Posts Tagged ‘coronavirus’

Results from COVID-19 tests conducted among Ithaca City School District members show that all students tested negative for the virus, and one teacher tested positive. The testing of both students and school staff was put in place to ensure maximum safety as in person learning starts, according to the Ithaca Voice. 615 COVID-19 tests were…

A recent study out of Cornell shows that over a third of the misinformation surrounding the coronavirus pandemic has been fueled by President Trump. The study published last week analyzed 38 million articles from news organizations from all over the world, that publish their works in English. Researchers with the Cornell Alliance for Science studied…

Northeast Pizza and the Scale House Brewpub at the small mall in Lansing has closed its doors for business. Luke Fazzary, son of the restaurant’s founder, Stephen Fazzary, has decided not to continue operating the eatery and brewery. Stephen Fazzary managed the Lansing business until he passed away earlier this year. His son found it…

Hundreds of accepted Ithaca College students and returning students have decided not to come back to the school for the fall 2020 semester, which is all-online. According to the Ithacan, students cited various reasons for not returning, including not wanting to pay full tuition for all online classes, and health and safety concerns because of…

The Ithaca City School District will be testing more than 1200 students for COVID-19 this week, with help of the local coronavirus testing center. Cornell and Cayuga Health Systems have provided $160,000 worth of funding to the Ithaca City School District in order for students to be tested before in person classes start Oct. 5.…

Looking at the local COVID-19 caseload, the latest numbers, released Friday from the Tompkins County health department, indicate that there is 1 additional positive, and 3 new recoveries. According to the County Health Department, that leaves 21 active cases of COVID-19 in Tompkins. In Schuyler County, there is 1 new case of COVID-19 reported as…

The Women’s Opportunity Center, or W-O-C, a not-for-profit organization with offices in Tompkins and Onondaga counties, is in danger of shutting down. The New York State Department of Labor has awarded a sustaining grant amounting to 40 percent of the WOC’s budget for the last several years, the Ithaca Voice reports.  The grant funds the…