Posts by Griffin Frechette

Construction finished yesterday on a new affordable and supportive housing building in Ithaca. According to the Governor’s website, the building — West End Heights — is part of her plan to “make housing more affordable, equitable, and stable.” The project includes 60 new units, 38 of which are reserved for those who need supportive care.…

Progressive activist and New York Lt. Governor candidate Ana Maria Archila made a stop in Ithaca on Friday to drum up support for her campaign. According to the Ithaca Voice, Archila had success in picking up endorsements from Ithaca’s Solidarity Slate, a key grouping of progressive Common Council members. The New York Lt. Governor is…

The Tompkins County Health Department will be hosting a COVID-19 Moderna booster clinic in collaboration with Southside Community Center’s Juneteenth Celebration. The clinic will be held this Sunday, June 19th at the Bernie Milton Pavilion on the Commons from 2-4pm. . The booster is available to those who have not been boosted yet and those…

On Monday, Congressional candidate Josh Riley received endorsements from Tompkins County Democratic mainstays Martha Robertson and Irene Stein. Robertson was a Democratic nominee in the former 23rd, and Stein has chaired both the Democratic Rural Conference and the Tompkins County Democratic Committee. According to the Ithaca Voice, both are confident that Riley will work to…

Starbucks is closing its College Ave location in a move that Starbucks union organizers are calling a “union bust”. According to NPR, the store was given one week’s notice of the shut down.The store will close June 10th. The Collegetown store was one of three Starbucks locations in Ithaca to vote to unionize this spring.…

The ballot for Ithaca’s special mayoral election this November has been finalized. There are three candidates in the running: Democrat incumbent Laura Lewis, Republican Zachary Winn, and independent Katie Sims. According to the Ithaca Voice, the winner will serve the remainder of former Mayor Svante Myrick’s term, due to his early resignation in January. There…

The Tompkins County Health Department is asking for help to find a dog that bit a person last Saturday. The dog was described as a large, brown, short-haired dog with a short nose, possibly boxer or boxer mix. The woman seen walking the dog is described as wearing a pink dress with medium brown hair…