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Tompkins County real estate: 10 most expensive homes sold, April 20-26
A house in Ithaca that sold for $1.2 million tops the list of the most expensive residential real estate sales in Tompkins County in the past week. In total, 11 residential real estate sales were recorded in the county during the past week, with an average price of $446,164. The average price per square foot was $222.
Cortland man sentenced for vehicular homicide
CORTLAND, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — Ergardo Rosario was sentenced for aggravated vehicular homicide on Tuesday, April 23, in Cortland County Court. Rosario received a three to 15-year sentence after he was convicted of striking a utility pole in the City of Cortland on Feb. 25, 2023, while driving under the influence of fentanyl, marijuana and methadone. […]
Students say Cornell University has suspended 4 protestors as encampment continues
ITHACA, N.Y. (WENY) -- It’s been more than 24 hours since students at Cornell University have set up an encampment on the Arts Quad on campus, calling it a ‘liberated zone.’. In the first referendum in 25 years, undergraduate students passed a resolution in favor of calling for...
WILSON | I Was Just Suspended by Cornell University. Here’s My Story.
My name is Nick Wilson, I am a second-year undergraduate in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations and yesterday I was temporarily suspended from the University for participating in a nonviolent encampment on the Arts Quad. I was suspended alongside three other students, all of whom received the same five charges, which included “[leading] or repeat[ing] chants throughout the day.” As of today, we have been withdrawn from all of our current courses, for which we may not receive credit, and we are not permitted to be on our campus (pending an unspecified grace period). As a resident of Mennen Hall, I have also been evicted from my home on campus. Cornell would like you to believe that CML organizers are outside agitators who hate this university and seek solely to disrupt the lives and academic careers of our peers. That’s not true — I am a member of this community who truly wants to stay here and see my institution meet its values. This is my side of the story.
Another developer takes a swing at rejuvenating Varna corner
DRYDEN, N.Y. — While superstition can only go so far, if any one piece of property in Tompkins County was “cursed” to developers, it might be the northeast corner of Dryden and Freese Road in the hamlet of Varna. The hamlet has long had an allure to...
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