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Ithaca police are investigating a stabbing that occurred early Tuesday morning at the Asteri Building on East Green Street.
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Zachary Brafman, from Cortland, was pronounced dead at the scene where his vehicle crashed and rolled over on Cemetery Lane in the town of Groton.
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ITHACA, N.Y. — An estimated $85 million tax break was approved this week for a massive development project that will change the face of Ithaca’s South Hill. The Tompkins County […] The post Massive tax break resoundingly approved for neighborhood-scale South Hill development appeared first on The Ithaca Voice.
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ITHACA, N.Y. — A high-profile street corner in the center of Collegetown has new owners and a new development plan. Local businessmen Charlie O’Connor and Nick Robertson have submitted plans […] The post Local developers aim to revitalize prominent Collegetown corner appeared first on The Ithaca Voice.
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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. — Momodou Taal, an international student at Cornell University who faced deportation after being temporarily suspended for participating in a pro-Palestinian protest on the university’s campus Sept. 18, […] The post Cornell halts suspension efforts for international student involved in job fair protest appeared first on The Ithaca Voice.
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ITHACA, N.Y. — A bus carrying six people crashed into a tree on West Lake Road in the town of Dryden on Wednesday afternoon, killing one of its passengers. Tompkins […] The post One person dead after bus crash in Dryden appeared first on The Ithaca Voice.
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ITHACA, N.Y. — Workers at GreenStar Food Co+op’s Collegetown and Dewitt Mall locations voted on Monday to unionize with Workers United. Of the 26 eligible voters, 12 votes were cast […] The post GreenStar workers voted to unionize Collegetown and Dewitt Mall locations appeared first on The Ithaca Voice.
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ITHACA, N.Y. — An Ithaca man was sentenced to 24 months in federal prison Wednesday after being convicted of defrauding the pandemic-era Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). Ejembi Onah, a 61-year-old […] The post Ithaca man sentenced following COVID loan fraud conviction appeared first on The Ithaca Voice.
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ITHACA, N.Y. — Downtown Ithaca’s primary movie haven, Cinemapolis, will remain in its current location for the foreseeable future. Theater leadership worked out a deal earlier this month to take […] The post Cinemapolis secures long-term control of Green Street space appeared first on The Ithaca Voice.
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The Tompkins County Legislature recommended a 2025 budget totaling $252 million, according to the County Administrator on September 3. The budget relies heavily on local property taxes, sales tax revenue, and state and federal funds. The proposed property tax levy is $55.7 million, marking a 4.34% increase from 2024, resulting in a $138 increase for…
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ITHACA, N.Y. — The U.S. Customs Facility at the Ithaca-Tompkins International Airport, celebrated at its 2018 groundbreaking as a way to make Ithaca a global destination, will close just four years after it opened following a tenure marked by sizable financial losses and little usage. After brief comments from Airport Director Roxan Noble and some…
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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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ITHACA, N.Y. — A National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) judge ruled that two Ithaca Starbucks stores were improperly shut down last year and ordered the company to reopen them. Administrative […] The post NLRB judge orders two more Ithaca Starbucks to reopen appeared first on The Ithaca Voice.
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ITHACA, N.Y. — Workers at auto-parts manufacturer BorgWarner will remain on strike after they voted to reject a tentative agreement on Friday. The strike is now in its sixth day. […] The post BorgWarner workers reject second labor contract offer, strike to continue appeared first on The Ithaca Voice.
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The Ithaca Police Department is investigating two reported incidents of “lewd acts” around the East Hill area that happened Thursday night.
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ITHACA, N.Y. — The City of Ithaca Planning Board decided on Tuesday to move forward with Cornell’s controversial synthetic turf project in a 4-0 vote. The decision vexed environmental advocates, […] The post City planning board greenlights Cornell synthetic turf field over concerns of environmentalists appeared first on The Ithaca Voice.
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There was no meeting of the City of Ithaca Planning Board last month, but the board made up for lost time on Tuesday with a five-hour long meeting that featured the Planning Board’s introduction to the initial Downtown Neighborhood Plan proposal.
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Former U.S. House of Representatives member Carolyn Maloney stopped in Ithaca Tuesday as part of a statewide bus tour to generate support for the federal Equal Rights Amendment (ERA).
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Members of the United Auto Workers Local 2300 approved a new contract with Cornell University that will deliver major wage increases to workers and officially end a strike that heavily disrupted the Ivy League school.