Environment

On August 22, the Cortlandville Fire Department responded to Hoxies Gorge trails around 3:30 p.m. for a report that someone had fallen while hiking.

The YMCA of Ithaca and Tompkins County is collecting scrap metal to raise money in support of childcare and programs for the approaching school year.

A five-year renewal on Cargill’s Cayuga Salt Mine permit will allow Cargill to continue flooding an abandoned area beneath Cayuga Lake.

Later this month, the Ulysses Town Board will hear comments on a land donation.

On April 19, members of the Newfield Fire Department responded to a reported brush fire “with a large amount of smoke in the area.”

The Board of Trustees in Owego is looking at leasing “green” properties to residents.

Ithaca Common Council members will gather feedback on a nine-foot-tall plastic tower, which would be placed in Baker Park.

On August 7th, the Finger Lakes Land Trust (FLLT) announced three agricultural easements in the towns of Benton and Torrey at Christiansen Farms.

According to Ithaca City Manager Deb Mohlenhoff, the Building Division recently received three new EVs.

Fine particles from Canadian wildfires remain in the air causing the DEC to extend an air quality advisory for much of the state.