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– Air Quality Worsens Across The Finger Lakes As Canadian Wildfires Continue – The effects of Canadian wildfires are getting worse in our area. For a third day, the state Department of Environmental Conservation has issued an air quality warning. And they now say the air is unhealthy for everyone. The state health department is encouraging all of us to avoid spending much time outdoors. And it’s asking employers to limit their employees’ time working outdoors. Some of those who should be most cautious are people with chronic respiratory illnesses or lung diseases, congestive heart failure, and other heart diseases, the elderly, and young children. But, exposure to wildfire smoke is serious for…
It’s been over a week since Ithaca CarShare temporarily closed. The nonprofit stopped operating on May 19 because of an insurance problem that can only be solved with new state legislation. I called Ithaca CarShare members – Ellie Santoro, Jayne Soulman, and Marybeth Michelson-Theiry to find out how not having access to the car share…
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Ithaca CarShare is closing down today. They intend for this to be a pause but they are facing insurance problems that can only be solved by the state legislature. I spoke with Executive Director Liz Field about the situation, how it’s affecting their members, and what comes next. We talked on the day before the…
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In this week’s episode of The Scene, photographer and art professor Dan Torop discusses his recent work in the exhibitions Falling Water and Three Rainbows; the science and technology that he has used in rendering images of the physical world; and the social and cultural histories that accompany and shape tools of photography and other forms of visual rendering.
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Daily features and interviews from our community
Dawn Seymour, about being a Women Airforce Service Pilot-June 13th, 2016
Esther Racoosin speaks with Ms. Dawn Seymour, Cornell Class of 1939, during her 77th college reunion. She describes her first experience flying in an airplane, and what it was like to volunteer as a Women’s Airforce Service Pilot, or WASP, during World War II. This interview originally aired on the June 13th, 2016 edition of…
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HerStory, a benefit for the Advocacy Center of Tompkins County-May 31st, 2016
Esther Racoosin talks with Elisheva Glaser and Abby Cooper, co-Presidents of the SWIS club (Strong Women Impacting Society) at Ithaca High School, about their upcoming fundraiser, HerStory. The event, benefiting the Advocacy Center of Tompkins County, features students and people from the community talking and performing about the meaning of mothers, mother figures, and mentors.…
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Update on the Nurse’s Union at CMC with Anne Marshall
On May 30th, we broadcast this interview with Anne Marshall. Anne has been a nurse at Cayuga Medical Center for some time and has been in the forefront of the effort to unionize nurses at the hospital. She discussed the recent NRLB Hearing on charges of unfair labor practices and the next steps in the…
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Update on the Nurse's Union at CMC with Anne Marshall
On May 30th, we broadcast this interview with Anne Marshall. Anne has been a nurse at Cayuga Medical Center for some time and has been in the forefront of the effort to unionize nurses at the hospital. She discussed the recent NRLB Hearing on charges of unfair labor practices and the next steps in the…
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Honoring Women Airforce Service Pilot (WASP) Veterans-May 27th, 2016
Esther Racoosin speaks with citizen Tiffany Miller, who wrote a Change.org petition requesting that the Secretary of the Army permit the inurnment of her Grandmother’s ashes in Arlington National Ceremony. Her Grandmother had served with the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs) in World War II. This interview was originally aired on the May 27 th,…
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Tompkins Time Traders: Another Way to Do Business
WRFI’s Lori Sonken talks with Leslie Strebel about Tompkins Time Traders. This interview aired on May 23, 2016
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