were. This Episode of Which Way Forward is all about that dynamic. This story comes to us from Ithaca Park Scholars Maia Noah and Lauren Leone. The…
In this Episode of Which Way Forward, we hear from a student activist and professor from Ithaca College reflect on a year since Black Lives Matter protests swept across the United States. This piece comes to us from Ithaca College Park Scholars Jess Moskowitz and Syd Pierre. The music in this piece is from BlueDotSession.…
This is the last episode of part one of the Which Way Forward: Redefining Public Safety series. WRFI News Contributor Fred Balfour lays out how Governor Andrew Cuomo’s Executive Order for every municipality with a police department to reimagine its public safety practices will play out in Tompkins County. Ithaca Voice intern James Baratta walks…