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Local News: May 28, 2024

Mass Evictions and Rent Hikes at West Hill Apartments Residents at a West Hill apartment complex in Ithaca are facing eviction. According to the Ithaca Times, the Delaware-based new owners of Cayuga Gardens Apartments plan to raise the rent in all units by $600 a month. In February they served every resident in the complex with a 90-day eviction notice. Many renters in the 60-unit development have already moved out. About a dozen remain, many of whom are elderly or disabled. Wednesday is the deadline for them to vacate.  Cornell DACA Assistance Program Gets Boost A Cornell-based group providing legal assistance to migrants has been granted $1.5 million. According to the Cornell Sun,…

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Do We Need Dams? – June 24, 2015

By WRFI News Staff

Lori Sonken talks with former commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation Dan Beard about water policy, the environmental impact of dams, and his new book, Deadbeat Dams: Why we Should Abolish the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and Tear Down Glen Canyon Dam. This interview aired on June 24, 2015.

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Knowing Mike Sigler – June 22nd, 2015

By WRFI News Staff

Samuel Whitehead speaks with Tompkins County 6th District Legislator Mike Sigler about the fate of the Cayuga Power Plant and the future of the former Tompkins County Public Library site.   This interview originally aired on the June 22nd, 2015 edition of WRFI Community Radio News.

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A Man who Biked Across the World – June 22nd

By WRFI News Staff

  Faith Meckley speaks with Jamie Bianchini, a man who spent eight years bicycling all over the world. He used a tandem bike and invited strangers to join him in the back seat along his journey. Now, he is touring the country with his family to promote his book, “A Bicycle Built for Two Billion.”…

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Solar Schuyler working to expand solar power – June 19th, 2014

By WRFI News Staff

Faith Meckley and Emma Rizzo speak with Solar Schuyler coordinator Sam Maggio about the new effort to expand solar power in Schuyler County and how the organization is making that a reality. This interview originally aired on the June 19th, 2015 edition of WRFI Community Radio News

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