query: what airport is closest to ithaca ny?

title: Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport

text: TCAT Route 32 travels to Cornell University and downtown Ithaca (Ithaca Commons) Monday through Friday, On weekends similar service is on Route 72. Both routes operate hourly, or more frequently, throughout most of the day. Ithaca Dispatch (Cayuga, University, Yellow Cab) operates a taxi stand at the airport, although it may be necessary to call in advance, especially during peak hours. Fares to the airport are standardized. Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport is a county-owned airport three miles northeast of Ithaca, the county seat and only city in Tompkins County, New York. The National Plan of Integrated

title: Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport

text: Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport is a county-owned airport three miles northeast of Ithaca, the county seat and only city in Tompkins County, New York. The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a "primary commercial service" facility. Federal Aviation Administration records say the airport had 103,501 passenger boardings (enplanements) in 2013. The original Ithaca Municipal Airport was west of downtown Ithaca, near the inlet of Cayuga Lake. Its single short runway, proximity to the Lehigh Valley freight yards on the south side, the Cayuga Lake marshes on the north side, and fog

title: Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport

text: Airlines to leave. In 2001, the airport renamed itself the Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport, replacing its former moniker, the Tompkins County Airport. In late 2004, after negotiations with the County, Northwest Airlines agreed to add Northwest Airlink service to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, which began May 2, 2005. US Airways nonstops to Pittsburgh, a focus city, resumed on November 9, 2005 but ended on April 1, 2006 due to low yield. Passenger traffic has improved with the additional service; the airport served about 140,000 passengers in 2004, increasing to around 170,000 in 2007. On October 6, 2008, Continental Connection

title: Ithaca, New York

text: Public Transit operates three routes to Ithaca and Cornell, but will cease operating on November 30, 2014. GADABOUT Transportation Services, Inc. provides demand-response paratransit service for seniors over 60 and people with disabilities. Ithaca Dispatch provides local and regional taxi service. In addition, Ithaca Airline Limousine and IthaCar Service connect to the local airports. Ithaca is served by Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport, located about three miles to the northeast of the city center. American Eagle offers flights to its hub at Philadelphia, operated by Piedmont Airlines using Embraer ERJ-145 airliners. Delta Connection provides service to its hub at Detroit Metro

title: Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport

text: that all flights to and from Ithaca will be aboard jet aircraft. On May 3, 2018, New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo announced at the airport a new $22 million project to double the size of the 25-year-old airport terminal, adding six new gates, three new jetbridges, and a customs facility to allow international air travel to Ithaca, as well as expanded office space for the Transportation Security Administration and airlines. Cumo returned to Ithaca on October 16, 2018, to help break ground for the newly-renamed "Ithaca-Tompkins International Airport." At groundbreaking, the total cost was expected to be $24.7 million,

title: Ny-Ålesund Airport, Hamnerabben

text: Ny-Ålesund Airport, Hamnerabben Ny-Ålesund Airport, Hamnerabben (; ) is an airport serving the research community of Ny-Ålesund in Svalbard, Norway. The airport is owned by Kings Bay, who also owns the company town. The only flights available are to Svalbard Airport, Longyear, operated two to four times a week by Lufttransport using Dornier Do 228 aircraft. The services are organized as corporate charters and tickets are only available after permission from Kings Bay. Between 1925 and 1928, Ny-Ålesund saw four air expeditions to the North Pole, two of which required the construction of an airship hangar and mast. The first

title: Ny-Ålesund Airport, Hamnerabben

text: from Hamnerabben is Lufttransport, which operates 16-seat Dornier Do 228 aircraft to Svalbard Airport, Longyear. The airline provides two flights per week during the winter and four flights per week during the summer. All departures are charter flights organized by Kings Bay and tickets are only available through the company. Occasional "ad hoc" charter flights are also sometimes operated. At Longyearbyen, connections are provided onwards to Tromsø Airport and Oslo Airport, Gardermoen. Ny-Ålesund Airport, Hamnerabben Ny-Ålesund Airport, Hamnerabben (; ) is an airport serving the research community of Ny-Ålesund in Svalbard, Norway. The airport is owned by Kings Bay, who

title: Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport

text: resumed service between Ithaca and Newark Liberty International Airport with four daily flights. In 2011, the airport served 242,493 passengers on three airlines. In 2009 Regional Elite Airline Services took over ground handling duties from Mesaba Airlines for the Delta Connection flights to Detroit. As of November 2012, all ground handling for Delta and United Airlines will be by DAL Global Services. Starting on March 24, 2012, US Airways Express ended all service between Ithaca and New York–LaGuardia as part of a slot-exchange deal with Delta. The 2013 Federal sequester did not result in the closure of the airport's control

title: Ny-Ålesund Airport, Hamnerabben

text: fly once per week during the winter and up to five times per week during the summer. The airline would use a Dornier Do 228, which was also used for flights from Longyearbyen to Svea Airport for Store Norske Spitsbergen Kulkompani. Ny-Ålesund Airport, Hamnerabben, is located at Hamnerabben, west of the main settlement of Ny-Ålesund. It consists of a single long and wide gravel runway. It is located at elevation and aligned 12/30. The airport has a single apron. The airport has aerodrome flight information service but lacks terminal and hangar facilities. The only airline to provide service to and

title: Ny-Ålesund Airport, Hamnerabben

text: proposal for an airport in Ny-Ålesund was launched in 1956 by Norsk Polar Navigasjon, who proposed an airport at Kvadehuksletta. Soviet protests against the airport caused the Norwegian authorities to oppose the plans, which were laid to rest in the early 1960s. Construction at Hamnerabben started in 1965 following the decision to build Kongsfjord Telemetry Station. The airport first hosted service to temporary landing strips near Longyearbyen, but from 1975 served Svalbard Airport. Lufttransport started flights with helicopters in the 1980s, but from 1989 has flown with fixed-wing aircraft. Ny-Ålesund was established as a mining company town by Kings Bay

title: Ithaca College

text: in Boston, Chicago, Connecticut, Los Angeles, Metro New York, National Capital, North and South Carolina, Philadelphia, Rochester (NY), San Diego, and Southern Florida. Alumni events are hosted in cooperation with city-specific clubs and through a program called "IC on the Road". Following is a brief list of noteworthy Ithaca College alumni. For a more extensive list, refer to the List of Ithaca College alumni. Following is a brief list of current and former noteworthy Ithaca College faculty. Ithaca College Ithaca College is a private, nonsectarian, liberal arts college in Ithaca, New York. The college was founded by William Egbert in

title: Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport

text: tower. The U.S. Department of Transportation restored the funding needed to support the continued operation of the Ithaca air traffic control tower. In 2014, Robert Nichols, who had been the airport's general manager since 1990, retired. On September 12, 2017, the airport announced that it had been awarded $2.4 million in grants from the FAA to rehabilitate the general aviation tarmac, add new perimeter fencing and lighting, and build a second passenger boarding bridge. Simultaneously, United Airlines announced that it was upgrading its Ithaca to Newark service from 37-seat Dash 8 turboprop aircraft to 50-seat, Embraer ERJ-145 jet aircraft, meaning

