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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…
WRFI Community Radio couldn’t be happier to have so many supporters to catch up on thanking! Today, we want to recognize listeners Randy & Terry Marcus, Suzanne & Lynn McMannis and Tessa Sage Flores. To learn how you can join these fine listeners in supporting our local independent community radio station, please visit our Support…
Read MoreMore thanks are due to our fantastic listeners and supporters, like Kathleen Quinn-Jacobs, the M.F. Hatch Fund, Jan & Mike Shay and Rebecca Elgie, who all contributed to WRFI and are keeping our local community radio station alive and growing! Please visit our Support page to learn how to join them.
Read MoreWRFI Community Radio is happy to be thanking some of the many wonderful supporters who have contributed to our radio station. We are on the air thanks to the generosity of our listeners, like David Mazzarella, Todd Saddler & Laurie Konwinski, Diane Cohen and Andrew & Tamara Kobziar. To learn how you can join them in…
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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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