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WRFI Receives Grant from Sustainable Finger Lakes for Community Announcements

By Zoe Van Nostrand | December 19, 2025

We are excited to announce that WRFI Community Radio is a recipient of a Neighborhood Mini-Grant from Sustainable Finger Lakes!  WRFI submitted a first-time application to Sustainable Finger Lakes this fall to expand our on-air Public Service…

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Independent Local Media IS THE GIFT OF THE SEASON – WRFI Winter Fund Drive – Giving Tuesday 12/2 through 12/8

By Zoe Van Nostrand | November 30, 2025

THANK YOU!!! WE RAISED $14,233+ FROM OUR COMMUNITY! It’s not just giving season, it’s gratitude season. Kicking off our Winter Fund Drive on a very special Giving Tuesday, stay tuned 12/2-12/8 for daily specials and features (SCROLL…

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LIVE Performance by IDELYNE 11/13 on The Scenic Route with Felix

By Zoe Van Nostrand | November 6, 2025

This live performance with IDELYNE is scheduled to air on Thursday November 13 from 12-1pm on The Scenic Route with Felix. Tune in at 88.1 Ithaca, 89.7 Southern Finger Lakes, or stream from anywhere at WRFI.org/listen Airing…

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Voices from the Cornell Encampment: Andre

In early May, pro-Palestinian activists at Cornell voluntarily took down their “Liberated Zone” solidarity encampment. In this series, we’ll…

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Local News: September 18, 2023

By Celia Clarke | September 18, 2023 | Comments Off on Local News: September 18, 2023

– Ithaca CarShare To Reopen In 2024 – Ithaca CarShare will reopen in March 2024 when a new law goes into effect that will make it possible for them to get insurance again. The nonprofit car share has been shut down since May because of a regulator problem that caused it to lose insurance coverage.…

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Local News: September 15, 2023

By Celia Clarke | September 15, 2023 | Comments Off on Local News: September 15, 2023

– More details about Cornell’s New Payment Agreement with Ithaca – The new payment agreement between Cornell University and the City of Ithaca was announced on September 14. In it, the Ivy League university agrees to pay its host city $4 million dollars a year with regular increases for inflation over the next 21 years.…

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