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

Local News: March 12, 2024

By Celia Clarke | March 12, 2024 | Comments Off on Local News: March 12, 2024

– Cornell makes changes to controversial Interim Expressive Activity Policy, faculty hold rally calls for it to be scrapped – Cornell University has made changes to its controversial “Interim Expressive Activity Policy”.  A statement issued on Monday addressed three aspects of the policy that have been widely criticized. Candles shorter than 6″ will be permitted…

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Local News: March 11, 2024

By Celia Clarke | March 11, 2024 | Comments Off on Local News: March 11, 2024

– Common council Wed meeting short-term rental policy – The Ithaca Common Council will hold a work session this week to hear about two special topics. The Council will get an update about the Reimagining Public Safety plan. They will also be hearing from staff about the draft short-term rental (STR) policy. The public agenda…

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