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Adjustments Expected to Ithaca Water Bills Ithaca property owners may face unexpected water bills starting this year. The city has relied on equipment to remotely read water meters since 2005. However, batteries in the equipment started to fail during the pandemic and were never replaced. This means that many bills have been based on estimated water use. Now that the city has started to replace the equipment, bills based on actual usage can be issued. Many accounts may have been underbilled and some overbilled. Customers who’ve overpaid will be reimbursed. According to the Ithaca Voice, Common Council is looking at a plan to place a $1,000 cap on back charges to customers who…
Daniel Apfel reports on the production and consumption of maple syrup from Cornell’s Arnot Forest, one of many syrup producers hosting Maple Weekend events. This story originally aired on the March 27th, 2015 edition of WRFI Community Radio News.
Read MoreSamuel Whitehead speaks with Deb Mohlenhoff, Fifth Ward Alderperson for the City of Ithaca, about the future of the former Ithaca Gun factory site, the Cascadilla Boat club’s role in Stewart Park, and her take on public private partnerships in the city. This interview originally aired on the March 23rd, 2015 edition of WRFI…
Read MoreSamuel Whitehead speaks with Mayor of the City of Ithaca Svante Myrick about how he got into public service, updating tax abatements in the city, the rising cost of housing, the relationship between Ithaca and Cornell, new city fees, public private partnerships, and his goals for the city in 2015. This interview originally aired…
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Adjustments Expected to Ithaca Water Bills Ithaca property owners may face unexpected water bills starting this year. The city has relied on equipment to remotely read water meters since 2005. However, batteries in the equipment started to fail during the pandemic and were never replaced. This means that many bills have been based on estimated…
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Student Protestors Occupy Cornell’s Arts Quad- Activists at Cornell set up an encampment Thursday morning in the university’s arts quad. The Coalition for Mutual Liberation (or CML) called the encampment a “liberated zone” meant to further pressure Cornell to divest from what they call the university’s complicity in genocide in Gaza. Malak, a fourth year…
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Pilot Program in Tompkins Adds Emergency Responders- Emergency response times in Tompkins County should be getting shorter. State Senator Lea Webb was in Ithaca Tuesday to announce additional state funding for the county’s Rapid Medical Response program. The two-year pilot program operates three emergency response vehicles and employs nine EMTs. According to Webb, emergency response…
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Cornell Undergrad Vote Supports Gaza Ceasefire, Divestment- Last week Cornell undergraduate voted in a referendum polling their views on a ceasefire in Gaza and divestment from 10 military contractors supplying Israel. According to the Cornell Sun, nearly 50% of eligible students voted. And votes for a ceasefire and divestment outweighed those against by nearly two…
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