Ithaca News

Dangling from ropes, Berta de Miguel looks perfectly at ease climbing high on the exterior of Manhattan's Municipal Building, a 40-story structure across the street from City Hall.

A 12-year-old boy who fell partway down a 300-foot cliff in Lansing was rescued Monday afternoon by the Ithaca Fire Department rope rescue team.

Crossing paths with the Circuit BMX crew , in Ithaca New York, we snapped a few shots of the crew amidst rain drops, Gary Ginch, Henneseey, Eric Holladay, John Tillman, Ziggy dude Mystery Mark, the Gazeeggel and more! Vic Bettencourt is the man! Ithaca is Gorges!

After nearly four weeks, the 100 block of North Aurora Street has reopened to traffic after being closed in the wake of the truck accident that damaged Simeon's on the Commons and took the life of bartender Amanda Bush.

Fork in the Road thinks you should get out of town this summer, even if it's only for a day.

Following the recommendation of two of its committees, the Legislature, after two hours of thoughtful discussion, approved a new process for consideration potential development of the remaining County-owned portion of the Biggs property on Harris B. Dates Drive.

An a reception with photographer Martin R. Miller highlighted an exhibition of his landscapes Tuesday at the Lansing Community Library.

The man plunged into the gorge behind his property near the 100 block of Comfort Road in the Town of Danby.

A plan to create a special utility for stormwater management and a system of fees to pay for it passed a key Ithaca Common Council committee Wednesday over pleas by Cornell University representatives for more credit for its own runoff-management improvements.

Most elderly residents of the troubled Rosewood Heights nursing home in Syracuse that is about to close will soon move to new, radically different digs in the suburbs.

Directed by John Michael DiResta, the show is based on one of Aesop's most famous fables, which depicts Tortoise and Hare -- best friends but complete opposites in every way.

Democratic voters in Ithaca will have a choice among three candidates for city judge in the Sept.

I first became acquainted with Brad Fraser's "Love and Human Remains" when I was an undergrad at Ithaca College and The Kitchen Theatre in Ithaca had a regional production of it.

Individuals charged with criminal offenses noted in this column will face a court proceeding to determine whether they are guilty of the charges.

Summer Opera resumes with the Triphammer Arts, Inc. presentation of Teleman's rarely performed opera, "Wedding of Comacho" at 7:30 p.m. Aug. 1, 2 and 3 at the CRS Barn Studio located on 2622 North Triphammer Road.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is pledging $25 billion to unclog India's choked transportation links, spur power output and build cities.

The Ithaca community came out Tuesday evening to support the people affected by the June 20 tractor-trailer wreck that killed a woman, closed several businesses in the Commons and displaced tenants from their homes.

The Ithaca City School District is accepting applications for prekindergarten for children who will be 4 years old on or before Dec. 1, 2014.

Dan Fitzsimmons remembers that blustery day in March 2011 when he traveled to the offices of the Park Foundation in Ithaca, New York, asking for help.

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