They’ve installed LED street lights and gone through energy code enforcement training. They’ve created public information campaigns and worked toward Climate-Smart Community …
The Lime Hollow Nature Center will host the inaugural Love WhereYou Play Stewardship Day and Celebrationon Earth Day, Saturday.“People love to play at Lime Hollow.They hike, they picnic, they …
Spring has arrived. As the weather warms and life wakes up from winter, it’s an easy time to appreciate our natural world and a perfect time to give back.April 26 to May 3 is Soil and Water …
More than a century after a blight began decimating American chestnut trees across America, the Virgil Historical Society plans to establish three small orchards of four to eight chestnut trees …
Cortland residents can view their lawn in a different light next month. Rather than battling to keep the dandelions at bay, property owners can welcome the yellow blooms and their ilk as food for pollinators during the city’s first “No Mow May.”
DRYDEN – The star of the show, and chief instructor, is a member of the Apoidea family. She’s no bigger than a thumb tip, but the humble bee will get families in Dryden buzzing about how …
Most people may not know, but New York is home to two species of flying squirrels, northern and southern flying squirrels.Now you’re thinking, wait, what!? Flying squirrels? They don’t …
DRYDEN — Val Ross will discuss the history of the chestnut tree, billions strong in the Eastern United States, and its downfall from a fungal blight, at a presentation at 7 p.m. April 27 at …
When it comes to the glorious fall color of upstate New York, the maples get most of the credit. No fair! An unsung hero of fall color is the pin oak. In addition to its rich fall color ranging from …
It's no illusion: Trees are under attack. Emerald ash borer. Spotted lanternfly. Tent caterpillars, woolly adelgid, oak wilt, beech leaf disease — if it's not killing the trees you have, the …
While maple producers north of the Thruway are just getting into full production for this year’s maple season, Marathon maple producer and Central New York Maple Festival Co-chair Josh Ensign …
The Cortland County Legislature hired a Buffalo law firm to advise not just on its solar law, but also on other renewable energy laws, a legislator said. Hodgson Russ was hired for a one-time fee …
In a typical Cortland County winter, the freezing weather, lack of food and snow piled so high many deer can’t move in it, their population dwindles. Not this winter. Instead, the …
DRYDEN – An abandoned landfill in Freeville may be going from a massive trash site to a massive source of renewable energy. The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority …
Snow and rain – and the runoff that come from them – can bring contaminants to well water, and the Cortland County Health Department suggests you test your well this month for bacteria …
The sounds of bubbling maple sap cut through the rain tapping on the roof of Lime Hollow Nature Center’s sugar shack Saturday as inside, Nate Hardesty kept a close eye on what would become …
GROTON — An application for a 160-megawatt solar power generation facility on the Groton-Lansing border — the largest solar project in the greater Cortland area — is expected to be …
State Sen. Lea Webb said she’s using her seat on the Senate Agriculture Committee – and her relationship with Assembly Member Anna Kelles, who sits on the Assembly Agriculture Committee …
FREEVILLE – The ground remained damp from melting snow Wednesday, despite the sun shining through a nearly cloudless sky as a farmer recalled his childhood on the currently damp land. Tyler …
Following years of discussion, Cortland County could approve an agreement this week with the city of Cortland to establish a municipal vermicomposting project, using worms to break down food waste at …
The red paint marks are like a connect-the-dots puzzle growing across Dwyer Memorial Park. Some dots are on trees pockmarked with woodpecker holes. They're dead, as are others nearby.
The annual statewide burn ban began Thursday in New York, as the state Department of Environmental Conservation warns taht dry spring brush presents the risk of fire. The ban continues through May …
Drips, plops and slushes – all sounds that follow winter storms as the snow melts, much like the one Cortland experienced earlier this week. The water soaks into the ground or becomes runoff, …
TC3 job fair March 22DRYDEN — Tompkins Cortland Community College plans a job and internship fair from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. March 22 at the BorgWarner Morse TEC Field House at the …
If you ask third-generation dairy farmer Paul Fouts about the dangers of the agriculture industry, he’ll tell you not to get your arm stuck in a running power take-off shaft, and why farm …
