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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 28, 2024

Mass Evictions and Rent Hikes at West Hill Apartments Residents at a West Hill apartment complex in…

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Features and Interviews

Democracy Fest 2024 with Jeff Furman and Rev. Ken Clarke [AUDIO]

By Felix Teitelbaum | July 26, 2024

The second annual Democracy Fest will be held in Ithaca on Tuesday, August 6, 2024. Organizers Jeff Furman of Rejoice the Vote and the Ben and Jerry’s Foundation, and Rev. Ken Clarke of the Tompkins County Office of…

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Juneteenth Preview on the Big Scoob Show [AUDIO]

By Felix Teitelbaum | May 27, 2024

Tuesday, May 28, 2024 at 2:15 PM. [AUDIO will post after the broadcast.] Dr. Nia Nunn, Kayla Matos, and the Reverend Kenneth Clarke join Big Scoob on a special Big Scoob Show, Tuesday, May 28 at 2pm…

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Voices from the Cornell Pro-Palestinian Liberated Zone

By Felix Teitelbaum | May 20, 2024

Each day this week (May 20-24, 2024) we’ll add a comment from a Cornell activist from the Coalition of Mutual Liberation’s “Liberated Zone” Palestinian solidarity encampment. The comments were recorded on Monday, May 13, 2024, the day…

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Local Headlines

Headlines for September 6, 2022

By Lucas Santiago | September 6, 2022 | Comments Off on Headlines for September 6, 2022

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee announced on Thursday that it would add Josh Riley to its “Red to Blue” program. Riley-who recently moved to Ithaca and grew up in Endicott-won the Democratic nomination for New York’s new 19th Congressional District. According to the Times Union, the announcement indicates that the DCCC will invest heavily in…

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Headlines for September 5, 2022

By Felix Teitelbaum | September 5, 2022 | Comments Off on Headlines for September 5, 2022

Nine members of the Tompkins County Legislature released a strongly-worded letter on Friday calling on President Biden and others to heed the traditional chiefs and clanmothers of Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫʼ or Cayuga nation in a leadership dispute. The chiefs and clanmothers, have been calling for the removal of the federally recognized leader of the Cayuga Nation, Clint…

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