title: Ny-Ålesund Airport, Hamnerabben

text: over by Kings Bay. During this period, Longyearbyen was served by a planed section of tundra in Adventdalen. Svalbard Airport, Longyear, opened in 1975, allowing better facilities and connection with scheduled flights to the mainland. At the same time, Lufttransport established itself at Svalbard Airport. During the summer of 1975, the Norwegian Polar Institute stationed two helicopters at Ny-Ålesund Airport to support their expeditions. During the late 1970s there was little winter activity in Ny-Ålesund, but the air strip was kept operational for the few groups of researchers who did visit. A radio line repeater was installed at Kongsvegpasset in

title: Ny-Ålesund Airport, Hamnerabben

text: not allow an airport to be built on their ground. The government also used Gunnar's military rank to hinder him, to limited extent, from pursuing the plans. The Aviation Act, which required all airports to have a concession to operate, came into effect from 1961, effectively stopping the plans. Following the 1962 mining accident and the subsequent Kings Bay Affair, Ny-Ålesund was transformed from a mining town to a research outpost. The need for an airport to support commercial activity in Ny-Ålesund arose in 1965 with the construction of Kongsfjord Telemetry Station. The Royal Norwegian Council for Scientific and Industrial

title: Ny-Ålesund Airport, Hamnerabben

text: 1980, resulting in Ny-Ålesund receiving a telephone connection. A radio beacon was subsequently installed at the airport. During the 1980s, the services were gradually taken over by Lufttransport, who used both small aircraft and helicopters. These gradually became more regular and became "de facto" scheduled services every fortnight. Lufttransport replaced the helicopter service with a two-engine five-seat aircraft in 1989, which cut the cost of transport significantly. In 1993, Widerøe established itself at Svalbard Airport and flew services to Ny-Ålesund, but this only lasted the one season. In 1996, Lufttransport and Kings Bay made an agreement that the airline would

title: Ithaca Community News

text: due to financial strains. The web site and email newsletters are archived at the link below. Ithaca Community News The Ithaca Community News is a semi-monthly email newsletter and web site founded by former local resident and activist Paul Glover. He had over 7,900 subscribers, not including website readers, which represented roughly a quarter of the population of Ithaca, NY. Many subscribers were from other parts of the country and world. In November 2005, Elizabeth Bauchner took over the publication. Soon after she changed her name back to Elizabeth Field. Ithaca Community News covered local political issues, as well as

title: Ithaca Community News

text: Ithaca Community News The Ithaca Community News is a semi-monthly email newsletter and web site founded by former local resident and activist Paul Glover. He had over 7,900 subscribers, not including website readers, which represented roughly a quarter of the population of Ithaca, NY. Many subscribers were from other parts of the country and world. In November 2005, Elizabeth Bauchner took over the publication. Soon after she changed her name back to Elizabeth Field. Ithaca Community News covered local political issues, as well as race, class, social justice, gender, anti-war activism and environmental sustainability. Elizabeth stopped publishing in February 2007

title: Ny-Ålesund Airport, Hamnerabben

text: to fly to Longyearbyen, although a limited number of flights were undertaken to the mainland. In addition to magnetic tapes, the aircraft were used to transport personnel and cargo, particularly during winter. Services were originally operated by Ski- og Sjøfly, but were later taken over by Svalbard-Fly, both of which had their Cessna 185 aircraft stationed in Ny-Ålesund. On 3 June 1970, a miner with a fractured skull was transported by ship from Longyearbyen to Ny-Ålesund and sent on board a Piper PA-31 Navajo to the mainland for treatment. After the telemetry station closed in 1974, the airport was taken

title: New York State Route 13

text: follow East Shore Drive along the lakeshore. NY 13 and NY 34 follow parallel routings into Lansing, where NY 13 curves eastward to interchange with both Cayuga Heights Road and Triphammer Road. Southwest of the Tompkins County Airport, NY 13 downgrades into a divided highway and meets Warren Road at-grade before reverting into a two-lane roadway as it passes south of the airport and exits the Ithaca area. NY 13 progresses southeast through western Dryden to meet Dryden Road (NY 366), a street originating in eastern Ithaca. NY 366 joins NY 13 northeast along Fall Creek for little more than

title: New York State Route 34

text: of Ithaca, which became NY 13 at this time. By 1926, what is now NY 34 from Ithaca north to Cato was designated as part of NY 40, which continued northwest to Red Creek mostly by way of modern NY 370. South of Ithaca, current NY 34 was part of NY 53 from Van Etten to Spencer. Within Ithaca, NY 13 was routed on Spencer Road and Cayuga Street to Court Street, where NY 13 turned east and followed Court Street and University Avenue out of the city. NY 40, meanwhile, began at NY 15 (now NY 96) at the

title: Ithaca College Television

text: Cayuga Lake is transmitted and VIC Radio is played. Ithaca College Television was created to provide community-oriented public affairs and entertainment programming to the Ithaca-area cable audience. It also is the only source of local news for Tompkins County, since the closest news station is Syracuse. Since all programming on ICTV is almost all student-initiated, so any semester’s productions depend upon the interests of the active participants. Currently, ICTV has five branches of programming - News, Sports, Entertainment, Game Shows, Original Series, and Podcasts. Re-introduced to ICTV in Spring 2014, Special Projects focuses on bringing live and non-traditional programming to

title: Ithaca, New York

text: airport, operated by SkyWest Airlines using Bombardier CRJ-200 airliners. United Express offers three daily flights to Newark Liberty International Airport, operated by CommutAir using Embraer ERJ-145. Some residents choose to travel to Syracuse Hancock International Airport, Greater Binghamton Airport, Elmira-Corning Regional Airport or Greater Rochester International Airport for more airline service options. Norfolk Southern freight trains reach Ithaca from Sayre, Pennsylvania, mainly to deliver coal to AES Cayuga, a coal power plant (known as Milliken Station during NYSEG ownership) and haul out salt from the Cargill salt mine, both on the east shore of Cayuga Lake. There is no passenger

title: Ithaca High School (Ithaca, New York)

text: homes in the villages that surround this Finger Lakes city. "We have kids who live on dirt floors and go outside to the restroom and come to school to take a shower, and we have Carl Sagan's kids," said Peter Romani, a history teacher at Ithaca High School. More recently, the school experienced difficulties in 2004 and 2007. In December 2007, over 200 Ithaca residents signed a petition calling for principal Joseph M. Wilson to be fired after what they believed was Wilson's mishandling of a series of racially charged incidents. Ithaca High School has historically had a reputation for

title: Cortland, New York

text: NY-13 leads southwest to Ithaca. Local public transportation by bus is provided by Cortland Transit. Greyhound provides the city with intercity bus service with connections to Syracuse, Binghamton, and points beyond. The closest Amtrak train station is in Syracuse. Air service is provided by Cortland County Airport located west of the city. As of the census of 2000, there were 18,740 people, 6,922 households, and 3,454 families residing in the city. The population density was 4,778.6 people per square mile (1,845.8/km²). There were 7,550 housing units at an average density of 1,925.2 per square mile (743.6/km²). The racial makeup of

