🌱 Will Lansing’s zoning board clear the way for the AI data center?

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• Will Lansing’s zoning board clear the way for the AI data center?

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Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Cloudy, with a high of 27 and low of 24 degrees.
• Wednesday: Mostly cloudy and not as cold, temps: high: 39, low: 23.
• Thursday: Mostly cloudy and breezy, with a high of 44 and low of 35 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Town of Lansing Zoning Board chair pushes back as AI data center vote nears (tompkinsweekly.com) — Lansing’s Zoning Board of Appeals will hold a key public hearing Dec. 16 on TeraWulf’s bid to classify its proposed AI data center at the former Cayuga Power Plant as an allowed use. Environmental advocates question the board’s impartiality after an email from the ZBA chair about the case and future board applicants surfaced, prompting sharp pushback and calls for transparency.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Lansing

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Tuesday December 16

• IHS Winter Band Concert
  Ithaca High School , 1401 N Cayuga St , Ithaca
  7:30 pm

Thursday December 18

• DEI Series - Accessibility and Inclusion for Businesses
  Tompkins Chamber , 124 Brindley Street , Ithaca
  12:00 pm
• IHS Winter Orchestra Concert
  Ithaca High School , 1401 N Cayuga St , Ithaca
  7:30 pm

Friday December 19

• Christmas Carol Cocktail Experience
  Hangar Theatre , 801 Taughannock Blvd , Ithaca
• Fall Creek Friday Morning Program
  Ithaca City School District Ithaca, NY 14851
  8:00 am
• Learning Celebration
  Ithaca City School District Ithaca, NY 14851
  8:30 am
• IHS Jazz Cabaret
  Ithaca High School , 1401 N Cayuga St , Ithaca
  7:30 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday December 16

• Ithaca Landmarks Preservation Commission
  Ithaca, NY Calendar Ithaca, NY 14850
  5:30 pm
• Canceled- Ithaca Landmarks Preservation Commission
  Ithaca, NY Calendar Ithaca, NY 14850
  5:30 pm
• Planning and Development Board Meeting
  Ithaca, NY Calendar Ithaca, NY 14850
  6:00 pm
• IHS Winter Band Concert
  Ithaca High School , 1401 N Cayuga St , Ithaca
  7:30 pm

Wednesday December 17

• Community Police Board Meeting
  Ithaca, NY Calendar Ithaca, NY 14850
  4:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• StateJobsNY posted a job opening for Cook (Permanent) in Lansing. Apply here.
• Taco Bell posted a job opening for Team Member - Late Night / Closer - Part Time in Ithaca. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Lansing here.

🗞 Nearby News

Ithaca

• The year in your eyes: submit photos for our annual reader photo feature (ithacavoice.org)
• SGC hosts first artificial intelligence ad hoc committee meeting (theithacan.org)
• Dairy Queen coming soon to Ithaca (ithacavoice.org)

Groton

• Obituary of Carole Morehouse (wxhc.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I don't know, but April May!
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