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Here are the latest announcements and opportunities to get involved in WRFI, follow along with us on this journey of serving Ithaca and Watkins Glen with community radio. We love hearing from you! Contact us anytime.
Join the in-person listening party and talkback at the Cherry ArtSpace at 3pm on September 25. (Masks are required for all guests, regardless of vaccination status.) Based on the oral history interviews that members conducted in Fall 2020, we will produce this new play exploring themes of family, harm reduction, and hopes and dreams of…
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Thank you so much to everyone who filled out our listener survey! Since January 25, 2021 we’ve been focusing on bringing you headline newscasts throughout each weekday and we must be doing something right because we won the 2021 regional award for Best Newscast from the New York State Broadcasters Association! We heard from dozens…
Read MoreJoin Tompkins County Officials and Cayuga Health System CEO Dr. Martin Stallone for a virtual COVID-19 Town Hall on Wednesday, January 6 at 4:00pm. The meeting will be broadcast on WRFI and streamed live to YouTube. Members of the public can submit questions for the panelists by emailing Dominick Recckio, Tompkins County Communications Director at drecckio@tompkins-co.org,…
Read MoreWe're really feeling the love! Thanks to your help, we reached our goal and raised over $17,000 during December! Together we're ready to take on the challenges of 2021!
Of course, it's never too late to give, head over to our donation page anytime.
Thank you, again.
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COVID Cases Continue to Rise, Tompkins Co. Health Department to Host Community Update
TOMPKINS COUNTY, NY – COVID-19 cases continue to climb in Tompkins County. The Health Department reported 92 new positive cases of COVID-19 over the weekend, and a total of 268 active cases for Monday, August 30th. The last time Tompkins County saw cases this high was January 25th. A significant amount of community spread seems to…
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Gov. Hochul is Investing $1M to Speed up Rent Relief
ITHACA, NY — New York is putting $1 million dollars into marketing and outreach efforts for the State’s Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP). The $2.7 billion dollar Rental Assistance Program was dubbed ‘poorly managed‘ by the State Comptroller’s Office two weeks ago, namely for it’s poor outreach, sluggish application approvals, and the lack of detail…
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TC3 and all of SUNY to require students to get Vaccinated
TOMPKINS COUNTY, NY — TC3 is following SUNY’s student vaccination mandate made after the FDA approved the Pfizer COVID vaccine earlier this week. Now all institutions of higher education in Tompkins County have vaccine requirements for students starting class this for Fall 2021. Students attending TC3 must complete their vaccination shots before September 27 or…
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Silent Movies Under The Stars Return with 1916’s Sherlock Holmes
ITHACA, NY — The Ithaca-based Wharton Studio Museum will present the 1916 silent film version of “Sherlock Holmes”, as its the 11th annual “Silent Film Under the Stars”. Diana Reisman is the Executive Director of Wharton Studio Museum (WSM). The Ithaca-based organization promotes the role played by Ithaca in the development of filmmaking in the…
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Tompkins County Seeing ‘High Transmission Rate’ of COVID-19; Children Under 12 Make up 20 percent of Recent Cases
ITHACA, NY — Tompkins County is seeing a high transmission rate of COVID-19, prompting the Health Department to recommend masking in all local schools. As defined by the CDC, high-transmission of COVID is seeing over 100 positive cases per 100,000 residents over a seven-day period. According to data from the Tompkins County Health Department, there…
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Stand-Off Ends in Arrest at Chestnut Hill Apartment Complex
ITHACA, NY – An hours-long stand-off between police and a suspect barricaded in an apartment ended in arrest on Saturday. Bruce Mead is being charged with two felonies, the criminal possession of a weapon in the second and third degrees. The Ithaca Police department reported that two Ithaca Police Officers were dispatched to the Chestnut…
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