Tompkins County, NY

**This is an official release from the Tompkins County Health Department. Tompkins Weekly did not write this article.**. The Tompkins County Health Department is alerting the community to a recent announcement by NYS Governor Andrew Cuomo. With 70% of adult New Yorkers having received at least the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccination, the Governor has lifted COVID-19 restrictions around mask wearing, distancing, cleaning, health screening, and gathering, except for the mask requirement for unvaccinated individuals and in certain settings listed below.

As the Southside Community Center finalizes plans for Saturday’s Juneteenth — Food! Fun! Foundation! — we are fortunate that both its history and that of Black Americans in Tompkins County have been so ably captured by area residents and resources. In a June 19, 2020, interview with North Country Public...

For the 4th day in a row, Tompkins County has no new cases of COVID-19. The total active cases are 7. Schuyler County is reporting 7 new cases, 14 active cases, and 4 people hospitalized for COVID-19.

Cortland County reported no new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday and Monday, the number of confirmed cases remaining 4,584. No cases were reported in Tompkins or Cayuga counties, either. The number of people who have contracted the virus remains 15,267 across the three counties since the pandemic began in March...

TOMPKINS COUNTY, N.Y.—The Tompkins County Health Department has announced five new COVID-19 vaccination clinics that will take place throughout the rest of the month. Register for an appointment: https://tompkinscountyny.gov/health/covid19popup#danby-june16. Groton School District. Thursday, June 17 from 4:00pm – 6:00pm. Students ages 12 and older. Vaccine: Pfizer (first dose) Registration link...

TOMPKINS COUNTY, N.Y.—The Tompkins County Legislature is looking for input from local community members regarding how to distribute the $19.8 million the county received as part of the American Rescue Plan Act. To gather said input, the county has assembled a survey where people can rank their top three funding...

Following their historic proposal to reimagine the Ithaca Police Department in March, the City of Ithaca and Tompkins County both voted to fund the Community Justice Center. The center will facilitate the implementation of the recommendations previously agreed upon in the re-imagining policing proposal through community engagement. The CJC funding...

This is a letter to the editor from Common Council candidate Marty Hiller. To submit opinion letters, please review our letters policy here and submit them to Anna Lamb at alamb@ithacavoice.com. I was bewildered on Saturday when, after co-hosting an Early Voting Kickoff party with Veronica Pillar, she asked about...

ITHACA, N.Y. (WENY) -- Tompkins County is preparing to receive its funding portion of the American Rescue Plan, totaling $19.8 million. The one-time funding will go towards services impacted or in need of expansion due to the pandemic. “This is an unprecedented investment in local communities across the U.S., and...

The Tompkins County Health Department is notifying the community of several upcoming COVID-19 vaccination clinics. Vaccine is readily available in Tompkins County, and TCHD urges all individuals aged 12+ to get vaccinated. Tompkins County Health Department is offering the following clinics. For minors under 18, a parent or guardian is...

The Ellis Hollow Community Center kicked off the summer music season with a Terrapin Station show this past Saturday, and they’ve announced the full lineup for the free concert series without the strict capacity limits and pre-registration requirement that seemed necessary just days ago. “Now that outdoor gatherings no longer...

The Democtratic primary for the County Legislature District 13 seat is less than a week away (June 22) as candidates Greg Mezey and Samantha Lushtak look to garner enough support to earn the nomination. Both Mezey and Lushtak sat down with the Dryden Courier to discuss their candidacies ahead of next Tuesday’s election. (This is an abbreviated version of the article. To read the full Q&A’s of both candidates, one should visit ithaca.com.)

This month, Bike Walk Tompkins launched its new Bike Mentors program, where mentors help both Bike Walk Tompkins and the community by leading bike skills classes, coordinating events and connecting residents with biking and other transportation resources. Molly Hajjar, bike education coordinator for Bike Walk Tompkins, explained that the Bike...

ITHACA, N.Y. (WHCU) – The Tompkins County Legislature is seeking community input on the use of American Rescue Plan funding. The one-time stimulus bill is providing $19.8 million to help the county recover from economic and health effects caused by the pandemic. Tompkins County created a survey listing all the uses the Federal government permits for the funding. County residents are asked to rank their top three fund priorities of the eight options listed.

The Tompkins County Health Department says there have now been 4,387 total positive cases in Tompkins County, no more than on Tuesday, with a total of 1,270,408 tests conducted. They also say 4,349 patients are listed as released from isolation after having tested positive, one new recovery, leaving seven active cases.

The Democratic primary is coming up on June 22, and early voting started last Saturday, June 12, so the Ithaca Times talked with all the candidates in the contested races on this year’s ballot. In District 1, Travis Brooks and Nicole LaFave are running to replace long-time legislator Leslyn McBean-Clairborne, who decided not to run this year.

The Tompkins County Legislature is seeking community input on the use of $19.8 million in one-time funding made available through the American Rescue Plan Act (ARP). Input is being sought through a survey asking Tompkins County residents to rank their top three priorities for the funds; priorities are limited to eight options clarified for local municipalities by the Federal Government. Results of the survey will inform discussions by the Legislature, including at the June 30, 5:30pm expanded Budget Committee of the Tompkins County Legislature where Legislators will begin the process of planning how best to spend and/or invest ARP funds (stream the June 30 meeting on YouTube).