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  1. Caroline Elementary School third-grader Seth Ryan gets a taste of pasta fazool during a test testing of the cholestorol-free, low fat, high fiber meal organized Tuesday by the Farm to School Partnership. The partnership includes the ICSD Child Nutrition Department, the New York State Coalition for Healthy School Food, Moosewood Restaurant and Cayuga Pure Organics. Serving Seth is Denise Agati, the Director of ICSD Child Nutrition Department and serving other samples, center, is Amie Hamlin, the executive director of the coalition.

    Tompkins school districts attempt to serve healthier lunches

    • Feb. 3, 2012

    Ithaca -- A stew made of fresh kale, onions, carrots, celery, green peppers, shell pasta and beans will soon be making its way into the cafeterias of the Ithaca City School District.

  1. Greek Peak's lender goes under

    • Feb. 3, 2012

  2. Ithaca warrant sweep nets 16 arrests

    • Feb. 3, 2012

  1. Family Watch: Ithaca celebrates the year of the dragon Feb. 3, 2012

  2. Cornell touts benefits of New York City campus Feb. 3, 2012

  3. Dryden students sing out against bullies Feb. 3, 2012

  4. Komen Twin Tiers offers statement on national decision Feb. 3, 2012

  5. Election fields solidify in Tompkins County Feb. 3, 2012

  6. Tourism plans set for Arecibo telescope after Cornell ended management Feb. 3, 2012

  7. Southern Tier economic council to hold public meeting Feb. 3, 2012

Local News

  1. Komen drops plans to cut Planned Parenthood grants

    NEW YORK — For leaders of the nation's pre-eminent breast-cancer charity, it was a firestorm they didn't see coming — and couldn't …

  2. Pa. bank robbery investigated
  3. Rochester-area school addresses neurological mystery
  4. Brooks guilty in Corning slaying
  5. Super Bowl has Giants' fans dressing for success in Tier
  6. Vestal reassesses flooded properties
  7. Chenango Forks names interim school chief
  1. 3 Elmira teens face more charges in burglaries
  2. Pa. court addresses redistricting plan
  3. Hiring surges in January; U.S. jobless rate falls to 8.3 pct.
  4. Pa. dairy farm linked to illnesses
  5. N.Y. unlikely to meet election deadlines
  6. Endwell woman charged with grand larceny
  7. Body found after Pa. fire
  8. STEG sets sights on job development
  9. New life for retired race horses: Finger Lakes program specializes in adoptions
  10. Coopers Education Center Honors

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  1. Fundraiser to aid student trip

    JOHNSON CITY — A fundraiser will help a seventh-grader at Jennie F. Snapp Middle School travel to Europe in the summer.

  1. Class Act: John Armstrong
  2. Ask a Scientist: Of sneezes and tornadoes
  3. Seton announces $225K plan to upgrade labs
  4. UE music students attend All-State

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  1. GOP public transportation plan under fire

    WASHINGTON -- A proposal to eliminate guaranteed federal money for mass transit will head to the House floor later this month after clearing a key …

  1. N.Y. ethics panel appoints executive director
  2. Drug testing debated in negotiations over jobless benefits
  3. Study: N.Y. should invest in solar, but costs uncertain
  4. House bill would give NY 2.1 percent hike in highway money

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  1. Updated: Landowners fight gas firm over Pa. pipeline plan

    Lisa Richlin stands along Route 220 on Wednesday at the intersection with Thorndale Road next to her home near Laporte, Pa. Richlin is in court with Central New York Oil and Gas Company LLC on trying to get them to move a proposed entrance road for building the MARC 1 pipeline from a couple hundred yards north of her home at Thorndale Road to a site a couple hundred yards south of her home. Associated Press

    LAPORTE, Pa. -- A pipeline operator assured federal regulators it would minimize using eminent domain against private landowners if given approval to …

  1. Natural gas firm faults EPA probe
  2. Bills limiting local drilling rules draw GOP foes in Pa.
  3. Bills limiting local drilling rules draw GOP foes
  4. Push for ban on natural gas drilling advances in Vestal

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  1. Church council elects officers

    BINGHAMTON — Broome County Council of Churches’ board of directors has elected Patrick Regan as president.

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  2. Charity names new officers
  3. CCN helps out for the holidays
  4. Cornell among top for Peace Corps

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  1. 5 killed in Egypt clashes over deadly soccer riot

    Police fired salvos of tear gas and birdshot at protesters in Cairo as popular anger over a deadly soccer riot became violent.

  1. Syrian activists: 200 dead in government assault
  2. Air Force to cut 10,000 airmen, change aircraft
  3. Pentagon refuses extension for Guantanamo Sept. 11 trial
  4. U.S. seeks Russia's vote for lighter Syria UN resolution
  5. Israeli officials warn of 'knee-jerk' showdown with Iran
  6. U.K.: Hacked phone call with FBI poses no risk

  1. Woman charged with DWI after crash

    DICKINSON —Broome County sheriff’s deputies charged a woman Saturday with misdemeanor driving while intoxicated after a crash on Front Street, police said. ...

