WRFI Community Radio News

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.

Local News: May 28, 2024

Mass Evictions and Rent Hikes at West Hill ApartmentsResidents at a West Hill apartment complex in Ithaca…

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Features and Interviews

Climates of Change: A Civic Ensemble Production

By WRFI News Staff | November 22, 2017

Sarah K. Chalmers of the Civic Ensemble theatre company, and Sara Warner, member of the Cornell University Department of the Performing and Media Arts, talk about the new theatre production, “Climates of Change”. The production is a…

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Dorothy Roberts Explains Racism and the New Racial Science [Audio]

By WRFI News Staff | November 17, 2017

WRFI’s Lori Sonken talks with University of Pennsylvania Professor Dorothy Roberts about the mixing of science, politics and race in what she calls the “new racial science.” [mixcloud https://www.mixcloud.com/wrficommunityradionews/university-of-pennsylvania-professor-dorothy-roberts-explains-racism-and-the-new-racial-science/ width=100% height=120 hide_cover=1]

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Habitat for Humanity Breaks into the Ithaca Market [AUDIO]

By WRFI News Staff | November 17, 2017

WRFI News’ Katelyn Harrop speaks with Shannon MacCarrick, Executive Director Habitat for Humanity of Tompkins and Cortland Counties. Habitat for Humanity has been serving Tompkins County for three decades, but two current projects mark the organization’s first…

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Local Headlines

Local News: May 28, 2024

By Felix Teitelbaum | May 28, 2024 | Comments Off on Local News: May 28, 2024

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…

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Local News: May 27, 2024

By Felix Teitelbaum | May 27, 2024 | Comments Off on Local News: May 27, 2024

Protests 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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