Ithaca News

Mary Anne Grady-Flores, a 58-year-old Ithaca, NY grandmother of three, faces a one-year county jail sentence after being charged with second-degree criminal contempt.

Common Council's Planning and Development Committee last week began the city review of perhaps the largest industrial-site redevelopment Ithaca will ever see, the transformation of the former Emerson Power Transmission factory and grounds on South Hill.

But if you plan on exploring the surface of the solar system's second smallest planet, fourth from the sun researcher, astronomer and “voice of NASA's mission to Mars” Steven Squyres is the man you want on your team.

Alex Just first visited Ithaca in the fall of 2007 as a member of the United Kingdom National Debate Team.

Bion John "B.J." Manning, a resident of Oak Hill Manor in Ithaca, celebrated his 105th birthday on Sunday.

Matt Bendik, boyfriend of "Glee" star Becca Tobin, has been reportedly found dead in his hotel room.

Police are seeking two men suspected of stealing $300 cash from the employee of a business in the 400 block of Spencer Road.

A grandmother of three was sentenced to one year at the Onondaga County jail Thursday in DeWitt Town Court after she was found guilty of violating an order of protection while protesting at Hancock Air Base.

Of the many adjectives that could adequately describe George W. Lewis, the first Executive Officer of the National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics , "thorough" is arguably the most appropriate.

CreditDonkey, a credit card comparison and financial education website for families, put Ithaca on its list of best cities in New York state.

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Theoretically all power has been restored in Tompkins County after a violent storm knocked out power to 17,600 NYSEG customers in NYSEG's Ithaca Division Tuesday.

There's a certain harmony here, as a white-coated woman bends over a microscope in one corner, her barely visible forehead creased in focus, while others glide by with their goggles, notebooks and questions.

Lehman Alternative Community School is celebrating its 40th anniversary this weekend with a series of events for former students, graduates and their families.

Joshua M. Lagerwall of Vestal, N.Y., the son of Glenn Lagerwall of Pittsfield and Eileen Mulcahy of Vestal, was awarded the rank of Eagle Scout in a ceremony on May 23. Lagerwall entered scouting at age 7 and worked his way up the ranks through Cub Scouts, entering Boy Scouts Troop 225 in April 2007.

It was a place where no one would be sucking down a large Jamoca Almond Fudge Swirl Iced Latte through a plastic straw while surfing the Internet.

Continuing its 40th Mainstage Season, the Hangar Theatre's artistic director Jen Waldman will direct, Little Shop of Horrors by Howard Ashman and Alan Menken , today, July 10 until July 26, 2014.

The significance of golf architect Robert Trent Jones Sr.'s massive collection of business and personal records -- and the fact that they're being kept in Ithaca, where his professional life began -- is enormous, according to author and historian James Hansen.

The storm that barrelled through the Ithaca area last night at about 55 miles per hour left thousands of homes and businesses without power overnight.

After responding to a dispute, Tompkins County sheriff's deputies found cocaine and marijuana in a car, resulting in the arrest of a Maryland man.