In 1983 someone wrote an anonymous article in Shetland Life about the Canadian poet Earle Birney. According to the writer, Birney visited Shetland around 1979 and ‘stayed with his cousin, who was able to take him on a tour of places associated with his [Birney’s mother].
Tompkins County officials expect an uptick in sales tax collections to close out a year in which monthly sales tax reports have mostly outpaced figures factored into 2021’s county budget,
Research from a team of Cornell and Ithaca College faculty and students provided key insights to Tompkins County legislators, who recently approved funding for a new housing program to help formerly incarcerated people.