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Northern Lights may be visible Saturday, if weather cooperates
ITHACA, N.Y. — The Northern Lights, or aurora borealis, may be visible in the area over the weekend thanks to a large geomagnetic storm. People across the northern United States reported seeing the sky-bound phenomenon Friday night, though conditions were cloudy and rainy in Tompkins County for most of the evening.
Tompkins County real estate: nine most expensive homes sold, May 4-10
A house in Ithaca that sold for $572,800 tops the list of the most expensive residential real estate sales in Tompkins County in the past week. In total, nine residential real estate sales were recorded in the county during the past week, with an average price of $325,923. The average price per square foot ended up at $217.
President Martha Pollack is quitting but to save Cornell, ditch DEI
Cornell University President Martha Pollack just unexpectedly announced that she’s stepping down at the end of June, after months of campus turmoil. So she’ll be gone, but the destructive race-focused agenda she imposed on the campus that contributed to the problems will continue, unless the trustees take this opportunity to save the school from group-identity politics. Pollack’s sudden departure almost certainly resulted from the post-Oct. 7 crisis on Cornell’s campus, which earned the school terrible press, the loss of donations and congressional scrutiny. Immediately after the Hamas massacre, the campus exploded with support for terrorism under the banner of “decolonization.” A student threatened to...
The sound of a car wash has made their neighborhood “unbearable”
ITHACA, N.Y. — City officials and a local car wash-chain owner have struck an agreement to turn off the business’ vacuums earlier in the evening. The decision came after a wave of Southside neighborhood residents living near the new Squeaky Clean Car Wash location at 501-507 South Meadow Street appeared at a Common Council meeting to complain that the car wash’s vacuums created a highly irritating noise.
Ithaca man arrested, charged with attempted murder
ITHACA, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — Ithaca Police were sent to a home at the 300 block of West Buffalo Street on Monday, May 6, just before 8 p.m. to serve an arrest warrant. At the scene, police found 26-year-old Devante Metz, of Ithaca, inside of the home. He was taken into custody without incident.
CU President Pollack to retire, NY's longest-serving inmate dies, Tompkins home prices
Good morning ☀️ It’s Friday again, which means we made it through another week. Give yourself a pat on the back, and look forward to a bright future, much like the city of Ithaca is doing as I’ll cover in my story of the day, coming to you shortly. If someone forwarded this to...
Rebirth of an Owego icon: Elmira chainsaw carver to craft new strawberry for village
Elmira chainsaw carver Roy Barber doesn’t need much to make magic happen. A few photos and his saw will usually suffice. Some hours later, a beautiful wood carving will emerge from a nondescript log. “If I have pictures of it, 99.9% of the time I can create it,” said...
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