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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Leslie Danks-Burke of Trailblazers PAC & Anne Koreman, newly elected Tompkins County Legislator talk about being a new candidate and how to reduce uncontested elections by helping new candidates to run. [mixcloud https://www.mixcloud.com/wrficommunityradionews/lesley-danks-burke-talks-about-how-to-reduce-uncontested-local-elections/ width=100% height=120 hide_cover=1]
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Hilary Lambert, Executive Director and Steward of the Cayuga Lake Watershed Network, provides an update on the health of the lake. She gives an overview of the recent fall meeting of the network, discusses the algal blooms…
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The Park Scholar Program at Ithaca College has joined forces with WRFI News to explore the growing housing crisis in Tompkins County, and to share the stories of community members most directly affected. Here’s their introductory episode.
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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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