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Ithaca on Parade

By katrina

WRFI was well-represented in yesterday’s Ithaca Fest Parade, with our float: Growing People-Powered Radio!  If you were listening, you heard our great News Team deliver in-studio coverage with live reports from the parade sidelines!  Also, if you were listening, here are some photos of what we looked like (thanks to Michael Ludgate):

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Joyous Spring Thanks!

By katrina

‘Tis the season of Ithaca Fest, kicked off by last night’s wonderful parade! We want to take a moment to express gratitude to all of our wonderful supporters, including donors like Michael Friedman, Sandra Repp, the Law Office of Sujata Sidhu Gibson, Meaghan & Devan Rosen and Daniel Apfel. We hope our local listeners are…

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Ithaca Community Gardens grow hope in the face of uncertainty

By WRFI News Staff

Nestled between the Ithaca Area Wastewater Treatment Plant, NY State Route 13, and a petroleum sales facility are the Ithaca Community Gardens—the only community gardens in the Ithaca city limits. They’re not in the most idyllic location, but in the over 20 years they’ve leased that land from the city, the gardens have come to appreciate their home. Well, last year, the gardens’…

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A Look Back at Community Action Against the Tompkins County Jail Expansion Project

By WRFI News Staff

Producer Maya Cueva covers the progress of community action against the proposed $900,000 expansion of the Tompkins County Jail. This story originally aired on the May 26th edition of WRFI Community Radio News.

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