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

Effective Ways to Influence Trump, U.S. Congress

By WRFI News Staff | February 2, 2017

Learn how to influence Congress and the Trump Administration. Listen to this interview with John Lawrence. He is the former chief of staff to Speaker Nancy Pelosi.  WRFI’s Lori Sonken interviewed him on January 31, 2017.

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Deborah C. Hoard, about the Documentary Re:Thinking- February 1st, 2017

By WRFI News Staff | February 1, 2017

Deborah C. Hoard, President of PhotoSynthesis productions, talks about the new documentary film, RE:Thinking.  She describes how three different schools used a concept called “systems thinking”, to help students build knowledge instead of consuming information.  This interview…

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Finger Lakes Climate Fund

By WRFI News Staff | January 28, 2017

Gay Nicholson, executive director of Sustainable Tompkins, explains how the Finger Lakes Climate Fund works. Use a calculator to estimate your carbon footprint when you fly across the country, drive downtown, or generate carbon another way. Then…

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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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