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4 weeks ago in Local Photo: WHCU ITHACA, N.Y. (WHCU) — Protestors clashed Sunday in downtown Ithaca. The Ithaca Voice reports Back the Blue supporters began a rally at noon Sunday at the Bernie Milton Pavilion, met by a larger group of counter-protestors. Pro-police demonstrators voiced their outrage over a recommendation to replace the Ithaca Police Department with a public safety committee headed by a civilian executive director. Counter-protestors also made...

4 weeks ago in Local, Politics jsalzone Photo: WHCU ITHACA, N.Y. (WHCU) — Ithaca’s chief of staff is leaving. Dan Cogan wrote in a letter to city staff he plans on stepping down in May from the job he’s held the last five years. According to The Ithaca Voice, Cogan’s note says he told Mayor Svante Myrick last fall he planned to move on before the end of this year, saying his five year anniversary seemed...

12 hours ago in Sports Bubba Wallace says get the shot, like he did. Brad Keselowski says he hasnt decided yet whether to get vaccinated against COVID-19 while Austin Dillion and reigning NASCAR Cup Series champion Chase Elliott say its a personal choice and no one elses business, though Dillons Richard Childress Racing team did host a voluntary vaccination clinic on site for employees and their families. 12 hours ago in National The new World War I Memor...

9 hours ago in Sports Hall officials revealed the full list of presenters Thursday. Members of a Hall class are asked to choose who they would like to accompany them to the stage and present them before their acceptance speech; when the inductee is being enshrined posthumously, as in Bryants case, family members are asked to make the decision on presenter. 9 hours ago in National A group of congressional Democrats introduced legislation Thursday to add fo...

As ICSD community members, we would like to confirm that the Board of Education ("BOE") of the ICSD conducted an appropriately independent, neutral, and diligent review of the workplace-related claims raised in the Urgent Appeal for NYS Education Department Intervention for Accountability, Justice and Fairness in the Matter of Brown, Brown & the Board of Education, Ithaca City School District, dated January 5, 2021, as filed by Peyi Soyinka-Airewele et al. with the New York State Commissioner o...

2 months ago in Community, Education, Local jsalzone Photo: WHCU ITHACA, N.Y. (WHCU) — Doctor Luvelle Brown has rescinded his resignation as superintendent of the Ithaca City School District and will stay. During last night’s school board meeting, Brown said he had reconsidered his decision and will not be leaving his job. Earlier this month, Brown announced his resignation to take a new job with Discovery ...

Upstate NY school board president resigns after Capitol riot comments on Facebook Updated Jan 13, 2021; Facebook Share An Upstate New York school board president has resigned after making false comments about the U.S. Capitol riot on Facebook. “While I certainly don’t agree with what went on in the Capital today, it is notable that the protesters are leaving peacefully, nothing is burning, no cars of innocent people have been targeted, no businesses have been looted, and no police are bein...

3 months ago in Local nfalkerickson Photo: WHCU ITHACA, N.Y. (WHCU) – Ithaca College’s VP of Finance has announced he’ll be leaving the school to take a similar position at Springfield College in Massachusetts. IC President Shirley Collado made the announcement yesterday, crediting Bill Guerrero for his work since coming to the school in 2018. The Ithaca Voice notes that Guerrero has been a bit of a contr...

3 months ago in Community, Local jsalzone Photo: WHCU ITHACA, N.Y. (WHCU) — Green Street Pharmacy remains open for business, though the pharmacy department has closed. 1-4-8-5-0 dot com reports Walgreens has bought the pharmacy business. Customers with prescriptions on file are being transferred to Walgreens. Owner Nicole Pagano says the throwback business, even featuring a soda fountain, opened 11 years ago ...