Here’s the Ithaca Minute for January 2nd!

The City of Ithaca says Green Street, or Route 79 eastbound through Downtown Ithaca, will be closed this Wednesday night for placement of a crane for the City Centre project.

East Green Street will be closed from Cayuga Street to the intersection with East State Street at Seneca Way, starting at 7pm on Wednesday, January 3rd, and “until early morning Thursday.”

Several Ithaca musicians have collaborated on “I Won’t Give Up,” a song released on New Year’s Day to benefit Planned Parenthood of the Southern Finger Lakes. The track features Maddy Walsh, Mike Suave, and Mike Parker of the Blind Spots, Dan Lisbe of the Gunpoets, Richie Stearns of the Horse Flies, Samuel B. Lupowitz of Noon Fifteen, and Ted Walsh of GoGone, with Pyramid Sound’s Alex Perialas engineering.

100% of proceeds after the initial recording costs are covered will go to Planned Parenthood of the Southern Finger Lakes. Find the track at 14850.com.

And the New Year means a small pay raise for New Yorkers making minimum wage. The minimum has gone up from $9.70 to $10.40 an hour for hourly employees, not including tipped workers.

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