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Friday crash sends three people to hospital with injuries
ITHACA, N.Y. — A crash late Friday night on Elmira Road sent three of the people involved to the hospital with serious injuries. Ithaca police stated the crash occurred around 11:30 p.m. when a motorcycle carrying two people total collided with a person walking in the 300 block of Elmira Road. Circumstances of the crash were not released by police over the weekend.
Update: Pea-sized hail expected with thunderstorms to hit Cortland County Saturday
An updated report from the National Weather Service was issued on Saturday at 4:17 p.m. for strong thunderstorms until 5:15 p.m. for Cortland County. Wind gusts of up to 50 mph and pea-sized hail (0.25 inches) are expected. "At 4:16 p.m., Doppler radar tracked a cluster of strong thunderstorms over...
GUEST ROOM | New Alumni Statement Against Money for Genocide
“If you don’t want to be engaged – if you don’t want to confront oppression – your role as an intellectual is pointless.”. We write as graduating students, and when this is published, alumni of Cornell University. Many of us began our time here amidst the chaos and uncertainty of the pandemic, seeking out community and academic discovery to help us navigate what felt like a rapidly unraveling world. Four years later, our community and embodied practice of that which we learn has emerged despite this institution.
NY weather update: Thunderstorms with pea-sized hail in Cortland and Chenango counties Saturday
An updated weather alert was issued by the National Weather Service on Saturday at 4:17 p.m. for strong thunderstorms until 5:15 p.m. for Cortland and Chenango counties. Wind gusts of up to 50 mph and pea-sized hail (0.25 inches) are expected. "At 4:16 p.m., Doppler radar tracked a cluster of...
Tell Me Something Good: Little York Stonemason
PREBLE, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — Harry Coleman worked as a union bricklayer and stonemason for more than 40 years, as it’s been the family business going back eight or nine generations. “Uncles, all my uncles and stuff. It’s been in the family, my grandfather, my great-grandfather. It’s generation after...
Newark Valley Historical Society holds ‘Fred’s Frolic’ on ‘Bluebell Day’
On May 11, the Newark Valley Historic Society celebrated the blooming of the bluebells on the Sycamore Trails at the Bement-Billings Farmstead. This free family event offered nature walks and activities for all ages. Included were tames and crafts, Bluebell nature walks, free plans and seedlings, snack bar sales of...
Tompkins County real estate: 10 most expensive homes sold, May 11-24
A house in Ithaca that sold for $601,000 tops the list of the most expensive residential real estate sales in Tompkins County between May 11 and May 24. In total, 15 residential real estate sales were recorded in the county during the past two weeks, with an average price of $395,101. The average price per square foot was $222.
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