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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 in many rural areas of New York is slow and first responders are stretched thin. According to the Ithaca Voice, the program started earlier this month, and has already shown results. On the program’s first day, County Administrator Lisa Holmes told the legislature a woman with a broken hip got medical help from the team in just seven…
Samuel Whitehead speaks with Josephine Martell, Fourth Ward Alderperson for the City of Ithaca, about updating the zoning for the Cornell Heights historic district, working to improve the rental housing climate in the city, and the future of the former Ithaca Gun factory site. This interview originally aired on the March 16th, 2015 edition…
Read MoreInterested in Community Radio? Citizen Journalism? Check out the WRFI Community Radio Training Series! On the last Sunday of the month, volunteers at WRFI Community Radio host trainings ranging from journalism to running a music show. Past workshops have included radio voice training, news script writing, and audio production. These trainings serve the WRFI volunteer…
Read MoreSamuel Whitehead speaks with Ellen McCollister, Third Ward Alderperson for the City of Ithaca, about the relationship between Cornell and Ithaca, updating CIITAP, and her role as Alternate Acting Mayor. This interview originally aired on the March 2nd, 2015 edition of WRFI Community Radio News.
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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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Public Hearing on ICSD Budget Announced Ithaca City School District has announced a public hearing on its proposed 2024-2025 operating budget. The meeting will take place May 14 at 5:30 p.m. at York Hall at Ithaca High School. Last week we reported on a 5-hour meeting during which the board heard from taxpayers concerned with…
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Case Against Day Hall Protestors Conditionally Dismissed A case against Cornell student and staff protestors will likely be dismissed. Twenty-four members of the Coalition for Mutual Liberation who staged a sit in at Day Hall in March appeared before Judge Seth Peacock Wednesday. The charges will be dropped provided the defendants don’t commit further violations…
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