WRFI Community Radio News

Fresh at 5pm every weekday we bring you local news headlines from across our listening community—all in about 2 minutes. Listen live (88.1FM in Ithaca, 91.9FM Watkins Glen, and 89.7FM across the southern Finger Lakes) or wherever you get your podcasts.

Local News: May 9, 2024

Cornell President Pollack to Retire After seven years as Cornell’s President, Martha Pollock will retire on June…

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Features and Interviews

FLX Voices – Ithaca’s Newest Mural

By Celia Clarke | June 13, 2023

Ithaca’s largest mural is completed. It’s on the Cayuga Addiction Recovery Services’ building on Plain Street between MLK, Jr. and Seneca Streets. Artists Betsy Casañas and Mauricio Pérez designed it. Community members helped them paint it. The…

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LISTEN: 2023 Ithaca Common Council Candidate Interviews

By Felix Teitelbaum | June 9, 2023

2023 Ithaca Common Council Election Coverage For the first time in 10 years, Voters in the City of Ithaca have the chance to elect a new mayor and the entire Common Council. WRFI and the Ithaca Voice…

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Air Quality Worsens Across The Finger Lakes

By Celia Clarke | June 8, 2023

The effects of Canadian wildfires are getting worse in our area. For a third day, the state Department of Environmental Conservation has issued an air quality warning. And they now say the air is unhealthy for everyone.…

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Local Headlines

Local News: May 9, 2024

By Felix Teitelbaum | May 9, 2024 | Comments Off on Local News: May 9, 2024

Cornell President Pollack to Retire After seven years as Cornell’s President, Martha Pollock will retire on June 30. According to the Cornell Sun, in her announcement Pollack stressed that the decision to leave was her own. She added that she had been considering retirement since last fall. But events at Cornell and other campuses lead…

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Local News: May 8, 2024

By Felix Teitelbaum | May 9, 2024 | Comments Off on Local News: May 8, 2024

Housing Market in Tompkins Remains Tight The housing market in Tompkins County continues to shrink. According to the Tompkins Weekly, housing stock is down 14% from last year’s already historic low. Brent Katzmann of the Ithaca Board of Realtors called the decline “disconcerting.” In addition to an overall decline in available houses for sale, he…

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