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Home My WebLink About2026-10-09 enewsletterOutlook Ulysses Updates for 10/9/26 From town-of-ulysses@googlegroups.com <town-of-ulysses@googlegroups.com> on behalf of Carissa Parlato, Town Clerk <ulysses.clerk@gmail.com> Date Fri 10/9/2026 3:55 PM To Google Groups <town-of-ulysses@googlegroups.com> Happy Friday, Ulysses! Please note that oﬃces will be closed on Monday, Oct. 12 for Indigenous People’s Day. IN THIS WEEK’S ULYSSES NEWSLETTER: Update from Supervisor Jacksonville Park Clean Up TCAT Outreach at Gimme! Eight-Square Schoolhouse Open Upcoming Town mtgs Part-time Help for Youth Program Become a Storm Spotter County Election Security Adult Rec Programs UPDATE FROM TOWN SUPERVISOR, KATELIN OLSON: Greetings, Ulyssians! With a long weekend in front of us, I hope that you ﬁnd fun, engaging ways to enjoy the outdoors. Students and alumni in both the Trumansburg and Ithaca school districts are celebrating homecoming this weekend, with lots of fun activities planned to celebrate their communities. Be ready for lots of activity around those campuses! At the Town, we're gearing up for another budget-focused meeting on Tuesday @ 7pm at Town Hall. We will be reviewing the tentative budget, making adjustments as needed, and adopting a preliminary budget. The preliminary budget is the version that we schedule for a public hearing, which is tentatively set for Tuesday, October 27. The full board packet is available here, and as always the public is encouraged to attend in person or remotely, or catch up after the fact on YouTube. JACKSONVILLE PARK EVENTS: Fall Clean Up The Jacksonville Community Association invites you to join for a Fall Clean up at the park on Swamp College this Saturday, Oct 10 from 9am-12pm. Bring your tools and your friends. Get to know your neighbors while clearing trails and preparing the park for winter. We'll provide snacks and hot coﬀee. Questions? Write info@jcany.org Annual Meeting The annual meeting will take place on Thursday, Oct. 29 at 7pm at the Jacksonville United Methodist Church. Join for updates from JCA, the Town of Ulysses and Tompkins County and help plan activities for next year! Snacks provided. TCAT OUTREACH SESSION AT GIMME! TCAT (Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit, Inc.) staﬀ will be available from 10 a.m. to 12 noon, Sat., Oct 10, at Gimme! Coﬀee, 7 E. Main St., Trumansburg, for riders or anyone wishing to share their concerns or to oﬀer ideas about how to improve local public transportation services. The event is the latest in a series of public outreach sessions hosted by TCAT planners over the past two months to gather feedback. No RSVP is required. Any questions, please call (607) 277-9388 ext. 1560, or email tcat@tcatmail.com (please write “public information session”) in the subject line. (Note: All sessions are in-person only.) TCAT, Inc. is a not-for-proﬁt corporation that provides public transportation for Tompkins County. TCAT also oﬀers complementary ADA paratransit through a contract with Gadabout Transportation Services, Inc. and is piloting the on-demand electric transportation program, eRide Ithaca. For more information about TCAT, please visit www.tcatbus.com or call (607) 277-RIDE. TCAT is a Tompkins County Certiﬁed Living Wage and an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. EIGHT SQUARE SCHOOLHOUSE OPEN: On Sunday, October 11, from 2 to 4 p.m., Youth Educator and Eight Square Schoolhouse Coordinator Jane Koestler will open the school house to share the stories these eight walls have kept for almost two hundred years. The visit is free and you can drop in anytime. You're welcome to RSVP through our Facebook event or by emailing eightsquare@thehistorycenter.net. If you remember your own fourth- grade trip here, we'd love to have you come back and see it again. One note for planning: the schoolhouse sits on an embankment and you reach the door by several steps. Parking is available on the street and across the road. The schoolhouse is located at 1756 Hanshaw Road Ithaca. For more information, visit https://www.thehistorycenter.net/events UPCOMING TOWN MEETINGS: Town Board mtg- Tues., Oct. 13 at 7pm Planning Board mtg- Tues., Oct. 20 at 7pm CANCELLED- Board of Zoning Appeals mtg on Wed. 10/21 PART-TIME HELPER NEEDES FOR YOUTH PROGRAM: The Ulysses Youth Services Dept. is seeking (very) part-time help supervising a drop-in afterschool program in Trumansburg on Monday and Wednesday afternoons, 3-5pm. "Brain Break" is a hangout