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For a Unique Summer Experience, Enjoy the Cornell Weed Garden
Newswise - ITHACA, N.Y. - If you're looking for an unusual tourist spot this summer, consider Cornell University's garden of "weedin'."
Lifton hospice bed bill passes State Legislature
Assemblywoman Barbara Lifton, D-Ithaca, sponsored a bill that will permanently add bed capacity to hospice facilities across New York state.
Photo Flash: First Look at Jordan Gelber, Jennifer Cody and More in...
Hangar Theatre kicked off its 2013 season on June 13th with Neil Simon 's irresistible comedy Last of the Red Hot Lovers, which runs through June 29. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below! Featuring a stellar cast including three Broadway favorites, this seminal work is directed by Hangar Associate Artistic Director Jesse Bush ... (more)
Barber named new Ithaca police chief
John Barber, acting head of the Ithaca Police Department since September, has been named police chief, Ithaca Mayor Svante Myrick announced Tuesday.
Nobel Prize winner for physics dies in Maine
He was 77. Wilson, who died from complications of lymphoma, was in the physics department at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y., when he won the Nobel Prize in 1982 for applying his research in quantum physics to phase transitions, the transformation that occurs when a substance goes from, say, liquid to gas.
Cornell Center for Hospitality Research Offers Strategic...
The Center For Hospitality Research at The Cornell School Of Hotel Administration 537 Statler Hall Ithaca, NY 14853 United States Phone: 607-255-9780 Fax: 607-254-2922 Visit Website New publications from the Cornell Center for Hospitality Research at the School of Hotel Administration provide a methodical, spreadsheet-based method for strategic ... (more)
Chlorthalidone Versus Hydrochlorothiazide
From Wegmans Pharmacy, Ithaca, New York; Mid America Heart Institute, University of Missouri, Kansas City, Missouri; and John Ochsner Heart and Vascular Institute, Ochsner Clinical School-The University of Queensland School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Cornell junior wins Red Cross award
Pardis Pooshpas, 20, of Ithaca, was named American Red Cross volunteer of the month for June.
Black bear spotted near Town of Ithaca home
Town of Ithaca resident Julie Swain wasn't bushwhacking through rugged terrain or lying in wait beneath a blind, but instead sitting in her living room when she spotted a black bear that was about 20 feet away.
Vacation Horror Stories: A Bat-Infested Trip To Ecuador
Listener Rachel Sumner of Ithaca, N.Y., recounts the story of her bat-infested trip to Ecuador for our series on vacation horror stories.
Growing up a few blocks from the Southside Community Center, Nia Nunn-Makepeace often experienced the annual Juneteenth festival from a child's perspective.
Ithaca fight involving knife leads to two arrests
Around 3 a.m. Ithaca police responded to the area around Meadow and Seneca streets for reports of six people fighting, according to a news release from police.
Police: Ithaca father drove into Nanticoke cornfield to use meth with son in car
An Ithaca man allegedly drove into a cornfield to inject himself with methamphetamine while his 2-year-old son was in the vehicle, Broome County Sheriff's deputies said.
Ithaca Police investigate string of overnight car break-ins
Several people have reported items missing from their cars after a string of overnight break-ins near the North End of Ithaca.
First Presbyterian launches $1.5M capital campaign
First Presbyterian Church of Ithaca has begun the $1.5 million Under One Roof Campaign for capital improvements to its historic building on DeWitt Park.
Life in Tompkins: Comfort comes visiting on four paws
Sam the Dog has an important job. Every Tuesday, he goes for a walk with his best friend and owner, June Pollack, of Danby, and then they head up to Cayuga Ridge Nursing Home.
Ithaca woman pleads guilty for role in police shooting case
The woman implicated in the Jamel Booker police shooting case pleaded guilty Friday to attempted false reporting to a police officer, a misdemeanor.
Ithaca workshop registration open for N.Y. development grants
Attendees must register online at the Southern Tier Regional Council web site: regionalcouncils.ny.gov/content/southern-tier.
A.M. Roundup: Senecas keep $200M in deal
Good morning! The rain may stop today. May. Might. Oy. Gov. Andrew Cuomo will be at the Capitol today, but his aides have not announced a public schedule.