      7:16 AM, Jan. 23, 2012

  2. Ithaca policeman to go on leave

    Ithaca Police Lt. Marlon Byrd has been accused of tipping off targets of Ithaca Police Department drug investigations. Byrd will be on administrative leave and prohibited from entering the police department building, starting this weekend, sources in...

      6:25 PM, Jan. 27, 2012

  3. Byrd back on duty after 'personnel assessment,' mayor says

    Ithaca -- Ithaca Police Lt. Marlon Byrd is back on active duty after spending a single day on administrative leave last week, Mayor Svante Myrick said Tuesday. ...

      5:45 PM, Jan. 31, 2012

  4. Assault reported in Schuyler County

    HECTOR -- There was a reported assault on Seneca Road in Schuyler County Wednesday afternoon, according to the Schuyler County Sheriff's Office. ...

      12:52 PM, Feb. 1, 2012

  5. Danby Town Talk: Newfield boy races for the finish line

    I know very little about microds, open wheels and karts. ...

      3:56 PM, Feb. 1, 2012

  6. Sciencenter's watershed moment

    Ithaca -- Dropped into Fall Creek, a piece of litter has the potential to bob and swirl on a voyage first into Cayuga Lake and then, meandering north, into the St. Lawrence Seaway and, eventually, the Atlantic Ocean. ...

      5:25 PM, Feb. 1, 2012

  7. 'Gasland' director arrested at House hearing

    WASHINGTON -- An Oscar-nominated documentary filmmaker was arrested at a House hearing Wednesday after trying to film the proceedings without the required media credentials. ...

      5:55 PM, Feb. 1, 2012

  8. SUNY wants more funding for community colleges

    ALBANY -- Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposed state budget would keep operating aid for the State University of New York the same as current levels, but that's not enough to reverse $1.4 billion in cuts over four years, school and union officials said Wednesday....

      9:22 PM, Feb. 1, 2012

  9. Letter carrier's call leads to injured homeowner

    BINGHAMTON -- Alertness and a bit of caring led a Binghamton letter carrier to come to the aid of an elderly man on his route Tuesday. ...

      6:30 PM, Feb. 1, 2012

  10. City-County Watch: Ithaca mayor pledges support for same-sex marriage

    Ithaca -- Mayor Svante Myrick joined Mayors for the Freedom to Marry, he announced this week, signing a pledge supporting gay and lesbian couples' right to marry. ...

      7:55 PM, Feb. 1, 2012

  11. Son, 18, charged in father's assault

    trumansburg -- An 18-year-old Trumansburg-area resident has been charged with assaulting his father. ...

      8:34 PM, Feb. 1, 2012

  12. SPCA offers two new dog classes

    Ithaca -- The SPCA of Tompkins County will offer two different dog classes, the first "Basic Doggy Manners" 6:30 p.m. every Monday 1640 Hanshaw Road and starts on Feb. 6....

      8:34 PM, Feb. 1, 2012

  13. Southern Tier sees increase in bobcat population

    When a bobcat shot through the beam of Barbara Brown's headlights as she drove down Airport Road in the Town of Union last month, she was stunned. ...

      10:14 PM, Feb. 1, 2012

  14. Police: Group swarms upstate NY store, steals $38K

    Authorities say a group of nine people swarmed a neighborhood grocery store in Syracuse and stole nearly $40,000 by distracting the clerk and blocking her view....

      1:40 PM, Feb. 1, 2012

  15. Cuomo to county leaders: "I need you"

    ALBANY -- Gov. Andrew Cuomo urged county leaders Wednesday to support his budget plan, saying his proposal would provide them the mandate relief they have long sought from the state. ...

      7:59 PM, Feb. 1, 2012

  16. Reports: Upstate House freshmen have plenty of campaign cash

    WASHINGTON -- Republican Rep. Tom Reed, of Corning, ended 2011 with the second-most campaign cash of the four congressional freshmen in western New York and the Southern Tier, according to reports from the Federal Election Commission. ...

      7:58 PM, Feb. 1, 2012

  17. Pa. groundhog ‘predicts’weeks of winter, NY hog an early spring

    PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. — Pennsylvania’s Punxsutawney emerged from his lair to “see” his shadow on Thursday, in the process predicting six more weeks of winter. ...

      7:43 AM, Feb. 2, 2012

  18. Collapsed landing gear closes Elmira Corning airport briefly

    The landing gear on a twin-engine cargo plane collapsed on landing Thursday morning at the Elmira Corning Regional Airport, closing the main runway for about 2 1/2 hours while the disabled aircraft was removed. ...

      11:45 AM, Feb. 2, 2012

  19. Father assaulted by son now in fair condition

    Trumansburg - The Trumansburg-area resident who was assaulted by his son on Wednesday is now in fair condition. ...

      2:55 PM, Feb. 2, 2012

  20. NY: 26 injured, 4 fatally, in hunting season

    ALBANY — New York environmental officials counted 26 hunting accidents during the 2011 season, tying a record for safety hit two years ago. ...

      7:39 AM, Feb. 2, 2012
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