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Home›Author: Michael Smith

Author: Michael Smith

Michael Smith

Michael Smith reports on politics and local news for the Ithaca Voice. He can be reached via email at [email protected], by cell at (607) 229-0885, or at home (607) 564-6129.

  • Featured, News
    October 11, 2016
    by Michael Smith

    Republican candidate takes another shot at ending Ithaca Assemblywoman's 10+ year incumbency

    Herbert Masser's first challenge to long-time Ithaca Assemblywoman Barbara Lifton fell short, but he's confident in a 2016 victory.
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  • Featured, News
    October 10, 2016
    by Michael Smith

    Ithaca Police: Stewart Avenue stabbing suspect turns himself in

    The suspect, Khaliq Gale, was accompanied by an attorney when he turned himself in.
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    October 5, 2016
    by Michael Smith

    Tompkins County residents challenge Cargill mine subsidy

    A handful of Tompkins residents spoke at Tuesday's legislature meeting against a request from Cargill corporation asking the county to give the company a tax ...
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  • Featured, News
    September 15, 2016
    by Michael Smith

    Lockout over, workers to return to work at Dryden gas pipeline station

    Local union workers had been picketing near the facility as recently as Wednesday afternoon.
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  • Featured, News
    September 10, 2016
    by Michael Smith

    Union workers locked out of Dryden gas pipeline station

    As of Wednesday, union workers at the Borger Compressior Station on Ellis Hollow Creek Road have been locked out and barred from working.
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  • Featured, News
    September 8, 2016
    by Michael Smith

    Proposed gas pipeline expansion in Tompkins County raises climate change fears

    Plans are in the works to expand the Dominion New Market Pipeline, which runs through a compressor station in Dryden.
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  • Featured, News
    September 1, 2016
    by Michael Smith

    Major Tompkins manufacturer keeping quiet about Florida relocation

    A plan to uproot a major manufacturing center that employs almost 200 people and move to Florida seems like something that would difficult to keep ...
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  • Featured, News
    August 31, 2016
    by Michael Smith

    Drought declared 'natural disaster' for farmers in Tompkins and 14 other counties

    The U.S. Department of Agriculture has declared Tompkins and 14 other New York Counties as "primary natural disaster areas" due to crop losses.
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  • Featured, News
    August 31, 2016
    by Michael Smith

    State gives Tompkins another 120 days to show progress on jail alternatives

    Tompkins County is no longer feeling pressure from the state to expand its jail — at least for a few months.
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  • Featured, News
    August 17, 2016
    by Michael Smith

    Tompkins sheriff election vs. appointment discussion tabled — for now

    Another motion to schedule a public hearing for the Tompkins sheriff elected vs. appointed issue was tabled.
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