As the other, smaller school in Ithaca, Ithaca College has the tendency to get overlooked. That school on East Hill is quite good at tooting its own horn, while Ithaca College toils quietly along, doing what it is good at and not saying a lot about it.

Change: It’s an unavoidable and constant part of the human condition, and that applies to parking in Ithaca. 

Sometime in December of this year, the City of Ithaca will complete the largest public-works undertaking in its history: major renovations to the city’s water supply infrastructure. The $37.5 million water supply project is the result of a years-long debate about whether to rebuild the exist…

Arguably Ithaca’s most famous institution, Cornell University is 151 years old this year. With more than 260 major buildings on 2,300 acres housing over 100 academic departments, Cornell’s campus is loaded with traditions and personality. As the pace of Ithaca life quickens with the start of…

Town/gown relations in college towns are often discussed in terms of what kind of a voluntary contribution the institutions of higher learning give to the municipality to offset the effect of their property tax-exempt status. Cornell is on record as making the point that in addition to its a…

Try this one simple trick, new Ithacans, to find out what goods and services are offered by locally owned businesses: Pick up The Guide to Being Local, produced by Local First Ithaca, and find in that $15 booklet lots of stories about local ventures, and lots of savings.