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

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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Alcance Latino: Small Farm Finances [in Spanish]

By Felix Teitelbaum | August 14, 2024

Mildred Alvarado, María José Oviedo y Tim W. Shenk del equipo de Futuro en Ag del Cornell Small Farms Program vuelven al programa Alcance Latino con Carlos Gutiérrez. Comparten aprendizajes sobre las finanzas personales y empresariales, claves…

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Local Headlines

January 13, 2022 Daily Headlines

By George Christopher | January 13, 2022 | Comments Off on January 13, 2022 Daily Headlines

The Environmental Protection Agency has rejected a request from the Greenidge Generation facility to keep its Coal Ash Pond open. Greenidge had requested the EPA allow them to continue accepting waste past an April 2021 deadline. Seneca Lake Guardian, a local environmental group, commended the EPA’s decision saying the pond was contaminating Seneca Lake and…

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January 12, 2022 Daily Headlines

By George Christopher | January 12, 2022 | Comments Off on January 12, 2022 Daily Headlines

Soon to be Acting Ithaca Mayor Laura Lewis has released a statement in support of the Reimagining Public Safety Initiative. Lewis will take over as acting Mayor on February 7th after the resignation of Mayor Svante Myrick. The reimagining public safety plan was one of Mayor Myrick’s most notable actions and received national attention. Lewis…

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