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Farm succession planning: Who will take the reins?Farm succession planning: Who will take the reins?

As 42% of Tompkins County farmers near retirement, local growers at the 2026 Ag Summit share painfully won lessons on handing their land and livelihoods to a new generation.

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Foodnet, Centralus partner on new mall dining location
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Foodnet, Centralus partner on new mall dining location

At Ithaca Mall’s former COVID testing site, FoodNet and Centralus now host weekly sit-down lunches where Tompkins County seniors share a hot meal, health advice and company.
Jaime Cone Hughes

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5 things to do this weekend
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5 things to do this weekend

From a weeklong downtown egg hunt to Gallery Night, college baseball, and Easter worship with brunch, here are five ways to spend this weekend in Ithaca.
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5 things to do this weekend

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Street Beat: What is your favorite way to support local business?
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Street Beat: What is your favorite way to support local business?

We asked five random people. Here's what they had to say.
Jaime Cone Hughes

Street Beat: What is your favorite way to support local business?

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‘Every year is a bad tick year’: Expert tips to reduce your risk
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‘Every year is a bad tick year’: Expert tips to reduce your risk

Ticks survived New York's snowy winter and are spreading more diseases, experts warn. Here’s how to protect yourself as tiny, hard-to-spot nymphs emerge this spring.

‘Every year is a bad tick year’: Expert tips to reduce your risk

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Jiameng Lai of College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell wins Distinguished PhD Dissertation Award
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Jiameng Lai of College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell wins Distinguished PhD Dissertati...

Cornell’s Jiameng Lai and SUNY ESF’s Mairui Zhang receive the SUNY Chancellor’s Distinguished PhD Dissertation Award for research on carbon-water cycles and upcycling biomass wastes.

Jiameng Lai of College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell wins Distinguished PhD Dissertation Award

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Hospicare Presents ‘Moving Stories of Grief’ at Hangar Theatre
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Hospicare Presents ‘Moving Stories of Grief’ at Hangar Theatre

At Ithaca’s Hangar Theatre, Hospicare’s free “Moving Stories of Grief” blends movement, personal stories and a Museum of Ordinary Things into a rare communal space to grieve together.

Hospicare Presents ‘Moving Stories of Grief’ at Hangar Theatre

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Ithaca College’s Grace Murray wins national gymnastics title
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Ithaca College’s Grace Murray wins national gymnastics title

Ithaca girls flag football aims for improved campaign
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Ithaca girls flag football aims for improved campaign

Ryan’s Monday Musings: Baseball season is finally here
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Ryan’s Monday Musings: Baseball season is finally here

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Members of the Newfield varsity boys basketball team coach elementary school students who are enrolled in the Newfield Recreation Department’s basketball program. After an exciting winter season, the town’s recreation department is gearing up for its spring sports, including baseball and softball, and summer day camp.
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Community over competition: Newfield gears up for spring sp...

Newfield leans on “community over competition” as it opens sign-ups for youth spring sports and a smaller summer camp, working to keep scholarships and long-running traditions alive.
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In honor of the Academy Awards, what was the best movie you saw within the last year?
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In honor of the Academy Awards, what was the best movie you saw within the last year?

Street Beat: Last Thursday was the last day of winter. What are you most looking forward to about spring?
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Street Beat: Last Thursday was the last day of winter. What are you most looking forward to about spring?

What is your favorite thing about St. Patrick’s Day?
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What is your favorite thing about St. Patrick’s Day?

Who is your favorite fictional villain?
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Who is your favorite fictional villain?

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John Tu, RIT's Saunders College of Business senior associate dean, and Amy Kremenek, Tompkins Cortland Community College president, shake hands after reaching three transfer agreements between the colleges.
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Tompkins Cortland Community College reaches agreement with RIT

Newfield resident Mitch Raymond stands outside of his home equipped with a garbage bag and a trash grabber. Since 2023, Raymond has organized the annual event Newfield Greenup Day, where community members have helped remove more than 1,000 pounds of trash from the town’s roads every year.
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Newfield prepares for fourth annual Greenup Day

Drew Clare, general manager of The Benn Conger Inn, will also be the GM for the apartments that will soon be available on the second and third floors of The Groton Hotel. Pictured here, Clare is admiring the mahogany planks that recently arrived, which will be used for the bar and decorative trim on the first floor of the hotel, soon to be fully restored, renovated and ready for the community to dine in once again.
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What’s happening inside the Groton Hotel and what’s next?

Hailey Faulkner, landscape designer with Fagen Engineers, conducts a monthly Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan inspection at the site of a proposed Dandy Mini-Mart in Lansing. Recently the Lansing Town Planning Board voted to extend the timeline by which the construction of the store, located at the corner of East Shore Drive and Ridge Road, should start.
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Lansing planning board grants extension for Dandy Mini-Mart project

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Images, Shadows & Dreams: A Choral Collage Concert

Artists Talks at The Gallery at South Hill with Mauro Marinelli, Michael George and co-creator Laura Dale George
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Artists Talks at The Gallery at South Hill with Mauro Marinelli, Michael George and co-creator Laura Dale George

Explore Geometric Abstraction at The Gallery at South Hill
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Explore Geometric Abstraction at The Gallery at South Hill

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Republican View: Asteri’s failure carries a human cost

Ithaca’s Asteri complex was evacuated over safety violations, its tax break revoked, and six bodies have been removed, fueling outrage over conditions and the county’s “Housing First” approach.
Joseph Wetmore
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The Lesson of Boston Echoes in Minnesota

Nick Moe at his counting machine at the Trumansburg Redemption Center.
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Signs of Sustainability: For worse or for a better bottle bill

Carolyn Maloney
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Democratic View - ERA: We need Awareness and Action in 2026

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