Good morning, Ithaca.

Published trick-or-treat and trunk-or-treat hours and Halloween events run Thursday, Oct.

29 through Saturday, Oct. 31 across the Twin Tiers; Ithaca's Wegmans trunk-or-treat will be 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday and Downtown Ithaca's Halloween event is 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Friday (safety tips included).

Tompkins County will reopen the Code Blue cold-weather shelter on Nov.

15 at 227 Cherry St., operated again by Volunteers of America and offering a daytime warming center, overnight beds, showers, 24/7 staff, and food (season runs through Apr. 15, 2027).

Cornell’s longstanding Community Learning and Service Partnership (CLASP) moved into the Einhorn Center this summer and matches about 40 employee–student learning pairs each semester; staff set goals like ESL or computer skills, and the center plans to expand participation next year.

Cornell will provide free, enterprise-protected access to multiple AI tools, including ChatGPT, Anthropic Claude, Claude Code, and Microsoft Copilot, to faculty, staff, and doctoral students on the Ithaca campus and Cornell Tech starting in November to support research, teaching, and administrative work. Master's students and undergraduates will gain access in early 2027, and the two-year pilot requires responsible-use training and bars data entered from being used to train vendor models.

Cornell launched CoPAIR, a new program giving researchers access to emerging AI tools, hands-on training, and collaborative communities to develop discipline-specific norms and evaluate AI for research; an eight-week fall pilot will focus on life-science areas, and applications for Research Pod CoPAIR are due Dec. 4.

The Ithaca Fire Department has received a new fire boat, Marine 1, to replace the old boat and serve the south end of Cayuga Lake; it is (26ft) with twin 250-hp outboards and rescue and firefighting gear, and will be stored for the winter and put into service next year.

Realtor.com data show the median home sale price in Tompkins County was $418,000 in July, down from $422,000 in June but up 14.3% from July 2025.

Recorded sales rose to 96 from 86, totaling $61.9 million for the month.

Ithaca College beat Clarkson 2-0 at Carp Wood Field on Oct.

24, scoring twice in the second half and keeping a clean sheet to move to 7-3-4. The Bombers travel to St. Lawrence today in Canton to try to extend their run as the regular season winds down.

Ithaca College beat Union College 35-14 on Saturday in Schenectady, outscoring Union 14-0 in the fourth as running back Chris Scully rushed for 90 yards and two touchdowns.

The Bombers will visit Buffalo State on Halloween with kickoff at 3:00 p.m.