Ithaca News

U.S. Rep. Tom Reed, R-Corning, visited the Wilson Synchrotron Laboratory Tuesday morning at Cornell University in Ithaca.

A panel discussion titled "Health Justice: A Religious Issue" is scheduled from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Monday at the Child Development Council, 609 W. Clinton Street in Ithaca.

Update your resume and polish your best elevator pitch. Thirty-five employers will be on hand to discuss job opportunities with Tompkins County area residents at the 19th annual World of Skills Job Fair from 9 a.m. to noon Thursday in the Hotel Ithaca .

The Ithaca region continued to boast the state's lowest unemployment rate in March.

The Ithaca City School District Board of Education is set to vote tonight on its 2014-15 budget.

A portion of Triphammer Road in Ithaca's northeast will be closed this Tuesday through Friday for water service repairs.

The conference will be held April 24 to 26 at Cornell University, Ithaca. It will be the 18th time that the college has entered a steel bridge in the competition.

For more than a month, extra Ithaca and Cornell University police officers will be in student-oriented neighborhoods evenings and before dawn in the annual rite of quality-of-life patrols to keep spring boisterousness in check.

MONDAY April 21, 2014, 2014 -- Tornado season is here, and it's important to have an emergency plan in case your home is threatened, an expert says.

The Tompkins County Solid Waste Management is hosting a celebration of its food scrap recycling program.

On March 9, the Fox Networks Group, in conjunction with the National Geographic Channels International, launched us on a journey through time, space and history by airing a masterful new version of one of TV's greatest scientific documentary series, "Cosmos."

In the portrait, the little boy's blue eyes twinkle as he looks straight ahead. His apple cheeks shine.

Sometimes engineers invent something before they fully comprehend why it works. To understand the "why," they must often create new tools and techniques in a virtuous cycle that improves the original invention while also advancing basic scientific knowledge.

For the first time, a court building in Tompkins County may be named for a person who used to work there.

As a part of the Cornell Alumni Admissions Ambassador Network , alumni in the State are asked to interview applicants.

A long stretch of Hanshaw Road in Ithaca's northeast, closed in one direction for much of last year, will close again this Monday morning to all westbound traffic for about three months.

There's more to Easter weekend than just ham and jellybeans. Here are some ideas to get you out of the house on what's supposed to be a lovely, sunny weekend: * The infamous 1997 flick "Batman and Robin" will get Mystery Science Theatre treatment at 9 p.m. Saturday at the Movie Poster Store, located on the Commons.

New York's Draft 2014 Energy Plan sets bold goals to address climate change but offers few real actions to attain those goals, according to planned speakers at an upcoming public forum.

It is a Saturday night in Ithaca, New York. The temperature is 7 degrees, and the gusts of 26 knots blow snow across the ramp.

The Ithaca Police Department urges the public to be aware of the following reported scams: * A caller pretending to be NYSEG is advising victims that their utility bill is overdue and that payment must be made over the phone to avoid the utility being shut off.