Ithaca News

Police are investigating the third Collegetown robbery incident in a month. The incidents occurred during the evening in the Dryden Road area between College and Fairmount Avenues, Ithaca Police Department officials said, with the latest happening in the 300 block of Dryden Road at about 11:20 p.m. Tuesday.

The hundreds of people milling outside the State Theatre Thursday night weren't waiting to see a show, but rather to hear comments about an issue that has taken center stage across Tompkins County and the Southern Tier: the potential for high-volume hydraulic natural gas drilling into the Marcellus Shale that runs underneath the region.

'Kick Up your Heels: Music for the Dance' will be performed at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Community School of Music and Arts' performance space, 330 E. State St., Ithaca.

Plans to remove the Women's Community Building in downtown Ithaca and replace it with a six-story affordable housing apartment complex are moving forward.

Ithaca City School District Superintendent Judith Pastel is resigned to the idea that mid-year state aid cuts will likely be approved by the state Legislature, she told the Board of Education Tuesday.

The heart of Ithaca should be eclectic and a little asymmetric. That's the recommendation from a city client committee on how to re-design the Commons.

The plan to 'cull' deer in Cayuga Heights will not work because deer will come in from elsewhere, unless all surrounding areas agree to take part in a lethal 'solution.' Property taxes will rise to cover costs that are likely to escalate.

It might be time to break out your flannel and Doc Martens because 2009 looks like a '90s revival in Ithaca.

Thursday is the deadline to RSVP for the Black & White Ball, which will be held from 7:30 to 11:30 p.m. Saturday at the Community School of Music & Art Ballroom, 330 E. State St., Ithaca.

I am concerned about the proposed culling of deer in Cayuga Heights. I have taught 8th grade English at Boynton Middle School for three years and at other Ithaca schools since 2000.

About this report The Ithaca Journal starts a two-day report today about emerging solar energy efforts in our region.

The Tompkins County Council of Governments has released additional details concerning the Ithaca public hearing it will sponsor on Thursday, November 19 to take public comment on the Statea TMs proposed regulatory document on natural gas drilling.

Proposed regulation changes for conservation zones in the Town of Ithaca would tighten restrictions on tree clearing and earth-moving, require developers to cluster development in certain portions of their land, and potentially limit property owners' ability to put up fences.

History museums have a lot of 'stuff.' Collections can range from archival materials like photographs or diaries to three-dimensional objects like porcelain crocks and children's clothes.

Singer-songwriter Emily Arin is the most talented solo artist to emerge in Ithaca in recent years.

Ithacans can bone up on classic cinema on Sunday afternoons, thanks to a series of courses being given in November at the nonprofit movie house Cinemapolis.

Curt Kirkwood of the Meat Puppets spoke by phone with this newspaper while he was on tour in Oklahoma.

A traffic stop in the city of Ithaca has led to the arrest of a convicted drug felon for narcotics trafficking.

Tomorrow morning I'm hopping a plane and spending the afternoon at Cornell. On Saturday, I'll be giving a talk about The Origin of Species just down the road in downtown Ithaca.

Massena-based State Police arrested Martin L. Nemeth , 25, of Ithaca, NY for Unlawful Possession of Marijuana, two counts of Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance, one count of Controlled Substance Not In Its Original Container, and Following Too Close, subsequent to an investigation of a property damage accident on State Route 56 in the ...