ITHACA, N.Y. — Despite the overwhelming heat of the last few days, this year’s New York State Special Olympics Summer Games went off without a hitch last weekend. With event […]
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ITHACA, N.Y. — Despite some of the hottest temperatures of the year, voters in Tompkins County turned out to vote at the primary elections on Tuesday across 36 polling sites. […]
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Update (10:50 p.m.): Based on analysis by The Ithaca Voice, there are preliminary winners in all but one race, for Ithaca’s Fifth Ward seat on Common Council. The race is […]
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ITHACA, N.Y. — Early turnout in Tompkins County has dropped ahead of the June 24 Special and Primary Elections on June 24, drawing fewer than half the early voters seen […]
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ITHACA, N.Y. — Common Council fell into a tense back-and-forth after a routine bonding vote initially failed. Council members voted on June 18 on a series of bond resolutions to […]
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ITHACA, N.Y. — Voters head to the polls Tuesday in local and county primary elections. In deep blue Tompkins County, where only a handful of races have Republican candidates, primary […]
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ITHACA, N.Y. — Fifth Ward Common Council candidates sparked some spirited debate during their community forum at the Greater Ithaca Activities Center earlier this month, as Hannah Shvets, George Zurenda […]
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ITHACA, N.Y. — At a campaign forum, candidates Leon Holden, Jorge DeFendini and Alejandro Santana discussed how to best address local homelessness, environmental fortitude and rising costs of living as […]
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ITHACA, N.Y. — Last week, the Greater Ithaca Activities Area (GIAC) became the location for a forum between labor lawyer Iris Packman and current Ithaca Common Council member Pierre Saint-Perez […]
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CAROLINE, N.Y. — Bangs Ambulance paramedic Matt Sullivan, Ithaca High School teacher Kyle Emily Erickson and local environmental activist Irene Weiser are vying for the Democratic nomination to lead the […]
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