Inland trout season is in full swing across New York, and anglers across the state are taking advantage of the spring weather to get outside and wet their lines. How do these anglers find or utilize …
Lime Hollow to host clean up day and musical celebration By LILY BYRNE Staff Reporter lbyrne@cortlandstandard.com While few people look forward to cleaning up sticks …
SKANEATELES — The town of Skaneateles will have a meeting at 7 p.m. May 21 at The Lodge on State Street in Skaneateles Falls regarding a Nine-Element Watershed Management. The plan …
DRYDEN – Dryden residents and other interested parties got their first official look Wednesday at a project designed to breathe new life into an old landfill. The site, the former Caswell …
Lime Hollow Nature Center will have a stewardship day from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday to refresh trails, gardens and other attractions at the 400-acre nature center in Cortlandville. The center …
Seeds aren’t usually something you can check out from a library – but you can in Homer. Well, you can’t exactly check them out and return them, but you can take some for your …
Cortland County has 73 farms raising chickens, federal data show, but only six raising them for meat. A Truxton farm wants to expand its flock, and is winning county support to do so. Hillside …
SOUTH OTSELIC — South Otselic’s Annual Fishing and Heritage Day will be May 18 in South Otselic, in Chenango County. In addition to the fishing programs across the highway from the …
Cortland is collecting more than twice the trash now than when it used a blue-bag system through 2022, city records show. That means a greater cost to property tax payers, but a savings in neither …
Cortland Mayor Scott Steve said the city will more aggressively enforce its curbside trash, and there are recycling disposal rules to follow as well. The city has been having trouble with some …
Rainbow trout, largemouth bass, channel catfish, black crappie, hybrid bluegill/sunfish, sterile grass carp, fathead minnows, fish food and other pond supplies can now be ordered through Cortland …
Starting Monday, SUNY Cortland kicks off Harvest Week – the culmination of its year-long series of events surrounding food. Every year, the Cultural and Intellectual Climate Committee …
The farmer. The grocer. The shopper. The chef. The diner and the designers. Everyone has a place in the food system and Tompkins Cortland Community College students are getting a two-year degree by …
Cortland County residents can expect less odor from the landfill, less pollution — and maybe some savings, too — thanks to a new methane gas collector. The $2 million project wrapped …
Any woodland proprietor will attest to the gratification of tree cultivation. Engaging in tree growth brings a sense of fulfillment. Unlike conventional crops, though, trees are much slower in their …
New York State Electric & Gas is working with the Ithaca Sciencenter to use existing geothermal wells to determine the design of a proposed thermal energy network pilot project, NYSEG has …
Last year, Grisamore Farms in Locke lost nearly all of its crops from a May freeze — could it happen again? Maybe, experts said, if there’s a spring freeze. A mild winter, like this …
DRYDEN – An old landfill would get a new life hosting a facility to produce and store solar energy, under a proposal being developed by a state agency and an as-yet unidentified private …
DRYDEN – If you want to erect a solar farm in Dryden, prepare to negotiate a payment-in-lieu-of-taxes agreement with the town. The town board voted, 4-0, Thursday to require a PILOT …
There is a continuous need to be vigilant against invasive species, and a species that has been present in the United States for well over a century: Swallowwort. This invasive plant that is …
It’s one thing if an object can be saved from a landfill and taken into a new home. It’s another thing altogether if it can be saved from a landfill, and be used to create something …
A ban on residential brush burning across New York begins Saturday, reports the state Department of Environmental Conservation and firefighting organizations. The seasonal ban, first enacted in …
Cortland County legislators recommended Tuesday creating two flow control officer positions to make sure trash that is supposed to go to the county landfill actually goes to the county landfill. …
Expect 3 to 7 inches of snow and winds gusting 45 mph today and into Monday, the National Weather Service announced as it declared a winter weather advisory until 11 a.m. Monday. It also issued …
Paul Treadwell had asked the city of Cortland to plant two trees outside his home at 7 Sands St. And the city did. They did well, until Saturday morning. Someone had snapped the trunk of one of …
