Author: Megan Zerez
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ITHACA, N.Y. — One of Tompkins County’s only homes for youth transitioning out of homelessness may close in the coming weeks. In an unexpected reversal, the program’s federal funding will […] The post A home for formerly unhoused kids may close. Some residents have nowhere to go. appeared first on The Ithaca Voice.
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ITHACA, N.Y. — The national media spotlight is once more focused on the Cornell University professor and activist who made controversial remarks about Hamas’ attacks against Israel last October. History and Africana Studies professor Russell Rickford returned to teaching last month after spending the majority of last academic year on a voluntary leave of absence.…
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Administrators from the Ithaca City School District (ICSD) presented a list of pending and implemented budget cuts to Board of Education members during a special voting meeting Tuesday night.
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ITHACA, N.Y. — The Dalai Lama made a brief stop in Ithaca late Friday morning while en route to New York City. The Tibetan spiritual leader arrived at Ithaca’s Namgyal Monastery via helicopter from Syracuse, where he had been recovering from a knee surgery. Hundreds gathered at the monastery for a chance to see and…
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Ithaca City School District (ICSD) Board of Education member Katie Apker resigned earlier this week after serving one year on the board. She had two more years left in her term.
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The cuts go far deeper than initially expected. The district initially estimated it would only have to eliminate eight full-time substitute teacher positions under the now-adopted budget.
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Local non-profit childcare provider Coddington Road Community Center is set to double its student capacity next year after receiving a state grant worth some $4.2 million. The funds will offset construction costs for the community center’s long planned expansion project.