- By Michal Nitzany
- Around Town
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On Saturday, August 11th, the YMCA of Ithaca & Tompkins County hosted its first ever PizzaPOLLooza! Members and Non-members alike were able to sample pizza from 17 participating pizzerias from Ithaca and surrounding areas.The pizza parlors showed up in style—providing delectable and diverse slices for every taste imaginable. There were “Grandma Pies” with homemade mozzarella made in-house from Bambino’s Bistro; golden deep-dish delights from The Nines; Mexican-style slices with fresh avocado from Pizza Aroma; a fusion Philly Cheese Steak pie from Domino’s; focaccia bases topped with garden tomatoes from Ciao!; and gooey, bacon-loaded bites from The Connection. But it was local favorite, Ned’s Pizza, which hit the home-run of the day—they swept first place in all three categories according to the taste-testers: Best Sauce, Best Crust and Best Overall Slice.
The Ithaca Garden Club is marking its 90th anniversary with an exhibit in the Tompkins County Public Library, 101 East Green Street. The exhibit runs through August 30 and highlights the Ithaca Garden Club’s contributions to public gardening and landscaping projects in and around Ithaca.
The Eight Square Schoolhouse Celebrates 185 years of existence in Tompkins County and its Living History Program's 20th Birthday
Hey there, my name is Star, I'm a six-year-old coonhound. I'm a loving girl who's looking for a good home, so please come and visit me at the SPCA to see if i'm the right dog for you!
The Lansing Historical Association opened an exhibit Monday of 19th Century Clothing and Accessories that were worn by Lansing people. The stunning display features wedding dresses, a maternity dress, a baby waist, swim suit and other clothing of the era, sewing tools and accessories including eye glasses, as well as photographs taken from the Lansing Historical Archive showing Lansing people in the garb of the day.
The sixth annual 
Assuming that you’re a faithful reader of this column, you will have recently learned that eating blueberries with milk will limit the health benefits of the berries but that cooking or freezing them will not.
Hey my name is Edward. I'm a two-year-old domestic longhair/ mix. I'm a handsome fellow who's looking for a loving home, so please come and visit me at the SPCA to see if I'm the right cat for you!
When the Lansing Community Center reopens it will sport a renovated kitchen, a more attractive main room, expanded storage, and a new coat of paint. Building Inspector Lynn Day is heading up the $15,000 project, doing much of the work himself. Lansing Supervisor Kathy Miller says that the face lift will provide a more usable space for community groups, the Lansing Drop-in Center, and exercise classes, freeing space in the Town Hall for municipal meetings.
More than 40 Tompkins County community leaders attended the inauguration of the new Ithaca Y Camp Adventureland Tuesday morning. In a twist on ribbon cuttings, 70 campers and their counselors ran through ribbons on their way to a camp area on 110 acres of land the Y owns off of Mecklenburg Road. 
On August 20th Q Country’s Chris Allinger hit the road for the Food Bank of the Southern Tier’s BackPack ProgramTM. Allinger plans to strap a backpack to his own back and walk to every town in Tompkins County filling the backpack with donations. 
The SPCA of Tompkins County announced that The John T. and Jane A. Wiederhold Foundation approved a grant for $40,000 for extensive repairs to animal holding areas in The Dorothy and Roy Park Pet Adoption Center.