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

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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Alcance Latino: Starting a Small Farm [in Spanish]

By Felix Teitelbaum | September 1, 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

April 1st, 2022 Daily Headlines

By George Christopher | April 1, 2022 | Comments Off on April 1st, 2022 Daily Headlines

Ithaca Mayor Laura Lewis has endorsed Leslie Danks-Burke for State Senate. Lewis is one of Danks-Burke’s most prominent endorsements in the race for the Democratic nomination. Lewis’s predecessor Svante Myrick has endorsed Danks-Burke’s opponent Lea Webb, a former Binghamton City Councilor. Danks-Burke and Webb are running in New York’s new 53rd senate district, a heavily…

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March 30th, 2022 Daily Headlines

By George Christopher | March 30, 2022 | Comments Off on March 30th, 2022 Daily Headlines

The Trumansburg Central School District has seen a surge in COVID cases. According to the Ithaca Voice, the school district went from 21 cases last Tuesday to 53 on Thursday. The cases have spread across the elementary, middle and high schools in students, staff, and teachers. The school pinned the recent case surge on the…

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