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Jul 18 2008
Capanna Donors Top 700 Print
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Friday, 18 July 2008
ImageWebster, NY - The Capanna for Senate Committee filed their July periodic fundraising report with the NYS Board of Elections, bringing their total number of donors to more than 700.  The campaign has raised more than $25,000 from more than 700 individual donors and nearly $9,000 from unions since May 2007.  Ninety-Seven Percent (97%) of Capanna’s donors are either individuals or unions.
 
“This campaign is about People, with a capital “P,”” urged Capanna, “Not big money donors, not big corporate donors, but individual People who live and work in this District.”  Capanna’s donors hail from throughout the District and throughout the state, as she joins forces with activists ready for significant legislative change in Albany.  She also shows donors from all political parties, including Republicans and Independents, in addition to Democrats and Working Family Parties.

 
Jul 04 2008
Lansing Builders Favor High End, But No Drastic Changes Print
Dan Veaner   
Friday, 04 July 2008
There is a lot of talk about the future of Lansing, how development will change the town, about whether the rural character of the community will remain.  But the fact is that the face of Lansing has changed markedly from the original farming community to a bedroom community for Ithaca and Cornell.  And despite panicked cries about development gone wild, actual development in the town has not been rising.  "We average a couple of hundred building permits per year, pretty close to two hundred, says Code Enforcement Officer Richard Platt.  "But housing is 35, 40, somewhere in that range.  It hasn't changed too much."

In fact the number of single and two-family homes has been down in the past few years.  "Around 2001, 2002 we were in the high 40s in permits," says the town building inspector Lynn Day.  "Now we're down.  Last year we did 33 and we're down in the low 30s.  I believe it will be about the same this year.  We're up to 13 so far this year."

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Jul 04 2008
The Taming of Salt Point Print
Dan Veaner   
Friday, 04 July 2008
Now that summer has begun more and more people will go to Myers Park and Salt Point, the two town parks that sandwich Salmon Creek.  While use and activities at Myers are long established, Salt Point poses a challenge for town officials who hope to change almost 50 years of unregulated behavior there.  Over the past two years since the town took over the management of the point there has been some resistance. 

The same day a gate was installed the post it would latch to was stolen.  And when the highway department began to fill in wild dirt roads to be refoliated, someone brought a tractor into the park to undo what they had begun.  After two years town officials are hoping that people will see the benefits of a controlled nature park and begin to respect the rules, town law, and the park itself.

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A new road replaces a spider web of dirt roads with huge potholes
and filled with trash that previously marred Salt Point

 
Jul 04 2008
County Legislature Highlights Print
Marcia E. Lynch   
Friday, 04 July 2008
ImageContinental Airlines Expected to Begin Ithaca Service This Fall
In what he characterized as a “very preliminary, surprise announcement,” the chair of the County’s Air Service Board announced to the Legislature tonight that Continental Airlines plans to add new service between Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport and Newark Airport, effective October 3, 2008.  The announcement came as board chair Larry Baum delivered an update on the activities of the Air Service Board at the Legislature meeting.  Continental is expected to provide four daily flights to the Newark hub; two flights on Saturday and three on Sunday.  Baum said the Newark hub greatly facilitates travel to and from international destinations.  The carrier is also adding three Pennsylvania cities, Baum reported, but not other nearby regional airports.

In his upbeat report to the Legislature, Baum also reported that Northwest Airlines will begin offering jet service (two flights per day) in August, adding 20 passengers per day, but creating the challenge to make sure that those seats are filled.

 
Jul 04 2008
New Airline, New Service at Ithaca Airport Print
Michelle C. Berry   
Friday, 04 July 2008
ImageThe Ithaca Airport, a small airport that works daily to ensure constant, collaborative communication with its airlines, tenants, customers, business and leisure travelers, and the community at large, is pleased to announce an increase in jet service and welcome a new airline this fall.

"The addition of jet service for NWA and welcoming a new airline (Continental Airlines) for fall 2008 are two pieces of extraordinary news," said Robert A. Nicholas, A.A.E., Airport Manager for ITH. "During a time of cutbacks, increased service bucks the trend we're witnessing at airports around the country, particularly smaller ones," said Nicholas.

"We'll continue to update the community we serve throughout the summer and the fall," Nicholas concluded. A community celebration with federal and airline officials is planned for later this year.

 
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