The first off three community forums where Ithaca residents will have the chance to meet and ask questions to the three finalists for the city’s Chief of Police position is set to take place tonight at 6 p.m at the…
Tompkins County COVID-19 Community Level Moves To Medium
The Tompkins County Health Department released a statement alerting the community to the roptic increase in COVID-19 cases in the county. When coupled with higher hospitalization numbers this shifts the local CDC Community Level from Low to Medium. TCH…
Chief of Staff and Sustainability Director Resign Before Upcoming Election
The Chief of Staff and Director of Sustainability for the City of Ithaca have resigned from their positions in the incumbent mayor’s administration weeks before the upcoming mayoral election on November 8.
NYSEG Offers Tips After Recent Impersonation Incident
After the recent search and arrest of a robbery suspect in Ithaca who was impersonating a NYSEG worker, the utility is reaching out to provide tips to its Ithaca-area customers. This is particularly important since actual NYSEG representatives will be…
New IC Prez Relates Personal Obstacles
Recounting the obstacles she faced when a student, Ithaca College’s new president, La Jerne Terry Cornish, advised students and the IC community of the importance of persistence. “Losing my mother on the first day of finals freshman year was something……
Concerned Parent Confronts School Board on Staffing Issues
During the last meeting of the Ithaca City Board of Education, longtime Ithaca resident and concerned parent of two students in the district, Paul Montolo, confronted the board about the crisis of teachers and other specialty staff leaving Ithaca schoo…
Ithaca Man Arrested For Threatening Mass Killing Of CU Students And IPD Officers
On Wednesday, August 31, at around 5:00 p.m., Ithaca Police Officers were dispatched to meet a concerned member of the community in the 700 Block of South Meadow Street who wished to report a male who made disturbing and threatening…
Visiting Italy during the Covid Pandemic
What a joy to be making our first international journey to a country that we love to visit and that I have, if I count correctly, visited thirteen prior times.
INHS Receives $6 Million from State for Village Grove Project
The previous headline of this article read, “T-burg Receives $6 million from State for Village Grove Project.” The Village of Trumansburg did not receive this funding. Ithaca Neighborhood Housing Services was the recipient of the funds. The Free Press …
Candor Historical Society in Review
According to the annual Candor Historical Society Secretary’s Report, the Society continued to push through despite all odds.