Tompkins County News

There may not be a race between Hillary and Barack, but there will be no rest for elections officials this year as Pat, Peter, Nathan, Will and others will be vying for about 70 local offices.

New York construction companies are getting millions in tax credits and grants to build and renovate affordable housing.

State Police are asking anyone with information about last Fridaya s deadly car accident in Dryden to give them a call.

Cayuga County is in the running to be the future home of the proposed Finger Lakes museum, a $40 million to $50 million facility that organizers hope to open in five years.

The Tompkins County Health Department needs to locate a dog that bit a male runner on the hip.

State police say a Tompkins County woman is dead after a head-on crash near her home tonight.

A Tompkins County-wide water and sewer infrastructure study may be in jeopardy after a town board decided not to back it.

A New Zealand man charged with the murder of his Irish wife withdrew his request for bail at a court hearing in New York yesterday.

Will Burbank, who joined the Tompkins County Legislature in 2008 in a special election for a vacant seat representing a portion of the Town of Ithaca, announced Wednesday that he is seeking re-election. Burbank, a Democrat, represents District 12, which includes Inlet Valley and parts of West Hill and South Hill.

A Cornell University graduate student charged with murdering his wife is being held without bail in an upstate New York jail.

ITHACA - The Tompkins County Public Library has announced plans for its 2009 Teen Summer Reading Program.

Tompkins County legislator Carol Chock has announced her decision to run again. Elected in a special election in December 2007, Chock represents District Three, which includes the Belle Sherman area, Bryant Park, parts of Collegetown, Cornell North Campus dormitories, and a small part of the adjacent Town of Ithaca.

Curbside recycling could become a lot easier under plans to move to a single-stream collection system, which would see all recycled waste go into one bin and eliminate the need for sorting.

Tompkins County District Attorney formally charged Blazej Kot with 2nd Degree Murder, 3rd Degree Arson, and tampering with evidence.

ITHACA - Blazej J. Kot, the Cornell student accused of murdering his wife Caroline M. Coffey on a town of Ithaca trail, has waived extradition proceedings in Pennsylvania and will be returning to Tompkins County.

New York's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate increased to 8.2 percent in May, up from 7.7 percent in April.

A proposed state bill that would extend basic labor rights to farmworkers sparked a lively debate Tuesday among Tompkins County legislators.

ITHACA -- The Tompkins County district attorney's office has recommended prison time for an Ithaca man caught with cocaine while on parole.

The Ithaca Motion Picture Project might finally get the boost it needs to transform the Wharton Studio Building in Stewart Park into a regional film center.

United Way of Tompkins County is offering its second year of Stephen E. Garner Summers of Service Scholarships.