Tompkins County News

The National Retail Federation defines the holiday shopping season as the entire months of November and December.

The Mental Health Association in Tompkins County is redesigning its literary magazine, States of Mind, and is taking submissions.

The next big thing in New York state's burgeoning craft farm-beverage industry may depend on bitter fruit no one will want to eat.

About 55 City of Ithaca employees got a pay raise on Oct. 1, making the municipality Tompkins County's second largest living-wage employer.

A Long Island dental insurance provider caused widespread confusion across the Southern Tier and parts of Tompkins County when it sent statewide letters appearing to be from school districts encouraging parents to take their youngsters for an annual cleaning.

After nearly 5 1/2 years, two governors, three Department of Environmental Conservation commissioners and countless rallies and protests, New York's review of hydraulic fracturing for natural gas awaits an analysis from the state Department of Health.

Three men were remanded to Tompkins County Jail after a late-night traffic stop led to police discovering stolen firearms in the vehicle.

To the Rev. Rich Rose, Shella Chase, Julie Costie, and everyone at First Baptist Church for hosting the service on Nov. 14; to program participants, the Rev.

Following the death of a homeless man whose tent caught fire, Ithaca Mayor Svante Myrick says it's time to "clear the jungle."

The sewer project may be dead, but Lansing students still have to use the bathroom.

I was so honored to be asked by the committee to read Gov. Andrew Cuomo's Veterans Day Proclamation.

Approximately 53,000 pounds of steel was hoisted into the air and then laid to rest about 350 feet away, marking a crucial stage in repairs to the Forest Home Drive bridge over Fall Creek.

The City of Ithaca has been certified living wage employer and will announce the certification with the Tompkins County Workers Center on Monday.

Ithaca police along with the Ithaca Fire Department and Bangs Ambulance responded around 2:55 p.m. Wednesday to an area known as The Jungle located near the railroad tracks in the 100 block of South Fulton Street.

The bite occurred at roughly 2 p.m. The dog is described as resembling an Australian Shepherd, medium build with with long grey speckled hair.

Newfield teacher Jill Green's fifth-grade students wrote "thank you" notes to veterans last month for Veterans Day.

Theatre Incognita will stage an encore presentation of The Homecoming Players production of Edward Albee's "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" this weekend at the Hangar Theare.

The Community Arts Partnership of Tompkins County will present the Winter Fine Art Market, a juried show and sale of original fine art work at the Holiday Inn, 222 S. Cayuga St., from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday.

Cornell Students for Hunger Relief are donating more than $3,000 to the Friendship Donations Network to help alleviate the food crisis in Tompkins County.

The Groton Town Board struck down a proposed six-month hydrofracking moratorium with a 3-2 vote on Tuesday night.