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The system draws water from Cayuga Lake, and serves the Village of Lansing, the Village of Cayuga Heights, the Town of Ithaca (including Ithaca College), the Town of Lansing, and parts of the Town of Dryden. It is one of three water systems in the Ithaca area, the others being run by the City of Ithaca and Cornell University. The system was ...
The falls at Buttermilk Falls State Park, located along Rt. 13 in the south part of the Town of Ithaca. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 30.3 square miles (78.5 km 2), of which, 29.1 square miles (75.4 km 2) of it is land and 1.2 square miles (3.1 km 2) of it (3.99%) is water.
The mill dam above the Van Natta gristmill, known as First Dam or Van Natta's Dam, was purchased by the Ithaca Water and Light Company in 1892 to provide a drinking water supply for the city; the abandoned mill is still a prominent landmark. In 1902, the structure known as Second Dam or the 30-foot Dam was constructed upstream.
The city of Ithaca will receive $45,500 from a state department and grant initiative, earmarked for the protection of one of the city’s major sources of clean drinking water.
The Ithaca Common Council voted to delay the final 2025 city budget vote Wednesday night. The city’s common council has held public hearings on the proposed budget - which is now set at $107.5 ...
Ithaca’s Common Council recently discussed hiring a grant writing consultant to help the city apply for New York's annual $10 million Downtown Revitalization Initiative (DRI) award.
In 1821, the village was incorporated at the same time the Town of Ithaca was organized and separated from the parent Town of Ulysses. In 1834, the Ithaca and Owego Railroad's first horse drawn train began service, [ 8 ] connecting traffic on the east–west Erie Canal , which was completed in 1825, with the Susquehanna River to the south to ...
In 1969, the First Congregational Church relocated from downtown Ithaca to a new building on the former site of the Country Club of Ithaca, which had relocated a mile east. The village was a founding member of the Bolton Point Water System when it opened in the mid-1970s. In 1980, Cayuga Heights Elementary School closed due to declining enrollment.