This morning's Ithaca Journal looks at the prospect of extending the closing time for bars to 2:00am in Tompkins County. The focus on the article is on college students, but I suspect bars out in Dryden would also stay open longer, given the option.
Catching up on the last few days of papers - yes, I took Thanksgiving off - we find:
The county tax rate will climb 2.6% for 2007, with the tax levy climbing 5.11%. Dryden County Legislator Mike Hattery proposed "reduced funding for three senior planner positions, youth services, jail board-out costs and a paralegal aid position in the Human Rights Department" to reduce the levy increase 1%, but the motion failed 10-5.
TC3 graduates can now receive scholarships at Niagara University based on their program and GPA.
There's an article on Fall happenings at Caroline Elementary School, which most Dryden children in the Ithaca School District attend.
In Darts & Laurels, Dryden Elementary School thanks Bob Baxter of Dryden Mutual Insurance, Brigid Hubberman of the Family Reading Partnership, Time Warner Cable, and Ithaca Elks for their work on book donations.