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Warmer winter has minimal effect on crops

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 …

Ag safety group calls for doubled funding, to $1 million

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 …

Community Garden Breaks Ground

Hed: Community Garden Breaks GroundBy JACOB MACKStaff Reporterjmack@cortlandstandard.com As Bryn Carr pulled wooden pallets from the bed of her truck at a greenspace on South Avenue in Cortland, …

Rodents get the nibblies in winter; protect your yard

While we’re cozied up with a warm drink in winter, rodents are busy seeking food. It can be an ugly surprise in spring to discover they’ve been feeding on our trees and shrubs.Most of us …

Cortland school board plans budget meetingThe Cortland Board of Education plans two meetings March 14 at Smith Intermediate School, 33 Wheeler Ave.: Public budget meeting at 5:30 p.m. Regular …

Maple sap: Nature's sweetener, and you can make your own

We might associate the shift from winter into early spring with mud season, birdsong, a new warmth in the air and the joy of longer days.A special feature of higher temperatures in northeastern North …

Could Ohio derailment happen here?

The response was difficult when a tractor-trailer crashed in June on an Interstate 81 bridge in Cortland, spilling hundreds of gallons of concentrated weed-killer into the Tioughnioga River, said …

Plants of ‘all shapes and sizes’

If you walked into the Truxton Outpost on Saturday afternoon, you'd be greeted by green leaves, the smell of potting soil, and the anecdotes of Truxton plant lovers. "Everybody says …

A chance to branch out

Imagine it: A shady grove, maybe by a brook. The bees buzz softly on a warm summer day. All you have to do is plant the trees. Well, and keep them alive. But the Cortland County Soil and Water …

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