title: Closest Thing to Heaven

text: Closest Thing to Heaven "Closest Thing to Heaven" is a song by the British band Tears for Fears. In the UK, it was released as the first single from their 2004 album "Everybody Loves a Happy Ending", and is the first single that features both original members Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith since 1990. The song was Tears for Fears' first UK top 40 hit since the 1995 single "Raoul and the Kings of Spain". It also reached #8 on the UK Independent Singles Chart, #12 on the Finland singles chart and #40 in Poland. The promo video for "Closest

title: Ithaca High School (Ithaca, New York)

text: Ithaca High School alumni: Ithaca High School (Ithaca, New York) Ithaca High School (IHS) is a public high school in Ithaca, New York, USA. It is part of the Ithaca City School District, and has an enrollment of approximately 1,675. The school is located at 1401 North Cayuga Street in the north end of Ithaca, near Stewart Park, Cayuga Lake, and Ithaca Falls. The current principal is Jason Trumble. In 2017, "U.S. News & World Report" ranked IHS as the best high school in Central New York, 48th in New York State, and 401st nationwide. Ithaca High School was founded

title: Ny-Ålesund

text: high Arctic troposphere. Ny-Ålesund Ny-Ålesund ("New Ålesund") is a research town in Oscar II Land on the island of Spitsbergen in Svalbard, Norway. It is situated on the Brøgger peninsula (Brøggerhalvøya) and on the shore of the bay of Kongsfjorden. The company town is owned and operated by Kings Bay, who provide facilities for permanent research institutes from ten countries. The town is ultimately owned by the Ministry of Trade and Industry and is not incorporated. Ny-Ålesund has an all-year permanent population of 30 to 35, with the summer population reaching 120. Its facilities include Ny-Ålesund Airport, Hamnerabben, Svalbard Rocket

title: Ny-Ålesund

text: Ny-Ålesund Ny-Ålesund ("New Ålesund") is a research town in Oscar II Land on the island of Spitsbergen in Svalbard, Norway. It is situated on the Brøgger peninsula (Brøggerhalvøya) and on the shore of the bay of Kongsfjorden. The company town is owned and operated by Kings Bay, who provide facilities for permanent research institutes from ten countries. The town is ultimately owned by the Ministry of Trade and Industry and is not incorporated. Ny-Ålesund has an all-year permanent population of 30 to 35, with the summer population reaching 120. Its facilities include Ny-Ålesund Airport, Hamnerabben, Svalbard Rocket Range, a port

title: Ny-Ålesund Airport, Hamnerabben

text: ice on the fjord and lighting and weather permitted it. The first flight took place on 10 May and consisted of post drops. No further flights were carried out until 1949; one of the flights that year was an air ambulance operation. The service also dropped post at the other Norwegian settlements in Svalbard. In 1961, the Catalinas were replaced with Grumman HU-16B Albatross aircraft. The first proposal for an airport serving Ny-Ålesund was launched by the brothers Einar Sverre Pedersen and Gunnar Sverre Pedersen. Einar worked as chief navigator in the Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) and was instrumental in

title: Ithaca High School (Ithaca, New York)

text: Ithaca High School (Ithaca, New York) Ithaca High School (IHS) is a public high school in Ithaca, New York, USA. It is part of the Ithaca City School District, and has an enrollment of approximately 1,675. The school is located at 1401 North Cayuga Street in the north end of Ithaca, near Stewart Park, Cayuga Lake, and Ithaca Falls. The current principal is Jason Trumble. In 2017, "U.S. News & World Report" ranked IHS as the best high school in Central New York, 48th in New York State, and 401st nationwide. Ithaca High School was founded in 1875 as the

title: Ithaca College Television

text: vote on who won and will return for the next episode. News program covering local news for Ithaca and all of Tomkins County. Newswatch is the only local news program in the area. Contestant teams in this game show must guess what is being drawn to compete for points and win the game. Local sports coverage, reporting stories on Cornell and Ithaca College sports as well as Tomkins County high school sports. Behind-the-scenes of Ithaca College student filmmaking. Includes student film news, cast and crew interviews and more. Movie review show. Each week two critique and give their grades to

title: Ithaca, New York

text: in the American Institute for Economic Research's 2013–2014 College Destination Index. In its earliest years, during the frontier days, what is now Ithaca was briefly known by the names "The Flats" and "Sodom," the name of the Biblical city of sin, due to its reputation as a town of "notorious immorality", a place of horse racing, gambling, profanity, Sabbath breaking, and readily available liquor. These names did not last long; Simeon De Witt renamed the town Ithaca in the early 19th century, though nearby Robert H. Treman State Park still contains Lucifer Falls. Today, Ithaca is primarily known for its

title: Ithaca (album)

text: while going through a difficult divorce. After the split was finalised in 2008, Cole moved back to her hometown of Rockport, Massachusetts to write what became Ithaca. Allmusic praised Ithaca's emotionally raw, 90's sound, stating that it allowed Cole to work out her troubles while becoming reacquainted with the listener, taking them on a journey of pain and her ultimate rebirth. The album has consistently been compared to Cole's "Harbinger" and "This Fire" records. In support of Ithaca, Cole embarked on a small promotion tour which took her across the United States throughout October, November and December 2010. Ithaca (album)

title: The Ithaca Journal

text: are housed in the same building it has occupied since 1905. "The Journal" was purchased by Frank E. Gannett in 1912, thereby becoming the second local newspaper of what would later become the media conglomerate Gannett Co, Inc. It merged with the "Daily News" in 1919 and officially adopted the name "The Ithaca Journal-News", although it is published under the name "The Ithaca Journal". Among its stars were Kenneth Van Sickle, the long-time sports editor who had a popular column for decades, covering everything from Cornell and Ithaca College to high schools to local recreational sports. The newspaper in 1985,

title: New York State Route 366

text: In 1908, the New York State Legislature created Route 9, an unsigned legislative route that ran from the Southern Tier to Bouckville via Ithaca and Cortland. Route 9 exited the city of Ithaca on modern NY 366 and followed it east through Varna and Etna to Freeville, from where it continued southeastward toward Dryden on what is now NY 38. When the first set of posted routes in New York were assigned in 1924, the segment of legislative Route 9 between Varna and Etna became part of NY 13. Unlike Route 9 before it, NY 13 exited Ithaca on Forest

title: Ny-Ålesund Airport, Hamnerabben

text: in 1916. Between 1925 and 1928, four attempts were made to reach the North Pole by air from Ny-Ålesund. In May 1925, Roald Amundsen used Ny-Ålesund as a base for two flying boats, but the expedition failed to come closer than 88 degrees north. On 9 May 1926, Floyd Bennett and Richard E. Byrd used Ny-Ålesund as both the starting and landing for their expedition. Although they claimed to have reached the pole, there is strong evidence that they could not have accomplished this. On 11 May, Amundsen and Umberto Nobile's airship "Norge" left Ny-Ålesund and traveled via the North

