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Tompkins Weekly highlights the issues, people, organizations and businesses in Tompkins County. Tompkins Weekly celebrated 10 years in business in October 2016.

Covering 16 municipalities and more than 100,000 residents, Tompkins Weekly highlights the issues, people, organizations and businesses that make up Tompkins County. In print and online, we offer our readers the opportunity to have a deeper connection to the area they call home.

11/15/2024

Recckio, Tompkins County communications director, said he is looking forward to starting in his new role as the city of Ithaca’s deputy manager Dec. 30.
📰 Jaime Cone Hughes

Dominick Recckio, who has served as Tompkins County’s communications director since 2020, was appointed the city of Ithaca’s new deputy manager Nov. 6. Recckio will fill the newly created position beginning Dec. 30. “We continue to build a great team at the city of Ithaca. Dominick will bring ...

11/15/2024

The data was collected as part of TST BOCES’ Community-Level Youth Development Evaluation (CLYDE) survey.
📸 Joe Scaglione
📰 Eddie Velazquez

School-aged Trumansburg youth lead Tompkins County and countrywide averages in underage substance consumption, new data from Tompkins-Seneca-Tioga BOCES (TST BOCES) shows. Among other factors, Brandi Re*****on, youth development coordinator at TST BOCES says substance use and mental health issues ar...

11/14/2024

Groton’s Lane Darling has starred in the backfield for the football team this season.
📸 John Brehm
📰 Ryan Gineo

Last season was a bitter pill to swallow for the Groton football team. Despite posting a 6-2 record, they missed out on the playoffs since they did not finish in the top two in their division. This time around, the Red Hawks made sure their hiatus from postseason play only lasted one year. With the....

11/14/2024

An addition to one of the pavilions and plans for a café are the latest in the park’s ongoing transformation.
📰 Jaime Cone Hughes

An addition to one of the pavilions and plans for a café are the latest in the park’s ongoing transformation Friends of Stewart Park and Wharton Studio Museum, in collaboration with the city of Ithaca and several community partners, are in the midst of the final phase of the Stewart Park revitali...

11/13/2024

Laurie Pattington, the Newfield Central School District farm-to-school teacher, helps an elementary school student in the garden. Pattington and the farm-to-school program will hold their dinner on Nov. 14.
📰 Kevin L. Smith

Newfield Central School District’s (CSD) farm-to-school program works to connect the three C’s: community, classroom and cafeteria. Laurie Pattington, Newfield CSD’s farm-to-school teacher since March, said that the community aspect of the program is for the town but also for local farms. Patt...

11/13/2024

Ithaca’s Eliza DeRito played a massive role in helping the girls soccer team capture the Section IV Class AAA championship.
📸 Jim Organ
📰 Ryan Gineo

The DJ Roberts era has been a resounding success for the Ithaca High School girls soccer team. When Roberts took over as head coach last year, the Little Red went from a record of 3-8-2 to being named co-champions of the Section IV Class AA Tournament. This time around up in Class AAA, the title was...

11/08/2024

Individuals convene for social gatherings, classes and workshops at the Connected Stitches yarn and fiber shop in the village of Dryden.
📰 Kevin L. Smith

A woman walked into Connected Stitches Yarn & Fiber Shop, a business on West Main Street in the village of Dryden, one day and was immediately taken aback by the selection. The woman was amazed by the yarn she found in the shop, and blown away by the yarn that you would find on websites like Etsy. ....

11/07/2024

Porter will debut an exhibition of her paintings at the Ulysses Philomathic Library on Nov. 16 with a reception from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
📰 Eddie Velazquez

Local painter Patty Porter will debut her new exhibition of landscape paintings at the Ulysses Philomathic Library on Nov. 16. A reception will occur from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Porter will show portraits from her travels to small coastal cities in France, as well as sojourns to the American sout...

11/07/2024

The Lindhorsts have applied for a respite care worker to help them balance life with a child with developmental disabilities, but they have not been assigned a caregiver due to a lack of direct service providers.
📰 Jaime Cone Hughes

Two months ago, Thena Lindhorst of Freeville was feeling very frustrated with the process of obtaining services for her 16-month-old daughter, Ivy — services that were supposed to help make new motherhood a little easier. Though becoming first-time parents comes with unique challenges for every fa...

