Ithaca News

Whether you're prepping for St. Patrick's Day or just enjoying the warmer weather, this is a great weekend to get out of the house! Here are some ideas for weekend fun.

Achievements and good news about people from Tompkins and neighboring counties: * The following local residents graduated from Rochester Institute of Technology in Fall 2013: Eric Irish, of Trumansburg, MBA in business administration.

Cornell University Police charged a Philadelphia man with driving while intoxicated following a traffic stop.

The Canlis family from left, Anne Marie, Clementine, who turned 3 at the beginning of March, William, 8, Mark and Lucy, 5, reflected in Anne Marie's grandmother Sadie Ventola's mirror.

Trigger Warning by Lydia Billings, a photographer born in Ithaca, New York, and based in Rochester, is a series of portraits that center around rape survivors.

Our hearts are all aflutter, like so many flannel-clad, pouty-faced Angela Chases .

Ithaca, N.Y.-The zone of overlap between two popular, closely related backyard birds is moving northward at a rate that matches warming winter temperatures, according to a study by researchers from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Villanova University, and Cornell University.

Students from DeWitt and Boynton middle schools will travel to Liverpool Friday for the New York State Band Directors Association Symposium.

The Human Services Coalition of Tompkins County will take time Friday to recognize unsung heroes when it presents its Community Services and Inclusion Awards.

Steven Ward is visiting assistant professor of Government at Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service in Qatar.

The Bank of Castile and its sister company, Tompkins Insurance Agencies, are seeking nearly $81,500 in tax breaks for the pending purchase and renovation of a two-story building on Main Street in Batavia.

Community Supported Agriculture is a farmer-consumer relationship that has flourished in the Ithaca area for more than 20 years, yet many people are still not familiar with it.

For the past few years, the annual Joni Mitchell Tribute Concert has been a highlight of the spring season.

Two Ithaca Police Department officers are joining a procession in Rhode Island Tuesday wishing 7-year-old Tyler Seddon a happy birthday.

Police are investigating several complaints of a scam involving a caller misrepresenting themselves as an employee of a utility company.

This Feb. 24, 2014 image released by NBC shows host Seth Meyers during the premiere of his new late night talk show, "Late Night with Seth Meyers" in New York.

Cornell University School of Hotel Administration 149 Statler Hall Ithaca, NY 14853-6902 United States Tollfree: 800.257.2228 Phone: +1 607-255-6376 Fax: +1 607-255-9540 Visit Website Registration has opened for the 2014 Cornell Hospitality Research Summit , scheduled for October 12-14, at the Cornell School of Hotel Administration .

This photo was posted on Bruce Springsteen's website Tuesday morning with the caption "...Return to Ithaca" That's the headline posted on a photo on Bruce Springsteen's official website this morning.

New York's business community needs to support the state's adoption of Common Core education standards and fight misinformation about it, the head of the main statewide business lobbying organization told a Tompkins County Chamber of Commerce audience Tuesday.

A free Silver Service Lecture at Kendal at Ithaca, "What's New in Cancer Care," is scheduled from 2-30 p.m. Friday in the DeWitt Clinton Auditorium.