title: Closest Thing to Heaven

text: Thing to Heaven" was directed by Michael Palmieri (who has also worked with Foo Fighters and Beck), and is a colourful theatrical fantasy featuring the Hollywood actress Brittany Murphy. Closest Thing to Heaven "Closest Thing to Heaven" is a song by the British band Tears for Fears. In the UK, it was released as the first single from their 2004 album "Everybody Loves a Happy Ending", and is the first single that features both original members Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith since 1990. The song was Tears for Fears' first UK top 40 hit since the 1995 single "Raoul and

title: Ithaca

text: description does not match the topography of modern Ithaca. Three features of the description have been seen as especially problematic. First, Ithaca is described as "low-lying" (), but Ithaca is mountainous. Second, the words "farthest out to sea, towards the sunset" () are usually interpreted to mean that Ithaca must be the island furthest to the west, but Kefalonia lies to the west of Ithaca. Lastly, it is unclear which modern islands correspond to Homer's Doulichion and Same. Another interpretation suggests a more relevant description which fits with all the clues mentioned in Odyssey of Homer as to the geographical

title: Ithaca Times

text: numbers both resetting to 1. Every year, during September, the Ithaca Times does a special "Best of Ithaca" issue, which, based on submissions from a reader's poll, determines some of the best things to see, visit and do around Ithaca. During December, the Ithaca Times has an issue that showcases several local non-profit organizations and the work they do in the community. In 2018, the Ithaca Times began a newsletter for its subscribers called, Ithaca Times Daily. Ithaca Times The Ithaca Times is a weekly alternative newspaper serving the Ithaca, New York area. It is a member of the Association

title: Ithaca

text: now known as the Echinades. Ithaca lies farther north than Kefalonia, Zacynthos, and the island that Strabo identified as Doulichion, consistent with the interpretation of Ithaca as being "farthest of all towards the north." Strabo's explanation has not won universal acceptance. In the last few centuries, some scholars have argued that Homer's Ithaca was not modern Ithaca, but a different island. Perhaps the best known proposal is that of Wilhelm Dörpfeld, who believed that the nearby island of Lefkada was Homer's Ithaca, whereas Same was the present-day Ithaca. However, contrary to Dorpfeld's theory, his predecessor Heinrich Schliemann, who excavated the

title: New York State Route 13

text: on the north bank of the Chemung River in downtown Elmira. The route then overlapped NY 14 along Lake Street to Horseheads, where NY 13 split from NY 14 and headed northeast on Old Ithaca Road to what is now the intersection between NY 13 and NY 223. Here, NY 13 turned north, following its current alignment toward Ithaca. In the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York, NY 13 was extended over previously unnumbered roadways on both ends of its alignment, but unlike most routes in the state, it retained the same number along its original route. To

title: Ithaca College

text: on South Hill. The college's final academic department moved from downtown to the South Hill campus in 1968, making the move complete. Besides its Ithaca campus, Ithaca College has also operated satellite campuses in other cities. The Ithaca College London Center has been in existence since 1972. Ithaca runs the Ithaca College Los Angeles Program at the James B. Pendleton Center. Additionally, there is an Ithaca College Washington Semester Program, and a recently launched Ithaca College New York City Center. Former programs include the Ithaca College Antigua Program and the Ithaca College Walkabout Down Under Program in Australia. Ithaca College

title: Ithaca Downtown Historic District (Ithaca, Michigan)

text: degree of integrity. The first building is the oldest in the district, dating from 1875. It has Gothic-arch second-story windows with paneled brickwork, and retains its original iron storefront columns. Next door is a stone-front building with narrow windows. Ithaca Downtown Historic District (Ithaca, Michigan) The Ithaca Downtown Historic District is a commercial historic district located on East Center Street, between Main and Pine River, in Ithaca, Michigan (covering 100-168 and 101-161 East Center Street). It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. Ithaca was founded in 1855; development of the new settlement began the next

title: Ny-Ålesund

text: operations. The first research establishment came in 1967, when Kongsfjord Telemetry Station was opened to communicate with the European Space Research Organization's satellites. The Royal Norwegian Council for Scientific and Industrial Research took over daily management of Ny-Ålesund until the telemetry station was closed in 1974. The station resulted in the construction of Ny-Ålesund Airport, Hamnerabben, and resulted in about thirty employees. The Norwegian Polar Institute established a scientific station in Ny-Ålesund in 1966, moving their ionosphere measurement station from Isfjord Radio. An early scientific agent was the Norwegian Institute for Air Research, which has conducted air research in Ny-Ålesund

title: Ithaca, Queensland

text: It is currently used as a community hall, known as Ithaca Hall. On 25 February 1922, Sir Matthew Nathan, the Governor of Queensland unveiled the Ithaca War Memorial to commemorate local people who had died in World War I. The Ithaca Town Council Chambers were listed on the Queensland Heritage Register in 2000. The Ithaca name still persists in a number of local places: Ithaca, Queensland Ithaca is a former suburb of Brisbane, Australia. Since 1975, Ithaca has been designated a neighbourhood within the suburb of Red Hill in Brisbane. The name of the suburb is believed to have been

title: New York State Route 392 (1936–1974)

text: NY 13 from downtown Ithaca to the junction of Willard Way and Stewart Avenue became part of NY 34A while the remainder was redesignated as NY 392. NY 34A was realigned in the early 1940s to follow Stewart Avenue south of NY 392, resulting in the truncation of NY 392 to the intersection of University and Stewart Avenues. In the mid-1960s, NY 34A was removed and NY 392 was extended southwestward to NY 79 in downtown Ithaca over what had been the routing of NY 13 during the 1920s and 1930s. The NY 392 designation was removed entirely on July

title: Ithaca Hours

text: development, the Board of Directors also makes interest-free loans of Ithaca HOURS to local businesses and grants to local non-profit organizations. Ithaca Hours The Ithaca HOUR is a local currency used in Ithaca, New York and is the oldest and largest local currency system in the United States that is still operating. It has inspired other similar systems in Madison, Wisconsin; Corvallis, Oregon; and a proposed system in the Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania. One Ithaca HOUR is valued at US$10 and is generally recommended to be used as payment for one hour's work, although the rate is negotiable. Ithaca HOURS are

title: Ithaca Chasma

text: Ithaca Chasma Ithaca Chasma is a valley (graben) on Saturn's moon Tethys, named after the island of Ithaca, in Greece. It is up to 100 km wide, 3 to 5 km deep and 2,000 km long, running approximately three-quarters of the way around Tethys' circumference, making it one of the longer valleys in the Solar System. Ithaca Chasma is approximately concentric with Odysseus crater. Ithaca Chasma may have originated when the global salt water ocean inside Tethys froze. This would have caused the surface to crack in order to accommodate the resulting increase in volume. Another hypothesis is that Ithaca

title: Ithaca Chasma

text: showed that Ithaca Chasma is older than Odysseus, making the impact hypothesis unlikely. Ithaca Chasma Ithaca Chasma is a valley (graben) on Saturn's moon Tethys, named after the island of Ithaca, in Greece. It is up to 100 km wide, 3 to 5 km deep and 2,000 km long, running approximately three-quarters of the way around Tethys' circumference, making it one of the longer valleys in the Solar System. Ithaca Chasma is approximately concentric with Odysseus crater. Ithaca Chasma may have originated when the global salt water ocean inside Tethys froze. This would have caused the surface to crack in

