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Aug 19, 20192 min read

NYSEG Restoration Efforts Underway as Severe Thunderstorms Disrupt Power to Thousands

Customers Urged To Avoid Downed Lines and Report Outages BINGHAMTON, NEW YORK — August 18, 2019, 9:00 pm— NYSEG, a subsidiary of AVANGRID...

Tompkins Co. Farm Bureau Partners with Food Bank to Provide Milk to Food Pantries in the County

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Aug 15, 20191 min read

Tompkins Co. Farm Bureau Partners with Food Bank to Provide Milk to Food Pantries in the County

Tompkins County Farm Bureau (TCFB) is pleased to announce the kick-off of the New York Farm Bureau 10-gallon challenge, to provide milk for

Early week rain, severe storms to end pleasant stretch in northeastern US

WVBR News

Aug 12, 20192 min read

Early week rain, severe storms to end pleasant stretch in northeastern US

Elsewhere in the Northeast, a slight uptick in humidity and temperatures will signal a change in the weather.

WVBR News

Aug 12, 20192 min read

Call 811 Before You Dig

A Reminder from RG&E and NYSEG ROCHESTER, NEW YORK — August 12, 2019 — RG&E and NYSEG, subsidiaries of AVANGRID, Inc. (NYSE: AGR), today r

WVBR News

Aug 12, 20192 min read

DOLLAR GENERAL NOW OPEN IN BEAVER DAMS

Major discount retailer will celebrate the grand opening on Saturday, August 17

WVBR News

Aug 12, 20192 min read

FCC AUTHORIZES NEARLY $16.2 MILLION IN FUNDING FOR RURAL BROADBAND IN UPSTATE NEW YORK

Second Wave of FCC Funding Will Expand Broadband Access in 14 Upstate Counties in Partnership with State.

Aug 8, 20192 min read

Experimental and Existential: The 1975's Newest Single

If you follow the British indie band The 1975, you might be aware that each of their albums begins with an eponymous track, usually about...

WVBR News

Aug 6, 20194 min read

HABs Update Week of August 5, 2019

Updates Despite the hot weather last week, we were fortunate to continue to have little bloom activity on the lake, with only one single HAB

Dig Safely New York to Host Family-Friendly Community Day Event for 811 Day

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Jul 29, 20192 min read

Dig Safely New York to Host Family-Friendly Community Day Event for 811 Day

Dig Safely New York is hosting a Community Day on 811 Day to commemorate the natural calendar date, celebrate it’s 50-Year Anniversary.

WVBR News

Jul 25, 20191 min read

Ithaca City Cemetery Restoration Project Announcement

Please join us as Historic Ithaca Preservation Services Coordinator Christine O'Malley, City of Ithaca Mayor Svante Myrick, and Cornell...

WVBR News

Jul 19, 20192 min read

NYSEG and RG&E Prepared to Meet Customer Needs During Weekend Weather

Companies Ready to Meet Warm Weather Challenges

Cayuga Lake HABs Update, Week of July 15, 2019

WVBR News

Jul 19, 20194 min read

Cayuga Lake HABs Update, Week of July 15, 2019

The past few weeks of beautiful, hot, wet, calm weather have resulted in the appearance of many potential Harmful Algal Blooms...

WVBR News

Jul 11, 20193 min read

HABs Update Week of July 8, 2019

The Cayuga Lake HABs Monitoring Program is a collaborative effort led by a local consortium of three nonprofits.

WVBR News

Jul 9, 20192 min read

ANNUAL GRAND RECYCLE SALE: First Unitarian Society of Ithaca, 306 North Aurora St.

First Unitarian Society of Ithaca, 306 North Aurora St., Ithaca, corner of Aurora and Buffalo Streets

WVBR News

Jun 25, 20192 min read

HABs Update Week of June 24, 2019

This season, over 80 volunteers were recruited for our HABs Monitoring Program!

WVBR News

Jun 18, 20192 min read

HABs Update - Week of June 16 2019

The temperatures are (finally!) warming up in the Cayuga Lake watershed!

WVBR News

May 21, 20191 min read

Holiday Closing and Curbside Recycling Pick-Up Schedule

Both the Tompkins County Department of Recycling and Materials Management and the Recycling & Solid Waste Center (RSWC) will be closed on...

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