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What do you think about the blue bags?

The city of Cortland is asking residents how to improve its trash collection system — funded by blue bags. Make it cheaper, a pair of residents said Monday. “We don’t use the …

Memorial Day traditions return

Gary St. John adjusted the pad, kneeled down and scrubbed the gravestone.A splash of water, a switch to a smaller brush to clean a year’s worth of dirt, dust and grass from the engraved …

A service to commemorate the 10 people killed last week in a race-based attack in Buffalo and to oppose racism and violence will be 7 p.m. Thursday at the Cortland Interfaith Center, sponsored by the …

A brand of frozen pizza available at Price Chopper has been recalled because of the potential to find metal in the meat, Schenectady-based Price Chopper has announced. Palermo Villa, Inc. issued …

Katie Keyser makes us a lot of friends. The city desk and its reporters pursue public accountability journalism. As important as that work is to make sure public officials and institutions work in …

4 new cases in Cortland County Cortland County saw four new cases of COVID-19, the state Health Department reported Monday, bringing the county to a total of 11,480 cases since the pandemic …

Helping to plant the Seeds of Hope

Ragtime music filled the air Saturday at Rose Hall in Cortland as Jazz Happens Band lew horns, plucked banjos and jammed keyboards before more than 30 people. In front of the stage, organizations …

Showcasing their craft

SUNY Cortland donned a Hollywood feel Saturday for the Blackbird Film Festival: staged photos, VIP passes, people mingling with filmmakers, artists, producers and actors. The films weren’t …

Cortland County added 600 jobs in April from the year before, up to 18,400 jobs, but that remains below the 19,600 of April 2019, before the coronavirus pandemic forced a shutdown. The county in …

DRYDEN — Tompkins Cortland Community College was among four community colleges added recently to campuses where the state’s Educational Opportunity Program is available, providing access …

Cortland County: 12 new cases Cortland County saw 12 new cases of COVID-19 over the weekend, the state Health Department reported Sunday, bringing the county to a total of 11,476 cases since the …

May 17 Cathy Wood of DeRuyter used to wear masks as soon as she got out of the car. But she hasn’t done that in a while since the mask mandate was lifted by the state in February. …

Stop on a dime

Jason Noble waited at a Dryden gas station about 5:15 p.m Thursday, as usual, about the time route 6 from Cortland to Dryden would arrive. He knew it would get there, eventually. “At noon, I …

Food Sense makes cents

Greater Cortland area food pantry officials report a program to help people — regardless of income — is seeing increased use as the prices of food escalate across the nation. Food …

Sheriff says jail faces overcrowding again

Crowding at the Cortland County Jail, which once cost the county $1 million a year, is returning, Sheriff Mark Helms said this week, as inmates who were free without bail before conviction now must …

A chicken barbecue today in Homer will raise money for the Cortland Police Department’s canine program. People can pick up food starting 11 a.m. at Anderson Farm Market on Route 281. …

Police: Man had $7,000 in drugs A Cortland man was charged Thursday with having more than $7,000 in illegal drugs during a traffic stop in Cortland, Cortland County sheriff’s officers …

15 new cases in Cortland County Cortland County saw 15 new cases of COVID-19, the state Health Department reported Friday, bringing the county to a total of 11,464 cases since the pandemic …

Tully man charged following 4-hour standoff

RICHLAND — An 80-year-old Tully man was charged Wednesday following reports of shots fired and an afternoon-long standoff in the town of Richland, in Oswego County. Robert G. Bailey, 80, of …

At the top of her game

Sitting in her new office, Andrea Piedigrossi is excited, even though she has worked in the same place for 18 years. She could not have imagined herself as the head of the Cortland Youth Bureau …

Taking a new track

The historic East River Crossing Road bridge, built in 1913 over the East Branch of the Tioughnioga River in Homer, is set to be moved to Cinncinatus in 2024 to be used as a snowmobile bridge. …

County’s planned legislature districts criticized

A pair of Virgil residents, including the town supervisor, complained Thursday at a public hearing that Cortland County’s planned county legislature districts would have them chasing after …

Concert, walk mark Mental Health Month

Cortland County groups are organizing two events to mark Mental Health Month, including a concert Saturday and a walk for mental health Thursday.Rose Hall in Cortland will host the concert to benefit …

World marks Endangered Species Day today

Every year on the third Friday in May — today — thousands of people around the world participate in Endangered Species Day by celebrating, learning about and taking action to protect …

Tompkins to close Etna Lane bridge DRYDEN — The Etna Lane bridge in Dryden will close May 31 for five months as it’s replaced, the Tompkins County Highway Department announced …

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