11/06/2024

Lansing’s Gavin Marsit was one of many senior standouts for the boys soccer team this season.
📸 John Brehm
📰 Ryan Gineo

The Lansing boys soccer team has made a habit of stellar seasons, and this year’s rendition was no exception. The Bobcats wrapped up the season with a 12-3-2 record and repeating as IAC North Large Division champions and IAC Large School Champions. Head coach Jake Fusilli looked back fondly on ano...

11/02/2024

One story that has gone under the radar is the reemergence of Newfield.
📸 Sawyer Emery
📰 Ryan Gineo

Girls soccer is once again flourishing in Tompkins County. Trumansburg and Groton are fresh off IAC championships, while Ithaca and Lansing have put together fantastic regular seasons. One story that has gone under the radar is the reemergence of Newfield. For the first time since 2015, the Trojans....

10/31/2024

Deb Wilke, a Second Wind board member and the homeless crisis alleviation coordinator, said the house needs air infiltration and sprinkler tests done before the project can come to a close.
📰 Kevin L. Smith
📸 Joe Scaglione

Second Wind Cottages is almost to the finish line for completion of its highly anticipated Dryden House for Women. Deb Wilke, a Second Wind board member and the homeless crisis alleviation coordinator, said the house needs air infiltration and sprinkler tests done before the project can come to a cl...

10/31/2024

Carpenters from Smith Site Development work on the entrance of the former bank building at 300 N. Tioga St. on Friday afternoon. The building will soon house a Code Blue emergency shelter.
📸📰 Jaime Cone Hughes

In the face of new challenges, and with nighttime temperatures continuing to drop, Tompkins County staff and officials are working to secure safe shelter for residents in need this winter. St. John’s Community Services, the non-profit organization that ran the county’s year-round homeless sh...

10/30/2024

Located inside the Herb Engman loop, it is an unconnected phone that allows visitors of the site to connect with loved ones they have lost.
📰 Kevin L. Smith

When someone grieves for a loved one, they try to find ways to get closure or just to chat. The Greensprings Natural Cemetery Preserve in Newfield, a 130-acre preserve and natural burial ground that started in 2006, provides options to guide people through the grieving process. Aside from a traditio...

10/25/2024

Lansing’s Bella Drake has impressed for the girls soccer team in her first varsity season. The eighth grader leads the Bobcats with 14 goals and helped them achieve a 9-4-2 record during the regular season.
📸 Jim Organ
📰 Ryan Gineo

The regular season has come to a close in Section IV soccer, and it was another successful one for Lansing girls soccer. The Bobcats head into the postseason with a 9-4-2 record. Throughout the course of the campaign, the Bobcats have certainly been battle-tested, facing state-ranked teams such as T...

10/25/2024

Our Hometown Hero for this month is a warm personality with an alter ego that has given joy to countless Tompkins County residents.
📸📰 Jaime Cone Hughes

Our Hometown Hero for this month is a warm personality with an alter ego that has given joy to countless Tompkins County residents. Frank Towner, former CEO of the Ithaca Tompkins YMCA, has spent his career cultivating relationships and bringing smiles and laughter everywhere he goes. These days, yo...

10/24/2024

Top row: Assistant coach Colleen Robinson, Allison Denmark, Isla Landon, Josie Pharoah, Lenora Reed, Paetyn Howley, Penelope Cassidy, head coach Anthony Ouckama. Middle row: Alyssa Avery, Leah Washburn, Nalini Minors, Ellie Ouckama, Amelia Hoffmire, Lily LaForge, Ella Simoneau, assistant coach Emily Ouckama. Bottom row: Hope Augustine, Raya Mount, Amara Landon.
📸 John Brehm
📰 Ryan Gineo

Last season, the Trumansburg girls soccer team ended a 27-year IAC title drought after taking down Lansing 2-0 in the Large School championship. This season, they made sure they didn’t have to wait another 27 years for another league title. On October 19, the Blue Raiders shut out Watkins Glen 2-0...

10/24/2024

The search comes after Superintendent Kimberly Bell announced in September that she was retiring. Her last day is scheduled for January 10, 2025.
📸 Joe Scaglione
📰 Eddie Velazquez

The Trumansburg Central School District (TCSD) is moving forward with its search for a new superintendent. The search comes after Superintendent Kimberly Bell announced in September that she was retiring. Her last day is scheduled for January 10, 2025. “After 13 years of the honor and privilege to...

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