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

The Undiscovered Country: Taili Mugambee

By Felix Teitelbaum | September 30, 2024

Host Michael Rhynes interviews Taili Mugambee Director or ⁠the Ultimate Re-Entry Opportunity⁠ about re-entry work underway in Tompkins County. The organization works to address housing, employment, safety, health, and wellness of those impacted by incarceration, and to…

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Local Food Security Roundtable [AUDIO]

By Felix Teitelbaum | September 12, 2024

How can we ensure access to healthy, sustainable food for everyone in our community? What can we do as individuals? What changes would you like to see to government policy? How did the pandemic affect the way you eat? …

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Alcance Latino: Starting a Small Farm Business [in Spanish]

By Felix Teitelbaum | September 5, 2024

María José Oviedo y Tim W. Shenk del equipo de Futuro en Ag del Cornell Small Farms Program comparten con Carlos Gutiérrez en el programa Alcance Latino. Invitan a conocer las oportunidades disponibles para productores y aspirantes a…

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Local Headlines

Local News for July 3, 2023

By Celia Clarke | July 3, 2023 | Comments Off on Local News for July 3, 2023

Close Tompkins County Primaries May Be Decided By Manual Recount Earlier this week, we reported the close margins in some Ithaca Common Council races. Some of them plus the Danby Town Clerk election may require manual recounts. The Ithaca Voice reports Ward 5 and Ward 3 in Ithaca had margins of less than 10 votes.…

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Local News for June 30, 2023

By Celia Clarke | June 30, 2023 | Comments Off on Local News for June 30, 2023

– New York To Get $670 Million Federal Funding To Expand Broadband Access – New York has received $670 million in federal funding to expand broadband access. The money comes from a $42 billion federal program that provides broadband funding nationwide. Senator Chuck Schumer says the money will help rural upstate communities and other underserved…

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