Good morning, Ithaca.

Dryden’s Homestead Heritage Fair returns Sept.

19 at Southworth Homestead with live music, blacksmith demonstrations and craft tours celebrating the town’s past — a family-friendly free event running from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Jane Wickline and Liva Pierce performed a musical sketch comedy show at Statler Auditorium on Sept.

4, blending musical bits and crowd work while cutting parts of their set to keep the show fresh for the local audience.

The History Center in Tompkins County will host a $10,000 treasure hunt starting Saturday, Sept.

12 with a special kids hunt at 10 a.m. at the Ithaca Children’s Garden and a main event at 11 a.m. at The Jewelbox + Q&A sessions on Thursday will help teams prepare.

Alan Teeter’s family farm will serve hot, spiced cider at the Apple Harvest Festival (Sept.

25-27) in downtown, marking a 30-year tradition of seasonal treats. The cider is brewed from a mix of 20 apple varieties grown on the Enfield farm.

Ithaca film fans have a busy week with new releases and free screenings at Cinemapolis and Cornell Cinema.

Highlights include a free screening of The Sludge War today at Cinemapolis at 6 p.m. and a reproductive rights film festival running Sept. 15–19 at multiple venues.

After Tuesday’s start for elementary, sixth and ninth-grade students, Ithaca drivers must follow school bus safety rules today by not passing buses with flashing red lights; all other grades will begin on Thursday, Sept.

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Cornell students will use Engaged Opportunity Grants from the Einhorn Center for Community Engagement (in Ithaca) to work with local groups on projects in amphibian conservation, early speech development, film heritage, comedic writing and disaster response simulation.

Leigh MacDonald was named executive director at Ithaca Children’s Garden (121 Turtle Lane) on Aug.

6, following a four-month interim term. She will plan long-term programs, gather community input and launch autumn activities, including the Tough Turtle Jr. event on Sept. 19, to ensure all children enjoy outdoor learning.

Economist Kerwin Charles will deliver the 2026 Staller Lecture on racial labor market inequality on Sept.

22 at 4:30 p.m. in Olin Hall (Rm. 155) at Cornell, as the Department of Economics sponsors his presentation.

Environmentalist photographer James Balog returns to campus with his lecture 'Chasing Ice on a Changing Planet' on Sept.

17 at 4:30 p.m. in Goldwin Smith Hall’s Hollis E. Cornell Auditorium (the Cornell University Library also opens its 'Rivers of Ice' exhibition featuring his glacier images).

Tompkins County Board of Elections announced winners of the 'I Voted' and 'Future Voter' sticker contest on Aug.

27. Ninth grader Leo Walsh's design will be given to voters and fifth graders Fiona Beary and Addie Miller's stickers distributed — winners will be honored at the Sept. 15 Legislature meeting.

On Sept. 6 at 3 p.m., health officials sought information after a kitten bite in the shared parking lot near Dunkin Donuts and Mattress Express on Elmira Road to verify the kitten's health through at-home observation (to rule out rabies).

They urge anyone with details to call (607) 274-6688.

Ithaca College field hockey beat Misericordia 1-0 on Sept.

4 at Higgins Stadium with strong defense and goalie Maeve Clark saving every shot. The Bombers will play No. 21 Haverford College at 11 a.m. on Sept. 6.