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Local news for April 6, 2023 State Police Search For Abducted Tompkins County Woman New York State Police are asking the public for help finding a vulnerable 34-year-old Tompkins County woman. Tatiana David was last seen Wednesday morning on West Hill Circle in Ithaca. She is 5’ 9” and weighs about 180 lbs. She has…

Local News for Wednesday, April 5, 2023 Watkins School Board Members Oppose Electric School Buses A member of the Watkins Glen school board says he’s opposed to the state’s plan to require all districts to have electric school buses. The Odessa File reports that Keith Caslin says he will never support the switch because he…

Cash Sales Increase as Housing Prices Rise in Tompkins County A new housing market report from the Ithaca Board of Realtors says that the average price of a home in Tompkins County has gone up over 22 percent since 2021. The county’s average home price is now over $350,000. The report will be presented to…

Ithaca Seeks Residents Input In Search For New Police Chief Ithaca residents can now contribute ideas about their preferences for a new police chief through an online survey. The survey is on the city’s website. The Ithaca Voice reports it’s available in four languages: English, Spanish, Chinese and Russian. The search was reopened after the…

New York Names Communities to be Targeted for Climate Efforts Over 1700 communities across New York State have been designated “disadvantaged” by the state’s Climate Justice Working Group. The list includes several in the Finger Lakes including the cities of Ithaca, Elmira, and Cortland. According to Gothamist, the communities are at the top of the…

Avian Flu Confirmed at Cornell Game Farm The outbreak of avian flu that was suspected at Cornell’s Reynolds Game Farm has been confirmed. According to WSYR, 500 pheasants had died from the H5N1 virus. The remaining 6000 birds were euthanized to prevent further spread of the highly contagious virus. The outbreak is the 14th to…

The city of Ithaca will receive 1.7 million dollars in federal funding to improve its transportation systems. According to Senator Schumer’s office, the funding will be used to develop a traffic signal priority system for school buses, fire trucks, and transit systems. The developments are aimed at making the local systems’s arrival and departure times…

Village Election Results are in for Tompkins and Schuyler Counties Area village elections were held on Tuesday. In the Tompkins County village of Dryden, Democratic incumbents won re-election in three positions. Michael Murphy was reelected mayor with 61% of the vote over his Republican opponent Thomas Corey who got 39%. Jason Dickinson and Thomas Sinclair…