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

Headlines for Wednesday, October 5, 2022

By Felix Teitelbaum | October 5, 2022 | Comments Off on Headlines for Wednesday, October 5, 2022

The City of Ithaca is looking to shut down a case against four of its police officers. According to the Ithaca Voice, the city filed a motion in federal court to dismiss a case against the officers involved in the controversial arrests of Cadji Ferguson and Rose DeGroat in 2019. The filing says the officers…

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Headlines for October 4, 2022

By Lucas Santiago | October 4, 2022 | Comments Off on Headlines for October 4, 2022

The Tompkins County Office for Aging is updating its list of workers who are willing to plow or shovel snow for older adults in the coming winter months. The community service helps older residents who are unable to remove snow or ice from their sidewalks without assistance. Volunteers are especially needed in rural areas outside…

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