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Blue-green algae blooms found in southern Cayuga Lake

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Blue-green algae blooms found in southern Cayuga Lake
The swimming area at Taughannock Falls State Park is normally packed full of people on a sunny 82-degree day in Tompkins County, but a health concern has turned it into a ghost town. “This whole section would be full, and plenty of people would be pushed to the grass when sunbathing, but not today,” said 16-year-old Lenna Georgiadis, of Interlaken,... more

Revised Lansing senior housing gets cool reception

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Revised Lansing senior housing gets cool reception
The village of Lansing Planning Board was rather surprised when developer Eric Goetzmann presented revised plans for senior housing last week. Unfortunately for Goetzmann, the board members’ surprise was not the happy kind. The latest plans call for 30 units of senior apartments in a three-story building along Oakcrest Road northeast of the Shoppes at Ithaca Mall and the BJ’s... more

Assemblywoman urges halt in Cargill salt mine expansion below Cayuga Lake

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Assemblywoman urges halt in Cargill salt mine expansion below Cayuga Lake
In a press conference Thursday morning, Assemblywoman Barbara Lifton voiced concern for future mining activity below Cayuga Lake, calling for a moratorium on expansions of the Cargill salt mine, a proposal which has mine workers concerned. Cargill was approved for a $640,000 sales tax abatement by the county in October after the company was seeking the abatement to help fund... more

Fish-killing disease VHS confirmed in Cayuga Lake, first in Finger Lakes in decade

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Fish-killing disease VHS confirmed in Cayuga Lake, first in Finger Lakes in decade
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has confirmed the presence of a fish-killing virus in Cayuga Lake. Viral hemorrhagic septicemia (VHS) has killed thousands of round gobies in Cayuga Lake, which runs north-south between Seneca Falls and Ithaca. VHS, which poses no threat to humans, causes hemorrhaging of fish tissue and internal organs. It has impacted fish populations... more

Lansing girls crush Section IV track competition

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Lansing girls crush Section IV track competition
Lansing nearly doubled the second-place team’s score in winning the Section IV Class C girls track championship Thursday, May 25 in Trumansburg. The Bobcats won with 160 total points. Newark Valley had 89 and Oneonta had 53 for third place. Trumansburg placed fifth (41 points) and Dryden placed eighth (22). The Bobcats swept the top three spots on the podium... more

SP: Ithaca man charged for gas station burglary after trying to flee troopers

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SP: Ithaca man charged for gas station burglary after trying to flee troopers
State Police say an Ithaca man is facing several charges for crimes committed in Tompkins County. Troopers say it started Monday when they attempted to conduct a traffic stop on a car being driven by 24-year-old Dennis Noonan. State Police say when troopers tried to stop Noonan on North Triphammer Road in the Town of Lansing he refused to stop... more

The craziest softball game Groton may have ever seen

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The craziest softball game Groton may have ever seen
Groton defeated visiting Lansing, 17-10, on senior night Tuesday at the Groton Elementary School field. All 17 runs came in the bottom of the sixth inning with the Indians trailing 10-0. “It was amazing,” said Groton head coach Ed Dow, who has been a modified and varsity coach at Groton for more than two decades. “I’ve never been in a... more

Attorney General: Massive heroin network busted up in the Finger Lakes

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Attorney General: Massive heroin network busted up in the Finger Lakes
A massive 217-count indictment named 31 people in the Finger Lakes, and according to many state officials — could have taken a serious amount of heroin off the streets. Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced the indictment on Wednesday, which included New York, Bronx, Queens, Schuyler, Tioga and Tompkins counties. “Today’s arrests should send the message to those terrorizing and... more

Jury deliberates for just 30 minutes, finds Lansing man guilty after showering with teen

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Jury deliberates for just 30 minutes, finds Lansing man guilty after showering with teen
A Lansing jury deliberated for about 30 minutes before finding a 60-year-old Lansing man guilty of misdemeanor endangering the welfare of a child. Lloyd Johnson, 60, admitted in court to showering nude with a teen over period of about five years in a shared six-foot-by-six-foot shower with multiple shower heads. Read more from the Ithaca Voice more

Soccer Sectionals: Lansing wins boys title

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Soccer Sectionals: Lansing wins boys title
The Lansing and Trumansburg Section IV Class C boys soccer title game Saturday in Oneonta at the Wright National Soccer Campus was every bit as good as expected. The game between Interscholastic Athletic Conference (IAC) rivals went into two overtimes before Lansing’s Langston Hopkins got the game-winner and gave the Bobcats a 1-0 win. Ithaca.com – Sports: Read More more

Lansing taxes going down .09 percent, says Supervisor LaVigne

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Lansing taxes going down .09 percent, says Supervisor LaVigne
Next Wednesday the Town of Lansing will hold a public hearing on the proposed 2017 $4,980,899 budget. Town Supervisor says that despite exceeding the tax levy cap imposed by the State, property taxpayers will actually pay about five and a half cents per thousand dollars of assessed value less than they payed last year. LaVigne says Town finances are healthy,... more

Class C state title within reach of Lansing boys

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Class C state title within reach of Lansing boys
When the high school soccer season started a little more than two months ago, the Lansing High School boys team was still reeling from the sudden death of their coach, Adam Heck, in late August. Following an emotional and trying season, the Bobcats have found strength through each other and are now two wins away from a state championship. Lansing... more
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