Jayne Farkas of McGraw was caught between a petroleum-powered car and an electric one. “The gas price is ridiculous,” she said Monday at the Price Chopper supermarket parking lot on Route 13 in Cortlandville. “But electric cars are expensive.” The town of Cortlandville decided to install electric charging stations at multiple spots, but the timing of the installation remains undecided, said town Supervisor Tom Williams.
A cloud of dust obscured the vision of the audience as young Western and English horseback riders warmed up in the corral shortly before noon Saturday. The sound of horses trotting and the sight of kids bobbing up and down on their saddles signaled the start of the Open Horse Show at the Cortland County Junior Fair.
An exhibit will be on display in the 4-H Youth Building during the Cortland County Junior Fair through Saturday to mark 50 years of the Robert P. Blatchley Cortland County 4-H Foundation supporting …
For Alice Tylutki of Corltand, the competition goes beyond a well-socialized animal, a glossy coat or clear eyes. She's competing to become the fair queen as the Cortland County Junior Fair and that …
Many lakes and ponds are scattered across New York. Slow-moving glaciers carved the landscape as they advanced across New York. As they retreated, they left behind lakes of various shapes and sizes. …
Some people, when they visit a foreign land, want to tour the sites, experience the food and entertainment, immerse themselves in the culture. Fermin Villar visited farms. In Dryden.
The state is investigating a large fish kill in the Tioughnioga River downstream as far as Marathon from the site of a June 16 tractor-trailer crash in Cortland that spilled 750 gallons of herbicide into the river, according to the state Department of Environmental Conservation.
Carla Plunkett kept a sweatshirt on Saturday as an unseasonably cold day chilled the Cortland City Farmers Market. The chill kept customers away, Plunkett said – in fact, other vendors left early, too. But it was only the second Saturday this season the market was open at a new location, in front of Grace and Holy Spirit Episcopal Church on Court Street. She expected the sales, like the season, will warm up.
Yaman Beach remained closed Friday due to worries of contamination after a nearby tractor-trailer crash spilled herbicide into Tioughnioga River Wednesday evening, reports the Cortland Youth Bureau. …
A project to develop the waterfront of the Tioughnioga River in Cortland County is seeking ideas and comments on its way to using the river to improve the county, while protecting the river. The …
Following the allocation of $300,000 half a year ago, Cortland County Soil and Water Conservation District is still working on how to use the money to stabilize stream banks and mitigate flood …
The rain was just beginning to let up about 6:30 p.m. Tuesday when the Cortland County Dairy Parade took to the street. People dressed in cows threw milk at the crowd — some cheese, some …
Surrounded by a proposed 90-megawatt solar project, a mile apart, two men living on the same road have different views of the project. The 90-megawatt project by EDF Renewables Development LLC …
Water was on the minds of the hundreds of adults and children who came Saturday to the Cortland County Water Festival, where children shot water from fire hoses, took pictures with the Ronny Raindrop …
Children stood Friday morning on the curb of Bennett Street in McGraw, waving at passing cars and displaying posters that read, “Stop the E-Waste.” The children, from the enrichment …
Maryrose Livingston was 9 years old on a trip to Ireland with her family when she realized she wanted to become a farmer. “I saw a guy milk a cow and I just thought that was the coolest …
It’s a new crop: Farms across Cortland County are sprouting solar panels while developers fill a demand created by the state’s goal for 70% of electricity generation through renewable …
Cortlandville intends to act as the lead agency in an environmental review process for six 60,000-gallon above-ground propane and bio-propane storage tanks on Route 11 in Cortlandville, following …
The group strolled Monday morning along dirt roads in Dwyer Memorial Park in Little York, stopping occasionally to talk among themselves, but their attention remained on the trees around them. The …
