Ithaca Minute from 14850 Magazine

Here’s the Ithaca Minute from 14850 Today for March 28th.

Firefighters extracted an elderly woman whose car rolled over on East Court Street on Tuesday night, after getting a call that a person was trapped inside a vehicle.

According to the Ithaca Fire Department, a call came in around 9:30pm, and emergency responders arrived at the scene to find a Toyota Prius on its side with the driver unable to get out.

Ithaca Police officers closed off the street while firefighters cut the windshield to extract the woman, who was “shaken but uninjured.”

Ithaca is beginning its annual schedule of street cleaning on Monday, April 2, and asks residents to move their cars when their street is scheduled. Signs will go up 24 hours ahead of a street closing.

City crews will post “no parking” signs 24 hours ahead of time throughout the month of April, so keep an eye on where your car is parked and be prepared to move it. Notifications are also available from the Swift911 system offered by Ithaca and Tompkins County, which can text or call or email when there’s an update.

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Here’s the Ithaca Minute from 14850 Today for March 27th.

The Tompkins County Sheriff’s Office has asked the public for help in a larceny case where an unidentified individual broke into a cash dispenser in an Ithaca-area laundromat.

On the night of Sunday, March 11, a person dressed in grey warmup pants and a dark hooded sweatshirt and/or mask entered the laundromat in the Village of Lansing and broke into the change dispenser. A video is on 14850.com.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Tompkins County Dispatch at 607-272-2444 or the Sheriff’s Office Tip Line at 607-266-5420.

Expect light traffic delays downtown this week as drivers detour around a closed Seneca Way.

And Ithaca has a fantastic selection of brunch spots every week, but a few Sundays a year, some of our favorite restaurants and hotels go all out. Check 14850 Dining for our roundup of Easter brunches in the Ithaca area.

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Here’s the Ithaca Minute from 14850 Today for March 26th.

Seneca Way will be closed all this week from State Street to Seneca Street due to a project to install new water and sewer lines for the Hilton Canopy Project. Traffic westbound on New York State Route 79 will need to detour. The official detour for westbound traffic is to continue straight at the tuning fork on East State Street, turn right onto Aurora Street at the light near the Ithaca Commons, and then turn left onto Seneca Street to continue on Route 79 west.

Two Cornell students who are alumni of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida were among the speakers at the gathering on Cornell’s Arts Quad Saturday that then proceeded downtown to join the Ithaca March for our Lives gathering at the Bernie Milton Pavilion.

Both Ithaca and Trumansburg fire departments responded as a TCAT bus caught fire during the Friday afternoon commute on Route 96. No one was injured in the blaze, which also started grass fires alongside the road.

And Cornell men’s ice hockey ended their season in the NCAA regional tournament in Worcester. The Big Red fell to Boston University by a 3-1 score.

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Here’s the Ithaca Minute from 14850 Today for March 23rd.

There’s a community gathering this afternoon to honor Officer Colin Hayward Toland, the youngest officer in the Ithaca Police Department, who died last weekend. Kids, families, and community members are invited to the Ithaca High School from 4:30-8:30.

The Finger Lakes Thaw is offering single-day, single-venue passes for this weekend’s festival. And, festival organizers and The Range will be accepting voluntary donations in memory of Nick LaVerne at the door for tonight’s Stone Cold Miracle show for those who don’t have festival tickets.

Student groups from Ithaca College and Cornell University will meet on campus Saturday and march to the Ithaca Commons to join in Saturday’s March for our Lives Rally, taking place at the Bernie Milton Pavilion.

And Seneca Way will be closed all next week from State Street to Seneca Street due to a project to install new water and sewer lines for the Hilton Canopy Project.

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Here’s the Ithaca Minute from 14850 Today for March 1st.

A man who Ithaca Police say was responsible for Monday night’s armed robbery of a pizza delivery driver was arrested Tuesday night after barricading himself in a home on west hill, according to IPD. 25-year-old Dennis Noonan was secured in police custody “after several hours” barricaded in his apartment.

Police say after the suspect was taken into custody, “officers observed what appeared to be evidence of a small meth lab inside of an apartment,” and IPD secured the scene to await the New York State Police contaminated crime scene emergency response team.

Noonan was charged with robbery in the second degree.

Several weeks after controversy erupted over Ithaca High School’s plans for a spring musical, a new production is in the works. “Hairspray” will open on April 13th.

Early in January, students expressed concern over the casting of Esmeralda in “The Hunchback of Notre Dame,” saying the role called for a student of color, but a white student had been selected. Ultimately, the tense topic resulted in the cancellation of the spring musical, and widespread national media coverage generated racially motivated online abuse for students and other community members.

“Hairspray tells the story of young people who identify a racial and social injustice that they are experiencing,” says Joey Steinhagen of Running to Places in talking about the production, which he’ll direct. Auditions are next week, and there’s an informational meeting this Thursday after school, with practice sessions after school on Friday and Monday where students can learn the audition music.

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Here’s the Ithaca Minute from 14850 Today for February 28th.

The Ithaca Police Department says a Domino’s Pizza delivery driver was robbed by a man who displayed a small handgun on Monday night, and the suspect fired into the roadway. The incident was on the 400 block of Elm Street on Ithaca’s west hill.

