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La Tourelle Hotel and Spa, set on 15 acres of farmland on Ithaca’s South Hill, was purchased this spring by a group of mostly Cornell University alumni after being owned and managed by the Wiggins family since the late 1980s.
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ITHACA, N.Y. (APN) — Pro-Palestinian activists vandalized Cornell University’s main administrative building, Day Hall, on the first day of the fall semester, marking the entrance with graffiti and shattering a glass door, according to university officials. The spray-painted messages, “Israel bombs, Cornell pays” and “Blood is on your hands,” were found on the building’s front…
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Police found two victims who said they had been attacked physically by four people, who also “made derogatory comments about the victim’s ethnicity” during the assault.
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Instead, students will receive boxed to-go lunches between 10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. as part of their meal plans at specific residential halls, cafes and retail locations.
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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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Vilchez, who is also interning at the DNC, will address the convention as part of a segment focused on the impact of gun violence in the U.S. His speech is scheduled to air Thursday night., just before Vice President Kamala Harris accepts the Democratic Party’s nomination for president.
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The Ithaca Police Department announced Tuesday it has launched an investigation into a hate crime involving an unknown suspect who allegedly “made derogatory comments about the victim’s gender identity,” according to a statement from the department.
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ITHACA, N.Y. — Workers at Cornell University represented by the United Auto Workers began to strike Sunday night, the effects of which have reverberated across the Ivy League school’s campus as it scrambles to find people to plug up its staffing shortage. UAW officials started the strike the night before thousands of new students were…
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ITHACA, N.Y. —Service and maintenance workers at Cornell University began a strike Sunday night, just as thousands of students were preparing to return to campus for the fall semester. The United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 2300, which represents about 1,200 workers including cafeteria staff, custodians, and groundskeepers, initiated the strike after months of contract negotiations…
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UAW Local 2300 President Christine Johnson announced the strike on Sunday to dozens of workers and supporters that rallied outside the Cornell CISER building, where Johnson and other union officials had bargained for hours with Cornell representatives.
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ITHACA, N.Y. — As thousands of students prepare to arrive at Cornell University for the start of the fall semester, the United Auto Workers announced on Thursday that Cornell workers — including cafeteria workers, custodians, groundskeepers and more — overwhelmingly voted to authorize a strike if necessary. The result of the authorization vote comes after…
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A dormant Dryden landfill that was set to become a large-scale solar farm will remain a landfill after a state agency deemed the project too expensive to advance.
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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, N.Y. — The proposed Tompkins County Center of Government project represents a massive construction and reorganizational undertaking for county officials, one that was always destined for hiccups and roadblocks. But ongoing discussions with the State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) about crucial grant funding for the project have presented certain obstacles that may delay the…
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ITHACA, N.Y. — A petition to bring ranked-choice voting and open primaries to a referendum in the City of Ithaca was denied by the Ithaca City Clerk, but the effort has spurred the Common Council to explore the election reforms in a working group. The two election reforms could have appeared on the November ballot,…
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TRUMANSBURG, N.Y. — The village of Trumansburg was certified as a “pro-housing” community by New York State Monday. The village government can now apply for grants from the $650 million in state discretionary funding allocated in the 2025 budget to help local governments meet housing goals. New York State Homes and Community Renewal (HCR), which…
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On Thursday, Aug. 8, the Spencer-Van Etten board of education conducted their annual review and approval of the district’s code of conduct. Although there were no changes from last year’s code of conduct, some board members had concerns, specifically about the district’s discipline policies.
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ITHACA, NY — An administrative position in the Ithaca City School District may remain unfilled.
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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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Workers began to vote on a strike authorization on Tuesday, and have until Thursday to cast their ballots. If workers do strike, it would be the first time in decades. The ongoing vote will prove if the UAW Local 2300 can follow through on its warnings, and has the potential to sway Cornell at the…