text: Ithaca Downtown Historic District (Ithaca, Michigan) The Ithaca Downtown Historic District is a commercial historic district located on East Center Street, between Main and Pine River, in Ithaca, Michigan (covering 100-168 and 101-161 East Center Street). It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. Ithaca was founded in 1855; development of the new settlement began the next year when it was selected as the county seat of the newly formed Gratiot County. The first commercial enterprise, located just west of this district, was John Jeffery's store, built in 1856. In 1860 a hotel was built at

title: Ithaca

text: Ithaca Ithaca, Ithaki or Ithaka (; Greek: Ιθάκη, "Ithakē" ) is a Greek island located in the Ionian Sea, off the northeast coast of Kefalonia and to the west of continental Greece. Ithaca's main island has an area of and had a population in 2011 of 3,231. It is the second-smallest of seven main Ionian Islands, after Paxi. Ithaca is a separate regional unit of the Ionian Islands region, and the only municipality of the regional unit. The capital is Vathy (or Vathi). Modern Ithaki is historically linked with Homer's Ithaca, the home of Odysseus, whose twenty-year absence is part

title: Eurycleia of Ithaca

text: kill unsuspecting Trojan soldiers, and again when he returned home to Ithaca and planned to kill all of Penelope's suitors. In many ways, his role as a beggar, especially when he returned to Ithaca is far more meaningful. His re-entry into his own home after twenty years was arguably the most important moment of his life, perhaps suggesting that his role as a beggar — and his connection with Eurycleia — is what is most important to him. Eurycleia was the only person to recognize him without him first revealing himself (as he did to Telemachus) after he returned home

title: Ithaca, Queensland

text: Ithaca, Queensland Ithaca is a former suburb of Brisbane, Australia. Since 1975, Ithaca has been designated a neighbourhood within the suburb of Red Hill in Brisbane. The name of the suburb is believed to have been bestowed by Sir George Ferguson Bowen, Governor of Queensland (1859-1867), after the Ionian Island of Ithaca, the subject of a book he had authored. Traditionally, Ithaca was bounded by Jubilee Terrace to the west, Ithaca Creek to the north, the suburb of Red Hill to the east and the suburb of Paddington to the south. Therefore, despite the official designation as being part of

title: Ithaca, Nebraska

text: Ithaca, Nebraska Ithaca is a village in Saunders County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 148 at the 2010 census. Even though a small village, Ithaca has attracted several notable residents to the surrounding area. Being close to both Omaha and Lincoln has made it an excellent location for more wealthy urbanites to build homes in the country. Ithaca was founded in 1866. It was named after Ithaca, New York, the native home of a pioneer settler. Ithaca is located at (41.160392, -96.539861). According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all land.

title: Ithaca Times

text: Ithaca Times The Ithaca Times is a weekly alternative newspaper serving the Ithaca, New York area. It is a member of the Association of Alternative Newsmedia. New issues of the paper are published every Wednesday. As of December 2015, it had a circulation of 18,125. It was founded on August 31, 1972, originally as the Ithaca New Times. In late 1977, the "Ithaca New Times" merged with the "Good Times Gazette", which had been founded in 1973, to form the "Ithaca Times". The first issue of the newly renamed paper was published for June 22/28, 1978, with volume and issue

title: Ithaca Hours

text: Ithaca Hours The Ithaca HOUR is a local currency used in Ithaca, New York and is the oldest and largest local currency system in the United States that is still operating. It has inspired other similar systems in Madison, Wisconsin; Corvallis, Oregon; and a proposed system in the Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania. One Ithaca HOUR is valued at US$10 and is generally recommended to be used as payment for one hour's work, although the rate is negotiable. Ithaca HOURS are not backed by national currency and cannot be freely converted to national currency, although some businesses may agree to buy them.

title: Ithaca, New York

text: of Music in 1892. Ithaca College was originally located in the downtown area, but relocated to South Hill in the 1960s. Ithaca is a major educational center in Central New York. In 2011 there were about 21,000 students enrolled at Cornell and about 6,400 at Ithaca College. Tompkins Cortland Community College is located in the neighboring Town of Dryden, and has an extension center in downtown Ithaca. Empire State College offers non-traditional college courses to adults in downtown Ithaca. The public school system is based in Ithaca. The Ithaca City School District, which encompasses Ithaca and the surrounding area, enrolls

title: Ithaca

text: municipality of the regional unit. As a part of the 2011 Kallikratis government reform, the regional unit Ithaca was created out of part of the former Kefalonia and Ithaca Prefecture. The municipality, unchanged at the Kallikratis reform, includes islets other than Ithaca including two near Cape Melissa, Arkoudi and Atokos to the northeast and the numerous islets in the Echinades Island group (the larger ones being Drakonera, Makri, Oxeia, Petalas, and Vromonas) to the east near the mainland of Aetolia-Acarnania. Its largest towns are Vathy (pop. 1,920 in 2011), Perachori (343), Stavros (366), Platreithias (201), and Kioni (182). Ithaca is

title: Ithaca, Ohio

text: Ithaca, Ohio Ithaca is a village in Darke County, Ohio, United States. The population was 102 at the 2000 census and 136 in 2010. John Colville platted Ithaca in 1832 and gave it the name of "Twinsborough." Its location on an established highway and along the Ohio Electric Railway caused the community to grow rapidly. The present name is a transfer from Ithaca, New York. Ithaca is located at (39.938274, -84.553396). According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all land. As of the census of 2010, there were 136 people, 44 households,

title: Ithaca, New York

text: studio was on the site of what is now Stewart Park. The Star Theatre on East Seneca Street was built in 1911 and became the most popular vaudeville venue in the region. Wharton movies were also filmed and shown there. After the film industry centralized in Hollywood, production in Ithaca effectively ceased. Few of the silent films made in Ithaca have been preserved. After World War II, the Langmuir Research Labs of General Electric developed as a major employer; the defense industry continued to expand. GE's headquarters were in Schenectady, New York, to the east in the Mohawk Valley. For

title: Closest string

text: "k" is the number of input strings, "L" is the length of all strings and "d" is the desired maximum distance from the solution string to any input string. Closest string is a special case of the more general closest substring problem, which is strictly more difficult. While closest string turns out to be fixed-parameter tractable in a number of ways, closest substring is W[1]-hard with regard to these parameters. Closest string In theoretical computer science, the closest string is an NP-hard computational problem, which tries to find the geometrical center of a set of input strings. To understand the

title: Ithaca

text: archaeologists discovered the remains of an 8th-century BC palace in the area of Agios Athanasios, leading to reports that this might have been the site of Odysseus's palace. Modern scholars generally accept the identification of modern Ithaca with Homeric Ithaca, and explain discrepancies between the "Odyssey"'s description and the actual topography as the product of lack of first-hand knowledge of the island, or as poetic license or reliance on corrupted source documents and erroneous translations. Ithaca lies east of the northwest coast of Cephalonia, from which it is separated by the Strait of Ithaca. The regional unit covers an area