Police say the victim was delivering pizza in the area when the suspect, described as a thin, white male about 5’7″ tall, approached him and demanded all of his money. The suspect was wearing dark pants, a black hooded sweatshirt, and a baseball hat.

The victim reported that the suspect searched the victim’s pockets before displaying the handgun and again demanding money, then searched again and fired twice into the roadway. A change pouch containing about $30 and credit cards was taken, and the suspect fled on foot towards West Village. No one was injured, police say.

Ithaca College has joined the list of schools saying high school students who are disciplined for protesting in the wake of gun violence will not jeopardize their admission decisions. IC says, “We encourage free expression and constructive dialogue that promotes diversity, equity, and inclusion, and applaud students who seek to make the world a better place.”

And we’re sorry to report that Sticky Rice, Downtown Ithaca’s Thai and Laotian restaurant, has closed.

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Here’s the Ithaca Minute from 14850 Today for February 27th.

The performer lineup for the 2018 GrassRoots Festival of Music & Dance was released Monday, and it features dozens of local, regional, and world touring acts. Patty Griffin, Toots and the Maytals, The Wood Brothers, and Valerie June are among the hot headliners.

The lineup also includes some area top draws like Driftwood, the Gunpoets, and Big Mean Sound Machine, return guests like the Campbell Brothers, Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad, and Root Shock, and first-time acts like Vee Da Bee and Double Tiger, though that last offers some familiar faces.

The GrassRoots Festival runs from July 19th-22nd this summer.

The Tompkins County Health Department says they’re looking for a dog that bit a person on Sunday afternoon at the Ithaca dog park near Cass Park, to make sure the dog doesn’t have a rabies infection.

According to a release from Tompkins County, “the biting dog is described as a medium-sized black dog with no markings wearing a green harness.” The dog’s name is reportedly “Spencer,” and was with a woman while at the dog park.

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Here’s the Ithaca Minute from 14850 Today for February 26th.

Cornell University on Sunday afternoon joined a growing list of colleges and universities around the country making the clear statement that high school students who are disciplined for protesting in the wake of gun violence will not jeopardize their admission decisions.

“Cornell University values civic discourse as essential to the academic mission and promotes public engagement as critical to inspiring future leaders,” says a statement on the Cornell Admissions page on Facebook. “Disciplinary action resulting from responsible engagement in non-violent protest will not jeopardize admission to Cornell.”

The City of Ithaca is holding a public information meeting Monday afternoon to present progress on and get input about their preliminary design for a North Aurora Street bridge rehabilitation project. The meeting is Monday, February 26 at 5:30pm on the second floor of City Hall at 108 East Green Street.

And Princeton forced Cornell women’s ice hockey to a third game Sunday afternoon in a best-of-three ECAC Hockey quarterfinal series, but the Big Red shut out the Tigers at Lynah Rink 4-0 to advance to next weekend’s ECAC semifinal round.

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Here’s the Ithaca Minute from 14850 Today for February 19th.

Hours after Ithaca residents spotted racist graffiti in a southside skate park on Saturday morning, community members gathered to paint over the hatred and add images of love. Community members quickly organized a painting party at 5pm Saturday, bringing paint suitable for covering up the graffiti.

“We take this despicable act very seriously,” Chief of Police Pete Tyler said on Saturday afternoon. Chief Tyler says the incident “is all made worse by the fact that it was done at a skate park, a place that children play and grow and flourish.”

The GrassRoots Festival is still months away, but vehicle camping spots go on sale this Monday, and there are several changes — including pre-selecting your site. The biggest change to camping at the GrassRoots Festival this year is that the organization now owns property across Route 96 from the Trumansburg Fairgrounds, and all off-site camping will be there. No more camping, or parking, on Agard Road.

And Cornell men’s ice hockey swept their weekend games against Brown and Yale, and will finish the regular season on the road at RPI and Union. Cornell’s women host an ECAC quarterfinal series against Princeton this weekend.

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Here’s the Ithaca Minute from 14850 Today for February 16th.

Cornell Police and Ithaca Police are investigating a trio of incidents that could be related, involving indecent exposure and groping. Police notified the Cornell community Thursday of an early morning incident in which a man entered a bathroom and exposed himself to a female student who was showering.

Ithaca Police announced Thursday night they were investigating a pair of “possibly related” incidents that occurred in the city. At about 7:20pm, police responded to a report of a man walking up behind a woman and forcibly grabbing “intimate parts of her body” in the area of Cascadilla Street and North Geneva Street. The woman yelled for help, and “other pedestrians in the area” came to her assistance, but the suspect fled southbound. Almost 20 minutes later, police responded to an incident in the 400 block of North Tioga Street in which a man had “exposed his genitals” to a female pedestrian.

Victims all described a white man about 5 foot 8, and police ask anyone with information about any of the cases to get in touch.

The Maguire Family of Dealerships announced Thursday that the company has acquired Honda of Ithaca. The purchase adds a 19th brand to the large chain of car dealers.

And Cornell men’s ice hockey has their final home games of the regular season this weekend, against Brown on Friday and Yale on Saturday, with a senior night ceremony following Saturday’s game.

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