Ithaca News

Newswise - ITHACA, N.Y. - If you're looking for an unusual tourist spot this summer, consider Cornell University's garden of "weedin'."

Assemblywoman Barbara Lifton, D-Ithaca, sponsored a bill that will permanently add bed capacity to hospice facilities across New York state.

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)

John Barber, acting head of the Ithaca Police Department since September, has been named police chief, Ithaca Mayor Svante Myrick announced Tuesday.

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.

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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.

Pardis Pooshpas, 20, of Ithaca, was named American Red Cross volunteer of the month for June.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Several people have reported items missing from their cars after a string of overnight break-ins near the North End of Ithaca.

Green veggies have long been hailed as the go-to good-for-you food, but dark fruits, veggies, and grains are nutritional powerhouses, too.

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.

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.

The woman implicated in the Jamel Booker police shooting case pleaded guilty Friday to attempted false reporting to a police officer, a misdemeanor.

Attendees must register online at the Southern Tier Regional Council web site: regionalcouncils.ny.gov/content/southern-tier.

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.