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It’s complicated: How INHS plans to pay for massive multi-million dollar renovations

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It’s complicated: How INHS plans to pay for massive multi-million dollar renovations
At first read, this article might be confusing. Non-profit housing landlord and developer Ithaca Neighborhood Housing Services (INHS) is refinancing its properties in order to pay for long-needed renovations. How it plans on doing that, is a little complicated. First, the easy part. INHS owns 98 units in 44 buildings spread throughout the city of Ithaca, mostly small apartment buildings... more

TC3 narrows presidential search to three finalists

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TC3 narrows presidential search to three finalists
The Tompkins Cortland Community College Board of Trustees has narrowed its search for a new college president to three candidates. On Monday, Elizabeth Burns, Board of Trustees chairwoman, announced the three finalists, Orinthia Montague, Seamus Reilly and Peter Soscia, will visit the campus in March for two days of interviews and meetings with the community. The new president will succeed... more

Renovations underway after Union Springs Academy fire in December

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Renovations underway after Union Springs Academy fire in December
Students and staff are adjusting and renovations are taking place since a fire hit the Union Springs Academy’s administration building in December. Principal Jere Clayburn said he estimates $250,000 to $300,000 worth of cleanup work has taken place at the building on 40 Spring St., which school personnel and students are still not allowed to enter. The blaze, which took... more

CCC works on contracts before issuing funds from state’s $600,000 Owasco Lake grant

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CCC works on contracts before issuing funds from state’s 0,000 Owasco Lake grant
Confusion has run rampant as to where the state’s promised $600,000 for Owasco Lake is, and how it’s being administered. The confusion resurfaced Tuesday at an Owasco Lake Watershed Management Council meeting when members couldn’t understand why John Halfman had not yet been paid. Halfman, a professor at the Finger Lakes Institute at Hobart and William Smith Colleges, emailed the... more

Shirley M. Collado named president at Ithaca College

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Shirley M. Collado named president at Ithaca College
On Wednesday, Ithaca College’s Board of Trustees announced the selection of Shirley M. Collado as Ithaca College’s ninth president. Collado currently serves as executive vice chancellor and chief operating officer at Rutgers University–Newark. She will assume the presidency at Ithaca on July 1, 2017. “I am proud to welcome Shirley Collado to Ithaca College as our next president,” said Thomas... more

Waterloo teacher under investigation placed on leave

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Waterloo teacher under investigation placed on leave
A Waterloo High School teacher under investigation has been placed on administrative leave. According to New York State Police Investigator DiMarco, the male teacher in question has worked for the district for several years. It was reported to school officials in early February that the teacher allegedly made “some off-colored remarks” to a student. The school district turned the case over... more

Auburn school board presents budget for instruction, athletics

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Auburn school board presents budget for instruction, athletics
The Auburn Enlarged City School District Board of Education went over its 2017-2018 budget on topics like instruction, curriculum and supervision and athletics, with many increases being attributed to contraction-related rises. School Business Executive Lisa Green said the presentation shown at a board meeting Tuesday night focused on a “status quo” budget — a budget that didn’t factor in possible... more

Free SUNY tuition would increase college access, reduce debt

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Free SUNY tuition would increase college access, reduce debt
Jahrel Holt has applied to a mix of colleges but is also trying to avoid going deep into debt financing his college education. “It would be hard for me to pay it off,” said Holt, 17, a senior at the Rochester City School District’s Edison Career and Technology High School. Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s tuition-free proposal for public colleges in New... more

Ithaca superintendent discusses evolving curriculum

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Ithaca superintendent discusses evolving curriculum
During a question-and-answer session Tuesday night with community members, Ithaca City Schools Superintendent Dr. Luvelle Brown was asked which human rights concerns students in the district are most vocal about. Brown said one of the most common concerns younger students have is the availability of higher education and if they will have access to a diverse learning experience when they... more

The Melissa Killeleagh Show: Meet Auburn’s Maureen Angotti and the Finger Lakes Classical Academy (podcast)

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The Melissa Killeleagh Show: Meet Auburn’s Maureen Angotti and the Finger Lakes Classical Academy (podcast)
Maureen Angotti of Auburn is working towards opening a new private charter school, Finger Lakes Classical Academy, and is in-studio with Melissa to talk about the purpose of the new school and her philosophies on education. This episode focused on education and personal development initiatives, locally and globally, and on different levels, including recorded interviews with friends and colleagues Adam... more

Nyrop returns to roots: Interim leader of Experiment Station began his career in Geneva

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Nyrop returns to roots: Interim leader of Experiment Station began his career in Geneva
Jan Nyrop looks around his new digs on the campus of the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station and admits it doesn’t have the look of a modern office, beyond the laptop and monitor on his desk. The meeting room table is a solid piece of furniture that has been refinished. Same for the solid chairs that wrap around it.... more

Union files unfair labor charge against Ithaca College

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Union files unfair labor charge against Ithaca College
Contingent faculty members at Ithaca College announced Wednesday they have filed an unfair labor practice charge against the school and have given the college’s bargaining committee 24 hours to show a “glimmer of hope” in labor negotiations. The Ithaca College Contingent Faculty Union/Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 200 United held a press conference outside the Peggy Ryan Williams Administration... more

Report: Cuomo’s free SUNY tuition plan would hurt jobs, enrollment at NY private colleges

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Report: Cuomo’s free SUNY tuition plan would hurt jobs, enrollment at NY private colleges
A report released Thursday highlights the potential impact Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s free public college tuition proposal could have on New York’s independent and private colleges. The Commission on Independent Colleges & Universities in New York estimated that 54,079 fewer students would enroll in the state’s private institutions if Cuomo’s plan is adopted. The organization also estimates that 44,693 jobs would... more

Geneva 2020 breakfast celebrates highlights, acknowledges the challenges that lie ahead

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Geneva 2020 breakfast celebrates highlights, acknowledges the challenges that lie ahead
To illustrate the importance of a community-wide effort to improve Geneva schools, Superintendent Trina Newton pointed to four young Geneva students standing to her left who are set to graduate in 2026. “What you see before you is the future,” said Newton at a special Geneva 2020 breakfast gathering Thursday morning at the Ramada Geneva Lakefront, where district officials reported... more

Volatile crowd meets Rep. Tom Reed at town hall meeting in Ovid

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Volatile crowd meets Rep. Tom Reed at town hall meeting in Ovid
Congressman Tom Reed, NY-23, was met by a volatile crowd congregating in the Ovid fire hall Saturday morning, March 11th. Nearly 200 residents crowded into the fire hall for a town hall meeting with Reed, who represents some 717,000 constituents in his district. Many carried signs, expressing their support for Planned Parenthood, demanding affordable health insurance for all, protection for... more

Ontario Sheriff extends ‘No Unnecessary Travel’ request

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Ontario Sheriff extends ‘No Unnecessary Travel’ request
Ontario County Sheriff Phil Povero says that conditions are worsening in his county. A Travel Advisory has been issued by Povero until 10 pm. Povero extended the No Unnecessary Travel Advisory active in the county, which will remain until 5 am on Thursday. He says that motorists should use extreme caution on the roadways, especially as those individuals who have... more
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