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Class Act: Ithaca Bets it all to Honor NY Teachers
Ithaca is rolling the dice this winter on an unusual celebration for an improbable group of VIPs. The Finger Lakes community is pooling its resources and betting on a first-ever festival honoring New York State public school teachers.Ithaca’s “Winter Rece...
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Harvest the Fun at Fall Family Weekend
Cayuga Lake's east shore is hopping in October as four unique agricultural enterprises join forces in their third annual Fall Family Weekend, Oct. 14-15.Bakers Acres, Indian Chimney Farm, King Ferry Winery and the Plantsmen Nursery offer a diverse range o...
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Waterfalls and Wine: Is this New York's Most Scenic New Foliage Drive?
Ithaca, N.Y.—Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but on the new Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway, great scenery is official. Just read the signs.Celebrating its official opening Sept. 14, the newly designated scenic route circles the longest of New York’s Finge...
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Sunday Sundaes! Celebrate the Sundae’s Birthplace With Free Ice Cream in July
Ithaca, N.Y. (June 26, 2006)—Visitors to Ithaca, the birthplace of the ice cream sundae, will get a cool treat from the sweltering heat this July. To Celebrate National Ice Cream Month, Ithaca restaurants will offer complimentary Purity Ice Cream sundaes,...
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It’s Official: Ithaca Makes Top-10 List of Smart Places to Live
Washington, D.C.—Kiplinger’s Personal Finance Magazine made official what most Ithacans already know. This is one smart place to live.In its June, 2006, issue, Kiplinger’s ranked Ithaca eighth in its list of America’s 50 smartest places to live. Ithaca wa...
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Tourist Kitsch: Ithaca Tour Takes an Offbeat Look at Local History
Ithaca, N.Y.--Visitors to Ithaca can step through time this summer, and all they’ll need is a pair of walking shoes and a collectible souvenir slide viewer called a HistoryCam.The palm-sized viewer holds a dozen historical images of downtown Ithaca. These...
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Going Dutch in Ithaca: Rembrandt Ripple and Etchings Too
Ithaca, N.Y.—Rembrandt Ripple ice cream, 17th Century lute music, period poetry and 1,000 tulips; it’s Rembrandt’s birthday and Ithaca is going Dutch.Music, art, and ice cream are among the highlights this spring as Cornell University and surrounding Itha...
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Evolution Revolution: Ithaca Celebrates Darwin Day
Ithaca, N.Y. — You say you want an evolution? You’ll find it in Ithaca, Feb 9-13, as the community celebrates the birth of Charles Darwin.Leading scientists, researchers and scholars from Cornell University, the Paleontological Research Institution’s Muse...
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