LANSING, NY -- Cayuga Lake National Bank recently broke ground on the site of its new Lansing branch located on the corner of North Triphammer Road and Franklyn Drive. 

The governor’s office’s budget proposal for the 2021–2022 fiscal year this past week, and the Lansing Central School District Board of Education took some time during its Jan. 25 meeting to examine how the proposal would impact state services aid to the district.

Tompkins County Legislator Mike Sigler announced he is again running for the legislature to represent the 6th district made up mostly of the town of Lansing.

Superintendent Chris Pettograsso mentioned the possibility of bringing more students back for in-person instruction in the spring at a board of education meeting on Jan. 11.

After receiving the designation as a “hospital” use from Village Code Enforcement Officer Mike Scott last month for its detox center, the Tompkins County Alcohol & Drug Council (ADC) met with the Board of Zoning Appeals on Dec. 15, asking the board to consider reversing the characterization.

Lansing resident Doug Baird has a lot to say about the way things run in Tompkins County. So much so that he took his talents as an artist and writer and published a book on it.

On Dec. 7, The Village of Lansing Board of Trustees held a public hearing on the proposed changes to the Lansing Meadows project Planned Development Area (PDA). The purpose of the meeting was to vote on changing the PDA to allow for a smaller lot size and allow zero clearance between lot lines. 

Superintendent Chris Pettograsso delivered a virtual update to the public on the status of the Lansing Central School District on Dec. 14, outlining the district’s plans for instruction over the next several weeks.

Last month, Mike Scott, Code Enforcement Officer for the Village of Lansing, notified the Alcohol & Drug Council (ADC) of Tompkins County that he had officially classified the Open Access Center as a “hospital” use, a use that is not only not permitted in the village, but a use that seve…

The Lansing Town Council voted unanimously on Nov. 18 to allow Town Supervisor Edward LaVigne to perform a Building and Site Programming - Concept Alternatives Analysis for a renovation project of the highway department building. The council will allocate up to $40,000 for the contract.

The Village of Lansing Board of Trustees set the date for the public hearing on the proposed changes (Local Law 5) to the Lansing Meadows project Planned Development Area (PDA) for Dec. 7 at its meeting on Nov. 16.

The Village of Lansing planning board opened the public hearing on The Alcohol & Drug Council (ADC) of Tompkins County’s special use permit application on Monday Nov. 9. The permit, if granted, would allow Phase II of the ADC’s Open Access Center, located on 2353 Triphammer Rd., to comme…

The Town of Lansing has been presented with, and shown support of, two large-scale solar energy projects that, if both were to be approved by the town council, would encompass approximately 150 million square feet.

On Nov. 2, the Village of Lansing Board of Trustees and the Lansing Planning Board held a joint meeting to host an informal discussion on proposed changes to the Lansing Meadows senior housing complex. The discussion centered around Lansing Meadow developer Eric Goetzman’s request to increas…

Lansing eighth graders moved to 100-percent online learning this past Monday Oct. 26 and will remain in that instructional format until Nov. 9 for the sake of caution of a potential positive case at the middle school.

On Oct. 19, the Village of Lansing Board of Trustees and the developers of the Lansing Meadows senior housing complex met to discuss setting a public hearing for the proposed request to change the Village of Lansing local law regarding Lansing Meadows planning development area (PDA). No date…

Lansing High School will move to strictly virtual learning for two weeks after the Tompkins County Health Department notified the school district of a positive COVID-19 case at the school on Sunday Oct. 18.