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.
– New Ithaca police chief selected – A 23-year veteran of the Schenectady police department has been…
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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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Assemblymember Anna Kelles has introduced legislation to provide for stable funding of emergency services. The legislation would assist local municipalities that currently fund their own non-profit EMS. Kelles, who represents Tompkins and part of Cortland counties, said that the current funding model for these programs are unsustainable, and that rural communities in particular suffer from…
Read MoreIthaca College has named LaJerne Cornish as the College’s new President. According to the Ithaca Journal, Cornish was approved by the Board of Trustees Unanimously following a 5-month search for the college’s new head. Previous president Shirley Collado departed in July of 2021. Cornish has served as the college’s interim president since August and first…
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