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2 months ago in Community, Education, Local jsalzone Photo: WHCU ITHACA, N.Y. (WHCU) — Doctor Luvelle Brown has rescinded his resignation as superintendent of the Ithaca City School District and will stay.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 Education, which was set to begin next month. After that decision, the Ithaca Voice reports a petiti...

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 being spit on. Just my observations,” wrote Trumansburg Central School District Board of Education Pre...

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 controversial figure over the last few months as the college has begun plans to cut over 100 staff and fa...

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 and penned a thank you message to customers on Facebook. The Ithaca Voice reports the store itself i...