title: Ithaca, New York

text: growing wineries and microbreweries, live music, colleges, and small dairy farms. Ithaca, New York Ithaca is a city in the Finger Lakes region of New York. It is the seat of Tompkins County, as well as the largest community in the Ithaca–Tompkins County metropolitan area. This area contains the municipalities of the Town of Ithaca, the village of Cayuga Heights, and other towns and villages in Tompkins County. The city of Ithaca is located on the southern shore of Cayuga Lake, in Central New York. It is named for the Greek island of Ithaca. Ithaca is home to Cornell University,

title: Ithaca, New York

text: Ithaca, New York Ithaca is a city in the Finger Lakes region of New York. It is the seat of Tompkins County, as well as the largest community in the Ithaca–Tompkins County metropolitan area. This area contains the municipalities of the Town of Ithaca, the village of Cayuga Heights, and other towns and villages in Tompkins County. The city of Ithaca is located on the southern shore of Cayuga Lake, in Central New York. It is named for the Greek island of Ithaca. Ithaca is home to Cornell University, an Ivy League school of over 20,000 students, most of whom

title: Ithaca, Ohio

text: and none of the families were below the poverty line. Mayor, David H. Peterson Council President, Kim McCoy Council Members: Barbara Rice Mary Ray Bo Ray Dick Hoover Rob Brown Ithaca, Ohio Ithaca is a village in Darke County, Ohio, United States. The population was 102 at the 2000 census and 136 in 2010. John Colville platted Ithaca in 1832 and gave it the name of "Twinsborough." Its location on an established highway and along the Ohio Electric Railway caused the community to grow rapidly. The present name is a transfer from Ithaca, New York. Ithaca is located at (39.938274,

title: Ithaca, New York

text: especially of Ulysses, New York, the town that contained Ithaca at the time. Around 1791 De Witt surveyed what is now the downtown area into lots and sold them at modest prices. That same year John Yaple built a grist mill on Cascadilla Creek. The first frame house was erected in 1800 by Abram Markle. In 1804 the village had a postmaster, and in 1805 a tavern. Ithaca became a transshipping point for salt from curing beds near Salina, New York to buyers south and east. This prompted construction in 1810 of the Owego Turnpike. When the War of 1812

title: The Closest Thing to Crazy

text: The Closest Thing to Crazy "The Closest Thing to Crazy" is the debut single of Georgia-born singer Katie Melua. It is featured on her hugely successful album, "Call Off the Search". The song was written as part of the musical "Men Who March Away", and appeared first in 1995 on Mike Batt's album "Arabesque". The single was originally due out in January 2004, but was released a month early in an attempt by Terry Wogan to make it that year’s Christmas number one in the United Kingdom, but it stalled at number 10 on the UK Singles Chart. However, owing

title: Ithaca College

text: Ithaca College Ithaca College is a private, nonsectarian, liberal arts college in Ithaca, New York. The college was founded by William Egbert in 1892 as a conservatory of music and is set against the backdrop of the city of Ithaca, Cayuga Lake, waterfalls, and gorges. The college is best known for its large list of alumni who have played substantial roles in the media and entertainment industries. Ithaca College is internationally known for the Roy H. Park School of Communications, which is ranked by several organizations as a top school for journalism, film, media and entertainment. The college has a

title: Ithaca College

text: (Gamma Delta Pi). Ithaca is a member of the NCAA's Division III, the Liberty League Conference, and the Eastern College Athletic Conference. Ithaca has one of Division III's strongest athletic programs, with the Bombers winning a total of 15 national titles in seven team sports and five individual sports. Ithaca was previously a member of the Empire 8 Conference. The Ithaca athletics nickname "Bombers" is unique in NCAA athletics, and the origins of the nickname are obscure. Ithaca College's sports teams were originally named the Cayugas, but the name was changed to the Bombers sometime in the 1930s. Some other

title: Hangar Theatre

text: Hangar Theatre The Hangar Theatre is a non-profit, regional theatre located at 801 Taughannock Boulevard in Ithaca, NY. Its mainstage season and children's shows occur during the summer, but the Hangar, and other organizations, utilize the space year-round for special events. The tenets of the Hangar's mission statement are to enrich, enlighten, educate and entertain. The initial renovation of a municipal airport hangar into a theatre <personal interview with Bill Carpenter> by Bill Carpenter, the Ithaca Youth Theatre, and Ithaca Fire Department was completed in 1969. Bill Carpenter was hired as the first director by the Chairman of the Ithaca

title: Ny-Ålesund

text: reach the Zeppelin Station, located at above mean sea level, there is an aerial tramway which runs up Zeppelinfjellet. Ny-Ålesund Airport, Hamnerabben consists of a single long and wide gravel runway, located northwest of the settlement. It features a apron and aerodrome flight information service, but lacks a terminal and hangar facilities. Kings Bay charters Lufttransport to fly two to four weekly flights using a Dornier Do 228 aircraft to Svalbard Airport, Longyear. Tickets are only available after permission from Kings Bay. Svalbard Rocket Range is a launch site for sounding rockets. Owned by Andøya Rocket Range, its high latitude

title: Ithaca, New York

text: Ithaca, as well as several smaller settled places within or adjacent to the Town: Municipalities Census-designated places There are two governmental entities in the area: the Town of Ithaca and the City of Ithaca. The Town of Ithaca is one of the nine towns comprising Tompkins County. The City of Ithaca is surrounded by, but legally independent of, the Town. The City of Ithaca has a mayor-council government. The charter of the City of Ithaca provides for a full-time mayor and city judge, each independent and elected at-large. Since 1995, the mayor has been elected to a four-year term, and

title: Ithaca Division

text: Shire of Ithaca on 18 Aug 1887. The now much depleted Ithaca Division then requested to be renamed the Enoggera Division and this occurred on 28 Mar 1888. The "Local Authorities Act 1902" replaced divisions with shires and towns. As a result, on 31 Mar 1903, the Enoggera Division became the Shire of Enoggera. On 1 October 1925, the shire was amalgamated into the current City of Brisbane, together with all the areas that had been previously separated from it. Ithaca Division The Ithaca Division is a former local government area of Queensland, Australia, located in north-western Brisbane. The Ithaca

title: Ithaca, Michigan

text: Center and laying out streets, lots, blocks, and even alleys. Gratiot Center was the name of its first post office, granted on November 16, 1855 with John Knight as the first postmaster. In 1856 the site was named as the county seat of Gratiot County. The settlement’s name was changed on April 13, 1857 to Ithaca, after Ithaca, New York. Ithaca was incorporated as a village in 1869 and became a city in 1961. Ithaca, Michigan Ithaca is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan located very near the geographical center of the state's lower peninsula. The population was

