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We call it the Ithaca news cheat sheet. Sponsored by Quilters Corner, it features a rundown of the 10 biggest headlines from the area.
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1 — “Here are the little freaks. Do you like ’em?”
Trumansburg’s best doodler is on the brink of the big time art world – Way up on the top floor of a rustic four-story barn in Trumansburg, Jim Garmhausen is drawing. The Ithaca Voice
2 — How many people in Tompkins County go hungry every night?
Hunger in Ithaca: Understand the ‘new normal’ facing the Southern Tier food bank – The Food Bank of the Southern Tier saw requests for help surge by 25 percent when the Great Recession struck. The Ithaca Voice
Remembering adventure lover Tim Starr – The Starrs were driving home from a full day of yard work on June 1 when they were struck head-on by a vehicle that had drifted into their lane on Route 13 in Dryden. The Ithaca Journal
4 — Is Jason Fane bluffing? The Ithaca Times reports
Jason Fane: No Tax Abatement, No Project – The developer holds all the cards. Ithaca.com
5 — Winter, still winter and construction
Sick of construction in Ithaca? You should’ve seen it in 1913! – 10 historic photos of construction in Ithaca. The Ithaca Voice
6 — The Ithacan looks at policy for food trucks as their numbers increase
Ithaca legislation limits food truck parking – Food trucks have been vending in Ithaca for the past several decades, and their numbers have been on the rise in the past few years. However, until Jan. 27, no street vending policy existed in Ithaca. The Ithacan
Tompkins SPCA says it has ‘urgent need’ for canned pet food – The shelter has taken in more than 600 cats and kittens and nearly 150 dogs and puppies since June. The Ithaca Voice
Art and nanotech converge in campus biennial – For her newest work, Korean artist Kimsooja wanted to explore a “shape and perspective that reveals the invisible as visible, physical as immaterial, and vice versa.” Cornell University
9 —The Cornell Sun profiles a student who lived in Israel during the war
Cornell Student Experienced Israel-Gaza Conflict Firsthand During Tel-Aviv Summer Internship – Jeremy Quartner ’17 experienced the Israeli side of the recent Israel-Gaza conflict firsthand. Cornell Sun
10 — Good news on the local health food front
Coming to Enfield Elementary students: fresh, healthy snacks – Beverly J. Martin elementary school’s Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Snack Program is expanding this fall. Ithaca Week