Fresh at 5pm every weekday we bring you local news headlines from across our listening community—all in about 2 minutes. Listen live (88.1FM in Ithaca, 91.9FM Watkins Glen, and 89.7FM across the southern Finger Lakes) or wherever you get your podcasts.
Mass Evictions and Rent Hikes at West Hill ApartmentsResidents at a West Hill apartment complex in Ithaca…
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Tim Shenk, coordinator of the Committee for US-Latin American Relations, and Baruch Whitehead discuss the Poor People’s Campaign, specifically touching on how the local community plans to engage with this national activist movement.
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Far too often, simply understanding and accessing legal resources stand as an impassable barrier for immigrant communities living in the U.S.. This major issue became the motivation for a new clinic at Cornell Law, which uses phone…
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November is homeless and runaway youth awareness month, locally and at the national level. To learn more about this major social concern, WRFI News Director Katelyn Harrop spoke with Jeci Brown of Family and Children Services in…
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Mass Evictions and Rent Hikes at West Hill Apartments Residents at a West Hill apartment complex in Ithaca are facing eviction. According to the Ithaca Times, the Delaware-based new owners of Cayuga Gardens Apartments plan to raise the rent in all units by $600 a month. In February they served every resident in the complex…
Read MoreProtests Interrupt Cornell Commencement Cornell’s class of 2024 graduated Saturday. Like commencement ceremonies at many universities this year, the event was disrupted by pro-Palestinian student protestors. According to WSKG, about 12 people chanted and then walked out. Others wore black and white keffiyehs but stayed seated throughout the proceedings. Kelly’s Dockside for Sale A storied…
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