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    • Adam Moody & Jeney Wierman

    Writers of The Finger Lakes Effect

    Adam Moody and Jeney Wierman on a bridge above a frozen stream in Ithaca

    THE BACKGROUND​

    We live in the Finger Lakes and want to share the news & events we want to see.

    When we decided to start publishing the newsletter, there wasn’t a regular way to find out what was going on, what the latest local news that wasn’t boring or super devisive – so we made the resource we wanted to see. We hope you like it as much as we do.