Tompkins County News

The Southern Tier was in the path of a string of severe weather patterns throughout the region this past week, including nine tornadoes that touched down in the Northeast, according to the National Weather Service.

Theoretically all power has been restored in Tompkins County after a violent storm knocked out power to 17,600 NYSEG customers in NYSEG's Ithaca Division Tuesday.

The Town of Lansing is moving forward with a $2,006,500 water tank and pump station project that will improve water pressure in the central part of the Town including the Whispering Pines and Warren Road neighborhoods.

Kai Haskins , son of Stephanie Haskins from Enfield and Lisa Marsella from Freeville, graduated with honors from New Roots Charter School on June 27th.

The Town of Lansing is moving forward with a $2,006,500 water tank and pump station project that will improve water pressure in the central part of the Town including the Whispering Pines and Warren Road neighborhoods.

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.

QUESTION: Should I mulch my flowers and shrubs? ANSWER: The benefits of organic mulch for the veggie garden have already been discussed .

I am writing in response to a recent letter attacking Rep. Tom Reed. I am stunned by the lack of responsibility and context within which the information was presented.

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.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN CHEMUNG COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK... SOUTHEASTERN SCHUYLER COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK... NORTHERN TIOGA COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK... SOUTHERN TOMPKINS COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK... * UNTIL 530 PM EDT.

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.