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

Cornell Week of Action to Ground the Drones: Helen Shanahan and Christopher Hanna

By WRFI News Staff | March 29, 2017

Helen Shanahan and Christopher Hanna are students and co-facilitators of Amnesty International at Cornell University. They have organized the Week of Action to Ground the Drones, taking place from March 27th to April 1st. Their interview with WRFI’s Aron Gutman and Forrester Hammer aired…

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Bill Foster of the Cayuga Lake Floating Classroom- March 24, 2017

By WRFI News Staff | March 24, 2017

Bill Foster, Director of the Cayuga Lake Floating Classroom, talks about the Ithaca Fishing and Conservation Day, taking place on Saturday, March 25, 2017 at Ithaca High School.  He discusses its history and how it encourages citizens…

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Consent is not enough: Preventing Sexual Violence: March 13, 2017

By WRFI News Staff | March 20, 2017

Nina Cummings, sexual violence prevention coordinator at the Skorton Center for Health Initiatives at Cornell Health talks to Esther Racoosin of WRFI Community Radio News.  She speaks about ways that the center is using a public health…

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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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