Tompkins County News

The year's first case of West Nile virus has been confirmed in Tompkins County and was in an adult county resident, the Health Department reported Thursday.

About a dozen little dogs are flying in from Los Angeles, and they're headed to the SPCA of Tompkins County for adoption.

Held in conjunction with the library's 2014 teen summer reading program, these programs will explore how electronics can be integrated into clothing to produce garments and accessories that can move, emit sound and light up in response to their environment.

After responding to a dispute, Tompkins County sheriff's deputies found cocaine and marijuana in a car, resulting in the arrest of a Maryland man.

Nearly 30 percent of the NYSEG customers in its Ithaca Division lost power because of Tuesday evening's storm, which damaged some of the transmission system that is the backbone of the area's electricity division system, the company said today.

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Cayuga Lake-based Glenhaven Farm Winery recently released a wine made from black currants.

The Tompkins County Health Department is still urgently trying to locate three children who were playing with a bat that has been confirmed to have rabies.

Strong winds plus a warm, humid air mass have potentially set the stage for a severe weather outbreak in Tompkins County, according to the National Weather Service.

The first annual Cancer Resource Center of the Finger Lakes Golf Open is scheduled for July 25 at the Country Club of Ithaca, 189 Pleasant Grove Road.

Christopher J. Capalongo, 27, of Dryden was charged with attempted burglary, a felony, according to the sheriff's office.

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It took three months to fill 50 apartments after Breckenridge Place opened in March, and 60 percent of the tenants are over 50 years old.

Ithaca Common Council has approved the creation of special zoning units that could be created one at a time for mixed-use developments in industrial zones, a change that may help redevelop the former Emerson Power Transmission factory on South Hill.

The Rotary Club said it intends to fund several smaller grants in full, and that small non-profit organizations are especially encouraged to apply.

The Tompkins County Department of Health has been looking for three children who were apparently playing with a bat on Monday in Dryden.

Common Council could adopt a system of stormwater-management fees as early as August.

A key ruling by the state's highest court has shifted the hydraulic fracturing debate to the local level, but the future of fracking in New York still relies on an opaque decision-making process by Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration.

Jean McPheeters will work her last day as president of the Tompkins County Chamber of Commerce on July 13 after 14 years on the job.