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

March 31st, 2022 Daily Headlines

By George Christopher | March 30, 2022 | Comments Off on March 31st, 2022 Daily Headlines

The City of Ithaca has released answers to Frequently Asked Questions regarding the city’s Reimagining Public Safety Plan. The FAQ denies claims that the city is abolishing the police stating that the city will continue to use armed police officers in addition to unarmed civilian first responders. The report, outlining proposed reforms, was presented to…

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March 29th, 2022 Daily Headlines

By George Christopher | March 29, 2022 | Comments Off on March 29th, 2022 Daily Headlines

The City of Ithaca Redistricting Group has released a draft of the city’s new ward maps. According to the Ithaca Voice, the maps were announced on Thursday. The maps would maintain 5 heavily Democratic seats where Joe Biden took at least 87 percent of the vote. Under the new maps 2nd Ward Councilor Phoebe Brown…

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