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.
– Two Ithaca residents arrested at United Nations protest – Eighteen people were arrested at the U.S.…
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Since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas in October there have been several separate rallies in Ithaca supporting Palestine or Israel. Public emotions ran high when the Tompkins County Legislature briefly considered a resolution…
Read MoreWRFI Community Radio and The Ithaca Voice are bringing you conversations with candidates in the contested Ithaca Common Council races and the mayoral race. Tonight Matt Butler interviews Ward 5 candidate Jason Houghton. Houghton is running on…
Read MoreWRFI Community Radio and The Ithaca Voice are bringing you conversations with candidates in the contested Ithaca Common Council races and the mayoral race. I’m Celia Clarke, with Matt Butler Editor-in-Chief of The Ithaca Voice. Today, Ward…
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Cornell University is raising its COVID-19 Alert Level to yellow. In a statement the school said positive COVID cases had increased beyond their predictions. The school pinned the increase in cases on the relaxing of mask requirements, the new BA.2 variant, and an increase in social activities. Cornell is urging students to practice extra caution…
Read MoreOn Tuesday the Ithaca Planning and Economic Development Committee approved the Catherine Commons project. According to the Ithaca Voice, the project will mean the demolition of 11 older student apartment houses to make way for the $39 Million development. The development will include 6 buildings with 360 residential units. The project was approved unanimously and…
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