Ithaca News

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.

Hip Hop culture pioneers Afrika Bambaataa, Kurtis Blow and Melle Mel are set to be honored, according to Bronx Councilman Fernando Cabrera.

Unemployment stood at 6.3 percent in January--nearly two percentage points below where it was to start 2013.

Lawrence Williams, president and CEO of the United States Healthful Food Council, is a scheduled speaker at the Cornell School of Hotel Administration's student-run 89th annual Hotel Ezra Cornell , which is being held March 20-23, 2014, at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY.

This undated image released by ABC shows Ithaca native Juan Pablo Galavis, star of the 18th edition of "The Bachelor."

Keeping salaries secret hurts worker performance and increases turnover of top talent, according to a study published online Jan. 13 in the Academy of Management Journal .

How is it that British playwright Duncan Macmillan has written such a perfect play for Ithaca? The young couple in LUNGS care deeply about the earth and their responsibility to protect it, and this awareness of the big picture affects all their decisions, large and small.

Tompkins County authorities have now released surveillance video of the two suspects who robbed a Rite Aid pharmacy over the weekend.

Ithaca emergency crews rescued an elderly woman Monday afternoon after her car went off the road and crashed into a creek.