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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Esther Racoosin speaks with Dr. Allison Chatrchyan of the Cornell Institute for Climate Change and Agriculture. The Institute currently has an exhibit in the Gallery of Mann Library at Cornell, called “Climate Smart Farming: Farmers in their…
Read MoreEsther Racoosin spoke with Karen Joy Fowler, author of the novel We Are Completely Beside Ourselves, the 2014 PEN/Faulkner award winner in fiction writing. She talks about her experience teaching narrative writing to undergraduates at Cornell, the…
Read MoreEsther Racoosin speaks with Dr. Teresa Jordan of the Cornell University Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences about her studies exploring whether geothermal energy can be sourced from sedimentary rock layers in New York and nearby states. …
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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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