For many local schools, September marked the first return to normal instruction since March 2020. As the U.S. education system mourns its instructional time losses, it must also grapple with the …
Seven DeRuyter Middle School sixth-graders stood in a row Friday morning, their right feet on a long 4- by 4-inch wide wooden post, their left feet on a similar post parallel to the first. They …
The Cortland County Legislature decided Thursday to include $100,000 in the 2023 budget to replace the dock at Dwyer Memorial Park in Little York, restoring a glimpse of the grandeur of the park when …
Kelsey Eliot sat in her pickup truck and chewed a french fry Thursday as she stared across Hope Lake at Virgil Mountain and Greek Peak in Virgil. It's the first week of fall. The leaves have …
For 26 years, Katie Keyser has opened a window to give Cortland a look at itself. She was there when people began walking to remember their loved ones lost to cancer. She was there when they swam …
Newspaper publishers always trade notes and ideas when we get together — we commiserate over mutual challenges, share solutions to problems and tout new revenue ideas. It was during one of …
I remember reading Al Butler’s good-bye story; it was so touching. The sports editor from Homer put in double the time I did at the Cortland Standard, 40-plus years, a godawful number, and …
NORWICH – In 1995, the first Colorscape Chenango Arts Festival had 41 artists. This year, the 28th annual festival will see nearly 100 juried artists on Sept. 10 and 11 at East and West Parks …