title: East Ithaca, New York

text: East Ithaca, New York East Ithaca is a suburban community (and census-designated place) in Tompkins County, New York, United States. The population was 2,231 at the 2010 census. East Ithaca is a suburb of the City of Ithaca on its eastern city line and in the Town of Ithaca. East Ithaca is immediately south of the main campus of Cornell University. East Ithaca is located at (42.426717, -76.459066). According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it (2.26%) is water. East Ithaca is near the

title: Closest string

text: of the closest string problem, which is NP-complete, instead takes "k" as another input and questions whether there is a string within Hamming distance "k" of all the input strings. The closest string problem can be seen as an instance of the 1-center problem in which the distances between elements are measured using Hamming distance. In bioinformatics, the closest string problem is an intensively studied facet of the problem of finding signals in DNA. Instances of closest string may contain information that is not essential to the problem. In some sense, the usual input of closest string contains information, that

title: Ny-Ålesund Airport, Hamnerabben

text: Pole to Alaska. This is regarded as the first successful expedition to the North Pole. After two short skirmishes, Nobile's airship "Italia" left Ny-Ålesund on 23 May 1928 to reach the North Pole, but crashed on the return. The flying boats did not require any specific infrastructure, although they had to be brought by ship to Ny-Ålesund, where they were assembled. They took off from a manually groomed air strip on snow. For the airship expeditions, a hangar and a mast were needed. Twenty-two carpenters arrived in October 1925 along with supplies on SS "Alekto". Materials were transported to the

title: Ithaca, Queensland

text: Red Hill, the former suburb of Ithaca appears to span the present suburbs of Red Hill, Paddington and Bardon. Ithaca was once the centre of the former local government areas of Shire of Ithaca, later Town of Ithaca. The Ithaca Town Council Chambers were built in 1910 at 99 Enoggera Terrace (then in Ithaca, now in Red Hill). With the amalgamation of the Town of Ithaca into City of Brisbane in 1925, the building became the property of by the Brisbane City Council. Since then it has been used as a council depot, library and as the Red Hill Kindergarten.

title: Ithaca Gun Company

text: Ithaca Gun Company The Ithaca Gun Company is a manufacturer of shotguns and rifles originally established in Ithaca, New York in 1880. Over the years, Ithaca made numerous firearms, most notably the Ithaca Flues double barrel shotgun, the all-time best-selling American made double, and the Ithaca 37 shotgun. Ithaca became famous for building firearms based on expired patents owned by Remington Arms. They also purchased patents from other firearm designers. In 1895 Emil Flues was granted Patent # 546,516, for a double barrel shotgun with only three moving parts per barrel. Ithaca bought the patent in 1907 and upgraded the

title: Ithaca

text: the only populated island in this island group. Aetos, Afales, Agios Ioannis, Agia Saranta, Anogi, Exogi, Frikes, Kalivia, Kathara, Kioni, Kolieri, Lachos, Lefki, Marmaka, Perachori, Piso Aetos, Platrithia, Rachi, Stavros, Vathy. Ithaca Ithaca, Ithaki or Ithaka (; Greek: Ιθάκη, "Ithakē" ) is a Greek island located in the Ionian Sea, off the northeast coast of Kefalonia and to the west of continental Greece. Ithaca's main island has an area of and had a population in 2011 of 3,231. It is the second-smallest of seven main Ionian Islands, after Paxi. Ithaca is a separate regional unit of the Ionian Islands region,

title: Ithaca

text: him in trouble during his life. In the "Odyssey" of Homer, Ithaca is described thus:"…"dwell in clear-seen Ithaca, wherein is a mountain, Neriton, covered with waving forests, conspicuous from afar; and round it lie many isles hard by one another, Dulichium, and Same, and wooded Zacynthus. Ithaca itself lies close in to the mainland the furthest toward the gloom, but the others lie apart toward the Dawn and the sun—a rugged isle, but a good nurse of young men"…" However, the above description is derived from various translations which are now considered erroneous. It has sometimes been argued that this

title: Ithaca, New York

text: the Chili Fest in February, the Finger Lakes International Dragon Boat Festival in July; Porchfest in late September, and the Ithaca Brew Fest in Stewart Park in September. Ithaca has also pioneered the Ithaca Health Fund, a popular cooperative health insurance. Ithaca is home to one of the United States' first local currency systems, Ithaca Hours, developed by Paul Glover. Ithaca is the home of the Cayuga Chamber Orchestra. The Cornell Concert Series has been hosting musicians and ensembles of international stature since 1903. For its initial 84 years, the series featured Western classical artists exclusively. In 1987, however, the

title: Homer's Ithaca

text: a particular theory was developed, and of the perennial interest in the Odyssey of Homer, and the facts of his life. Theorists, and excavations elsewhere, on the location of "Homer's 'Ithaca'" Homer's Ithaca Ithaca (; Greek: Ιθάκη, "Ithakē" ]) was, in Greek history, the island home of the hero Odysseus (Odyssey). The specific location of the island, as it was described in Homer's "Odyssey", is a matter for debate. There have been various theories about its location, although modern Ithaca (Ithaki) is generally accepted to be Homer's island by most scholars. The central character of the ancient allegory, Odyssey, Odysseus,

title: Ithaca Embankments

text: landscape gardeners in the early 20th century. The place is important because of its aesthetic significance. They exhibit aesthetic characteristics valued by the community, in particular their contribution to the townscape of Brisbane's inner western suburbs. The place has a special association with the life or work of a particular person, group or organisation of importance in Queensland's history. They are significant also for their special association with the work of Ithaca Town Council's landscape gardener, Alexander Jolly, and his transformation of the Ithaca townscape in the early 20th century. Ithaca Embankments Ithaca Embankments is a heritage-listed group of embankments

title: Ithaca Creek

text: collectively rather than individually. Ithaca in Greece has one of the world's largest natural harbours and is famous in legend as Homer's Ithaca, the home of Ulysses, whose delayed return to the island is one of the plot elements of the Odyssey. James Joyce's novel Ulysses sets the story of the wandering Ulysses on one day in Dublin in the early 20th century. Ithaca Creek was briefly considered as a potential main water supply for Brisbane but overlooked in favour of Enoggera Creek, upon which Enoggera Dam was constructed. Land on Ithaca Creek at present day Nathan Avenue, named after

title: Ithaca Health Alliance

text: Ithaca Health Alliance The Ithaca Health Alliance is a community-based health care cooperative based in Ithaca, New York. It incorporates financial and service assistance models to alleviate health care costs for its members and is a model for cooperative health care reform in the United States. The mission of IHA is to facilitate access to health care for all, with a focus on the needs of the un- and underinsured. IHA sponsors and operates the Ithaca Free Clinic In 1997, grass roots activists in Ithaca, New York organized by local innovator Paul Glover, began working with their community to address

title: Ithaca Gun Company

text: a revamp with newer manufacturing equipment, and still employs many of the people from Floyd Marshall's original staff. Ithaca Gun Company The Ithaca Gun Company is a manufacturer of shotguns and rifles originally established in Ithaca, New York in 1880. Over the years, Ithaca made numerous firearms, most notably the Ithaca Flues double barrel shotgun, the all-time best-selling American made double, and the Ithaca 37 shotgun. Ithaca became famous for building firearms based on expired patents owned by Remington Arms. They also purchased patents from other firearm designers. In 1895 Emil Flues was granted Patent # 546,516, for a double

