- By Dan Veaner
- Around Town
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Director of Career & Technology Education Anthony (Tony) R. DiLucci has worked at Tompkins-Seneca-Tioga Board of Cooperative Educational Services (TST BOCES) for about 17 years. In that time he says there has been a significant change in what BOCES is for. It's no longer a just place where students who can't make it in a regents program are sent.When BOCES was chartered over 60 years ago it was designed mainly for agricultural studies and for students who wanted to work with their hands. It was thought of as a place for kids who didn't excel academically to turn to the trades for job skills and career skills that were a very large part of that industrial economy.
Today BOCES offers 13 NYS approved programs for students that range from cosmetology to auto body technology, a certified nursing assistant program, criminal justice, culinary arts, welding, digital media, and the New Visions program for exceptional students who want a unique, intensive experience in medical or life sciences.
Hey there, my name is Izzy. A am a one-year-old domestic shorthair/mix. I'm a beautiful girl who is looking for a loving home, so please come and visit the SPCA to see if I'm the right cat for you.
Tompkins Trust Company honored two local non-profit organizations and six individuals with 'Awards for Excellence' for their outstanding volunteer service to the community.
Baton Rouge – LSU interior design students Colette DeJean and Ryan Weilenman of Baton Rouge, Leigh Hardy and Alyse Lambert of Lafayette and Sarah Tull of Lansing, N.Y., recently took home first place in the 2010 Interior Design Educators Council, or IDEC, Interior Design Education Video Competition. The winners were announced during the recent IDEC Annual Conference March 16-19 in Denver.
The New Roots Charter School Board of Trustees approved a lease agreement last Friday to rent space in the Historic State Theatre to house its innovative senior year program, according to Principal Tina Nilsen-Hodges. The arrangements with the State Theater will also include an agreement for regular, non-exclusive use of the theater space for practices, performances, and programming during the school day. New Roots will lease a street-level space to allow disabled access, as well as space on the second floor.
The School Success Transportation Coalition (SSTC) has been notified that it is receiving grants from Sustainable Tompkins and the Service League to support its work helping families with solutions to transportation problems. The grants will help fund stipends for Transportation Liaisons in each Ithaca City School District (ICSD) building. These staff members serve as turn-key trainers assisting community members to find ways to get to events held at schools.
Details are starting to filter in since last week's announcement that there will be a Lansing Fire Department Carnival this year. The fate of this year's carnival was in question because construction at Central Station made the field behind the fire station unavailable this year. In the eleventh hour department members solidified a plan to hold the carnival at the Community Recreation Center (the RINK) May 26, 27, and 28.
On a not so uncommon rainy afternoon I found myself strolling into a hidden treasure located in North Lansing. Many people are familiar with the gardens, greenhouse, and apple orchards of Baker’s Acres, but now there is a new addition to the venue, Kendra’s Café.
Dewitt Middle School 8th‑grader Anna Kucher definitely held the advantage Friday in the fourth‑annual “Amazing TCAT Race,” a scavenger hunt competition in which six teams of 36 students honed their skills in navigating the TCAT bus system.
Hey there, my name is Sophie. I am a one-year-old domestic shorthair/mix. I'm a gorgeous girl 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!
The Lansing Focus on Community Understanding Service Program (FOCUS), a United Way of Tompkins County Program, awarded $3,000 to local nonprofit organizations that serve the community of Lansing. Overseen by volunteers and staff of United Way of Tompkins County and the Rural Youth Services Program through Cornell Cooperative Extension, the FOCUS Council was comprised of eight students from Lansing Middle School. They met for six weeks to deliberate and distribute the one-time grants, while learning more about their community and philanthropy in the process.