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ITHACA, N.Y. (APN) — Tompkins Financial Corporation announced Friday it will increase its quarterly dividend to $0.62 per share, marking its second dividend raise this year. The new dividend represents a 1.6% increase from the previous quarter and a 3.3% rise from the same period last year. Shareholders of record on November 8 will receive…
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ITHACA, N.Y. (APN) — Tompkins Financial Corporation reported an 18.2% increase in quarterly earnings Thursday, driven by loan growth and improved interest margins. The regional bank posted third-quarter earnings of $1.30 per share, up from $1.10 in the previous quarter. Net income reached $18.6 million, marking a significant recovery from the $33.4 million loss reported…
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TOMPKINS COUNTY, N.Y. — The Tompkins County Public Library (TCPL) could lay off up to seven of its full time library workers next year. Library leadership said the layoffs, if they go forward, would be a result of likely 5% funding cuts by the Tompkins County Legislature as a part of the county’s 2025 budget…
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Content warning: This story contains a description of alleged domestic violence and details of an active homicide investigation. ITHACA, N.Y. — Ithaca police have identified the victim in Monday’s homicide on South Plain Street as Alaa Husein Jeena Abedi, the wife of the primary suspect in the case, according to an announcement Friday afternoon. Ithaca…
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ITHACA, N.Y. — Chi Phi Fraternity’s national organization has temporarily suspended its Cornell University chapter after an individual reported being sexually assaulted by several men to police on Nov. 8, according to an emailed statement from the executive director of the Chi Phi Fraternity, Michael Azarian, sent to The Ithaca Voice Tuesday. Chi Phi’s national…
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FARMINGTON, N.Y. – A woman riding an e-bike died Monday after being struck by a car on Route 332, according to state police. Troopers reported that Analise L. Winterberger, 24, of Rochester, was driving north on Route 332 just before 5 p.m. when she hit the woman, who was crossing the northbound lane on her…
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LANSING, N.Y. – Authorities from the Tompkins County Sheriff’s Office, with assistance from the Village of Cayuga Heights Police Department and the New York State Police, responded to a reported theft on Nov. 9 at 11:04 a.m. at a business in the 2300 block of N. Triphammer Road. Upon arrival, deputies encountered two suspects linked…
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The office of New York State Attorney General Letitia James announced late Friday that it won’t bring criminal charges against an NYPD officer who, responding to an emergency in October 2020, sped through a red light at 60 mph and fatally struck a young woman crossing a street in The Bronx. The Office of Special…
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Landlords and realtors sent a clear message to the Syracuse Common Council at a Thursday public hearing on “good cause” eviction protections: opt into a local version of the eviction protections bill and they will take their business to the suburbs and other cities.
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ITHACA, N.Y. — Frustration boiled over in City Hall before three members of Common Council walked out over a contentious vote near the end of a late-night city budget meeting on Thursday. Instead of voting on an amendment that would have set aside funds to raise the mayor’s salary from $30,000 to $62,500 a year,…