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The Tompkins County Sheriffs Office is excited to introduce their new narcotics detection K-9 Trip. Over 1400 votes were submitted to the sheriffs office to help choose the canines name.

A new narcotics detection canine is joining the team at the Tompkins County Sheriff’s Department, and the department is seeking community input to select the pups name. The news was

Ithaca’s neighborhoods are full of buildings that date back to the citys origins in the 1800s. These structures bring a sense of historical significance to this busy little college town

LISTEN - Conversation with Ward 5 Common Council Candidates

Right after finishing his first semester in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Clyde Lederman is running as a Democrat for a seat as alderperson of Ithaca’s fifth ward in the Common Council.

This is a big year for the city of Ithaca, a community heavily taxed though perennially cash- strapped, partially due to the tax exemption of 60 percent of its property.

Regardless of whom you vote for or where you live, every Cornellian should act upon their civic duty to vote in the upcoming election on Nov. 8. For those in Ithaca and the rest of New York State, in-person early voting is ongoing and as of this article’s publication, the voter registration deadline has past, absentee ballots must be postmarked soon and in-person election day voting will see polling sites open from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m.

In November of last year, Dr. Anna Kelles was elected to the NY State Assembly after overwhelming support in Tompkins County. She then resigned from her position as a Tompkins County District 2 legislator at the end of December. The Legislature recently scheduled a special election on March 23 to fill her vacancy. Despite several of Kelles’ colleagues having run for higher positions before, Kelles is the first active legislator to win.  “We are certainly proud of her for that,â€�...