Ithaca News

The Ithaca city Board of Public Works has scheduled a public hearing on the proposed 2014 sidewalks work plan for 4:45 p.m. Monday in the second-floor conference room at City Hall, 108 E. Green St. The city released the draft plan in late February.

Owner: Neil Dubey, 54, of Endicott. Location: 1694 Union Center Maine Highway, Town of Union.

Finger Lakes LandLink is holding its first meeting 7 p.m. Tuesday at Cornell Cooperative Extension, 615 Willow Ave. in Ithaca.

Cornell student-owned and operated WVBR will hold a ribbon-cutting and dedication ceremony for its new studio at 604 East Buffalo Street in Ithaca on Saturday at 11:30 a.m. Attending the event will be notable alumni and broadcaster Keith Olbermann, Mayor Svante Myrick and others.

A 22-year-old Ithaca man suspected of committing a string of forced-entry burglaries was arrested Friday by Ithaca police, who also recovered a loaded handgun, numerous stolen items linked to recent burglaries in the Ithaca area and 3.5 grams of heroin.

Firefighters vividly remember the first big call they go on, and Dennis "Denny" Hubbell certainly remembers his.

Some years ago, Paul Mazarella asked me to suggest names for the building that Ithaca Neighborhood Housing Services hoped to erect on the lot at Seneca and Cayuga Streets where the Women's Community building then sat.

A late night fire on Eddy Street in Ithaca gutted a three-story house and left 12 Cornell students without a home.

Botanist David Brandenburg is scheduled to discuss his travels across North America seeking interesting plants 7 to 8:30 p.m. March 19 at the Unitarian Church Annex, 208 E. Buffalo St., Ithaca.

James Crosby, charged with manslaughter in a New Year's Eve crash that left two people dead, is being represented in court by Ithaca attorney Joseph Joch, according to court papers.

Eight colleges in New York are moving forward to partner with local and new businesses after their applications were approved last week for Governor Andrew Cuomo's Start-Up NY initiative.

The City of Ithaca says Department of Public Works crews are working to clear ice jams from Cascadilla Creek, hoping to avoid a repeat of the ice-related flooding earlier this winter .

Parents and kids are invited to learn something new about the outdoors this weekend at Boynton Middle School.

Oil pulling, the oral health practice of swishing food oils around in one's mouth, has been sweeping the country and picking up a number of devoted practitioners.

Since the Bitcoin currency system was created in 2009, over 12.3 million Bitcoins have been created as of Feb. 13, 2014.

Since 2000, Cornell University and Sathguru, have been working together to deliver the flagship Food and Agri-Business Management Program for senior managers and policy makers in the food and agri-business sector.

Enjoy your dining experience knowing that you are making good nutritional decisions by using these healthy guidelines when eating out.

An article by Sooke historian Elida Peers presents a long history of logging and fishing.

March isn't ready to turn into a lamb yet. After several days of arguing about the expected severity of a mid-week storm, forecasters are all agreeing a major winter storm will sweep across Western and Central New York on Wednesday.

The Ithaca Fire Department Rope Rescue team was called to the Town of Dryden Tuesday to pull an elderly man out of a ravine behind his home.