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Tompkins Workforce NY May Help Pay for Your Job Training

By WRFI News Staff

TOMPKINS COUNTY, NY — Tompkins Workforce NY is paying people to get training for in demand jobs. In this program, a person can receive up to $5000 dollars from Tompkins Workforce NY. Up to $3000 is available for tuition, and up to $2000 for costs like transportation and books. There is a list of over…

Green Street Parking Garage Demolition Begins

By Jimmy Jordan

ITHACA, NY — The demolition of the Green Street Parking Garage in Downtown Ithaca is beginning on Friday, July 16th. The building is going down so a new parking garage can go up. The revamped garage will have 7 levels of parking, and 95 additional spaces. Alongside the new parking garage, two other projects are…

Ithaca Seeks a Sustainability Specialist to Work on Green New Deal

By Jimmy Jordan

Dan Burgevin’s Mural, “Sunrise on the Green New Deal,” located on the corner of West Buffalo Street and North Fulton Street in downtown Ithaca, NY. (Ithaca Murals) ITHACA, NY — The City of Ithaca is seeking to hire a Sustainability Specialist to help implement the City’s Green New Deal. The ambitious plan, adopted in June…

New Yorkers Mixed on Present and Future of Pandemic, New Poll Shows

By WRFI News Staff

ITHACA, NY — A new Siena College Research Institute poll shines some light on what New Yorkers thoughts are on the state of the COVID-19 pandemic. Of people polled, 68 percent think the worst of the coronavirus is over. An even greater percentage are comfortable in doing activities that were normal before the pandemic, such…

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