Posts Tagged ‘Newfield’
Local News: March 8, 2024
– Newfield to review mobile home park law in public meeting – The town of Newfield will review its mobile home park law at a public meeting on March 28. The law has not been updated since 1998. Tompkins Weekly reports residents say there are problems with severe potholes, frequent water main breaks and other…
Read MoreA Child’s Parents Tragically Both Drowned; A GoFundMe is Up to Raise Money for His Future
Gunner Henley Mayer. (Provided) NEWFIELD, NY — A boy’s parents tragically drowned in Newfield earlier this month. Relatives are raising funds to help secure his future. The Gunner Henley Mayer Education Fund on GoFundMe has already raised thousands of dollars in only 4 days. Mayer is currently being looked after by his aunts and uncles.…
Read MoreOfficial Primary Results are in for Tompkins County
TOMPKINS COUNTY, NY — Official primary election results are in for the City of Ithaca Common Council races, the Tompkins County Legislature races, as well as races for elected town officials in Groton and Danby. These results added absentee and affidavit ballots. Tallying those votes didn’t lead to changing the victors in any of the…
Read MoreHow to Manage the County’s Forests? [AUDIO]
Tompkins County has a looming question. There over 550 acres of county owned forest in the towns of Newfield and Caroline, but about 300 acres of this have an abnormal ecology for the area. They’re filled with red pine trees planted back in the 1930s and these trees are beginning to fail and fall over.…
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