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Kate Collins

Ithaca
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High rents, dangerous conditions, long waitlists: How Tompkins County’s housing crisis is impacting older adults

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By Kate Collins
| The Ithaca Voice
VARNA, N.Y. — Kathy Bernson was searching for a “nice little upstate town to retire in.” In her 70s, Bernson had lived in New York City and Baltimore for much of her adult life. Following a brief relocation to Texas, Bernson wanted to return to New York. With the cost of living downstate out of reach, Bernson flew to Ithaca to find an apartment. The vibrant art community and college town vibe appealed to her, but the rents were higher than she expected.
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‘Suddenly Amish’ star Billie Jo talks about hip hop, heat and dressing with intention

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By Kate Collins
| The Ithaca Voice
Billie Jo Heffron wants you to know two things. First, she loves hip hop. Second, she would drop everything to be Amish. Heffron’s love of hip hop goes back to when she was a teenager. Her first concert was Biggie Smalls at Cornell University in 1994. Her desire to convert to the Amish religion stretches back almost almost as far. By the time Heffron turned 30, her interest in the pastoral lifestyle was already so deep that she received a horse-and-buggy ride for her birthday.
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Older adults that couldn’t march in Ithaca’s ‘No Kings’ rally had their own protest against Trump

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By Kate Collins
| The Ithaca Voice
ITHACA, N.Y. — When Marguerite Uphoff was a young physician at the University of California Berkeley, she took care of student protesters who were teargassed while demonstrating the bombings in Cambodia. Now retired after five decades as a pediatrician in Ithaca, Uphoff is protesting the policies of President Trump. Late Saturday afternoon, Uphoff and about 80 other older adults stood in the midst of a sharp snow squall for a “honk and wave” rally on the side of Triphammer Road.
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