space for middle school aged youth- we oﬀer snacks, games, creative activities, outdoor activities, movies, and light supervision. The goal is to create a safe, welcoming place for Middle Schoolers to unwind and/or socialize after their busy school day. The position would support primary program leader Tommy Cronin. Must be 18 years or older; compensation $20/hour. For more information, contact Rachel Kennedy at rkennedy@townofulysseny.gov BECOME A STORM SPOTTER: When: Wednesday, October 14th from 6:30pm – 8:00pm Where: 92 Brown Road, Ithaca, NY (Dept. of Emergency Response) Objective: To train storm spotters about winter storms and what to report to the National Weather Service (NWS) and Emergency Management relating to snow, ice, rain, and ﬂooding. Help your community and the NWS track signiﬁcant impactful weather, and learn how to prepare and stay safe. The class is free and open to everyone. No previous training is required. Space is limited to 25 participants. For more information and to Register: https://weather.gov/bgm/outreachSKYWARNtraining. Contact: Bryan.Greenblatt@noaa.gov or Mark.Pellerito@noaa.gov / 607-798-6620 COUNTY ELECTION EQUIPMENT AND SECURITY FACTS: Tompkins County’s ﬁve-week public information series explains how local elections are administered and protected, and helps voters meet the deadlines for the November 3, 2026 General Election. The Tompkins County Board of Elections administers local elections under State and federal requirements. Bipartisan teams carry out key parts of election administration, and trained election inspectors staﬀ voting locations while County and State partners support continuity, cybersecurity, public safety, and emergency response. New York requires voting systems to meet State and federal standards before use, and County boards test the equipment before elections. · New York voting systems used to cast and count ballots cannot transmit or receive data through the internet or wireless networks. · Voting equipment and election materials are protected through dual-lock controls that require bipartisan participation. · When equipment or materials are transported, they remain sealed, and seal numbers and transfers are documented on chain-of-custody forms and veriﬁed by the people releasing, transporting and receiving them. · After voting machines return to the Board of Elections, technicians perform a cryptographic integrity test. The test conﬁrms that the software installed on each machine matches the version certiﬁed by the New York State Board of Elections. Be cautious about voting claims from accounts or messages that do not link to an oﬃcial election source. Your action this week: · Look up your registration · If you recently moved or changed your name, submit an update through the state online registration portal or a voter registration form. · Contact the Tompkins County Board of Elections at 607-274-5522 if the lookup does not show what you expect. Important dates · Oct. 19: Address changes received by the Board of Elections by this date must be processed in time for the Nov. 3 General Election. · Oct. 24: New voter registration applications must be received to vote in the General Election. · Oct. 24: Early voting begins and continues through Nov. 1. · Nov. 3: General Election polls are open from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sign up to receive the full messages to your inbox at Tompkins County, New York View SAMPLE BALLOT ADULT REC PROGRAMS: Update from Amy Puryear, Ulysses Community Activities Coordinator: Our new Adult Rec Programs have been super fun, successful and well attended thus far, with many more activities in the works. Have you participated in any Town of Ulysses sponsored events yet?! You can see a growing list of upcoming events on our Ulysses Rec Desk Website HERE. The month of October will feature WRITE SESSIONS: WORKSHOPS & SPRINTS (4 bi-weekly sessions), TREES OF FALL COLOR (our ﬁnal guided walk at Taughannock Park), WENDO WOMEN'S SELF DEFENSE COURSE (this is a super empowering class for women & girls 10+!!), FIERCE ADVOCACY (a powerful workshop for caregivers), and FALL INTO COMPOSTING (valuable info led by Master Composters from CCE). Late October and into November will bring 2 LINE DANCE classes, 4 BALLROOM DANCE classes, a LYMPHATIC HEALTH class & a super interesting event called HEALTHY AT 100: LESSONS FROM THE BLUE ZONES. Check them out and join in for as many as you wish. Happy fall to you and yours! 🙂 more! 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