Posts by Celia Clarke

– Ithaca Police reach a new contract agreement with the City – Ithaca Police and the Ithaca Common Council have unanimously voted for a new labor contract. The two-year contract will go into effect on January 1. The base pay for an officer will increase from a little over $57,000 to $74,000. The top base…

– Watkins Glen to begin live-streaming of village board meetings – The Watkins Glen Village Board voted to begin livestreaming their meetings. The Odessa File reports that no date was set for when the streaming will start. Only one person voted against the change. Right now, recordings of the meetings are made available on the…

– Cornell Faculty Issues An Open Letter Opposing Proposed MOU with Ithaca – Over 200 Cornell faculty members have signed a letter opposing the proposed payment agreement between their employer and the city of Ithaca. In the letter shared with WRFI on Wednesday, the faculty call Cornell’s current contributions to Ithaca, “miserly” and says “Cornell’s…

– FEMA to test national alert system on October 4 – Phones, TVs, and radios may sound alarms on Wednesday. If yours does, don’t worry. FEMA, the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the FCC, the Federal Communications Commission will conduct a test of the national alert and warning system at about 2:20 PM, Eastern Time.…

Gas Main Leak In Downtown Ithaca Forces Some Out Of Their Homes  A construction crew working for the City of Ithaca ruptured a gas main near the Albany St. Bridge on Monday afternoon. Some people had to leave their homes and no one could enter a large area of the city’s Southside neighborhood. NYSEG, Ithaca…

– A Tompkins County town’s park plan is headed to a voter referendum – Plans for the first public park in the town of Ulysses are on hold. The town includes the village of Trumansburg. Town leaders planned to purchase 30 acres of farmland on Krums Corners Road to create the park. Instead, the purchase…