title: Ithaca Health Alliance

text: tax exempt. Ithaca Health Alliance The Ithaca Health Alliance is a community-based health care cooperative based in Ithaca, New York. It incorporates financial and service assistance models to alleviate health care costs for its members and is a model for cooperative health care reform in the United States. The mission of IHA is to facilitate access to health care for all, with a focus on the needs of the un- and underinsured. IHA sponsors and operates the Ithaca Free Clinic In 1997, grass roots activists in Ithaca, New York organized by local innovator Paul Glover, began working with their community

title: Ithaca Health Alliance

text: the issue of access to health care. Inspired by the examples of the Canadian national health care system as well as the collective approach to health care financing among the Amish, an idea dubbed the "Ithaca Health Fund" was born. The original vision of this health cooperative included: The new organization soon attracted members, each joining for $100 per year. As more people joined what became known as the Ithaca Health Alliance (IHA), the organization's finances improved, and a better selection of health care services became available. At the same time, members began setting aside money for other community health

title: East Ithaca, New York

text: $23,988. About 1.5% of families and 15.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including none of those under the age of eighteen or sixty-five or over. East Ithaca, New York East Ithaca is a suburban community (and census-designated place) in Tompkins County, New York, United States. The population was 2,231 at the 2010 census. East Ithaca is a suburb of the City of Ithaca on its eastern city line and in the Town of Ithaca. East Ithaca is immediately south of the main campus of Cornell University. East Ithaca is located at (42.426717, -76.459066). According to the United

title: New York State Route 79

text: follows State Street southeastward through eastern Ithaca into the town of Ithaca. The portions of NY 79 between the Ithaca west city line and NY 13A, between NY 89/96 and Meadow Street (NY 13/34/96 northbound) and between Green Street and the Ithaca east city line are maintained by the city. The portion of NY 79 east of the city limits is markedly more rural. It heads southeastward as Slaterville Road through the towns of Ithaca, Dryden, and Caroline, serving several small communities along the route. NY 79 crosses into Tioga County upon passing over the west branch of Owego Creek.

title: Ithaca, New York

text: a one-call, one-click resource designed to mobility services information for Ithaca and throughout Tompkins County. As a growing urban area, Ithaca is facing steady increases in levels of vehicular traffic on the city grid and on the state highways. Outlying areas have limited bus service, and many people consider a car essential. However, many consider Ithaca a walkable and bikeable community. One positive trend for the health of downtown Ithaca is the new wave of increasing urban density in and around the Ithaca Commons. Because the downtown area is the region's central business district, dense mixed-use development that includes housing

title: Ithaca Embankments

text: Ithaca Embankments Ithaca Embankments is a heritage-listed group of embankments in the former Town of Ithaca and now in the suburbs of Kelvin Grove, Red Hill and Paddington in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. They were designed by Alexander Jolly and built from to . They were added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 2 March 1993. The rock gardens and early stone retaining walls and edgings on the embankments at Red Hill were established for the Ithaca Town Council. In 1918 MacGregor Terrace and Waterworks Road were similarly landscaped after road works, as were Fernberg Road and Northam Avenue in 1923.

title: Ithaca Division

text: Ithaca Division The Ithaca Division is a former local government area of Queensland, Australia, located in north-western Brisbane. The Ithaca Division was one of the original divisions created on 11 November 1879 under the "Divisional Boards Act of 1879" with a population of 3369. It comprised 3 subdivisions. By 1886, the residents of subdivision 1 were petitioning to separate and become the Shire of Windsor, resulting in the establishment of the Shire of Windsor on 11 Feb 1887. Meanwhile, the residents of subdivision 2 were petitioning to separate and become the Shire of Ithaca, resulting in the creation of the

title: New York State Route 366

text: in Etna and NY 38 in Freeville. In the 1960s, NY 13 was moved onto a new expressway bypassing Ithaca to the west and north. The former surface routing of NY 13 into downtown Ithaca became an extension of NY 366. NY 366 begins at an intersection with NY 79 (East State Street) in the city of Ithaca. NY 366 proceeds eastward along Mitchell Street, a two-lane residential street until the intersecting with Ithaca Road, where NY 366 turns to the north on Ithaca. Mitchell Street continues eastward, becoming County Route 110 (CR 110) at the city line. This intersection

title: Ithaca College

text: strong liberal arts core, and offers several pre-professional programs, along with some graduate programs. Ithaca College has been ranked among the Top 10 masters universities in the "Regional Universities North" category by "U.S. News & World Report," every year since 1996, and was ranked 6th in 2016. Ithaca College is consistently named among the best colleges in the nation by "Princeton Review", with the 2018 guide ranking the college #3 for theater, #3 for newspaper, and #6 for Radio, and is among the top schools producing Fulbright scholarship recipients. Ithaca College was founded as the Ithaca Conservatory of Music in

title: Ithaca, Wisconsin

text: town was $17,358. About 4.0% of families and 5.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 9.1% of those under age 18 and 4.9% of those age 65 or over. Ithaca is also home of Ithaca High School, a grade school (with junior high attending Ithaca High School), and Willow Valley United Methodist Church. The town also holds an annual fair on Saturday in late September/early October featuring a dairy cow show, judging other animals including sheep and pigs, crafts show and the highlight is the parade on state Highway 58, the Homecoming game for the Ithaca Bulldogs

title: Ithaca Embankments

text: the evolution of the Town of Ithaca, providing evidence of the active involvement of the Ithaca Town Council in landscape improvements, and its conscious attempt to enhance the quality of life for Ithaca residents in the early part of the 20th century. The place is important in demonstrating the principal characteristics of a particular class of cultural places. They are important in demonstrating the principal characteristics of the Ithaca Town Council's early 20th century street beautification projects, being some of the best surviving examples, and provide important surviving evidence of stone retaining wall and edging techniques practised by Brisbane's public

title: Ithaca, New York

text: about 5,500 K-12 students in eight elementary schools, two middle schools, Ithaca High School, and the Lehman Alternative Community School. Several private elementary and secondary schools are located in the Ithaca area, including the Roman Catholic Immaculate Conception School, the Cascadilla School, the New Roots Charter School, the Elizabeth Ann Clune Montessori School, and the Ithaca Waldorf School. Ithaca has two networks for supporting its home-schooling families: Loving Education At Home (LEAH) and the Northern Light Learning Center (NLLC). The economy of Ithaca is based on education, with technology and tourism in supporting roles. As of 2006, Ithaca has continued

title: Ithaca High School (Ithaca, New York)

text: considerable controversy in his time at IHS. In 2005 he was sued in federal court for the alleged censorship of the school newspaper, The Tattler; the case was ultimately ruled on by the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. In December 2007, over 200 Ithaca residents signed a petition calling for him to be fired after what they believed was Wilson's mishandling of a series of racially charged incidents in the school. In a 2014 article in the Tompkins Weekly about the high principal turnover, Wilson said: "A principal can be successful if there is a common set of assumptions about