MORAVIA — The state Department of Environmental Conservation and The Nature Conservancy in New York announced Wednesday that 92 acres will be added to the Owasco Flats Wildlife Management Area …
GROTON — Nearly two dozen people commented Thursday on a plan to create an 800-acre, 160-megawatt, $200 million solar facility in Groton and Lansing, debating the loss of farmland with the …
SEMPRONIUS — The Finger Lakes Land Trust has bought 218 acres next to Bear Swamp State Forest in Sempronius for conservation and to protect Syracuse’s water supply. The trust …
A calf at Fouts Farm in Cortlandville was so cute and sweet that a school principal and the county sheriff couldn’t help themselves from making a move. Fouts Farm hosted its first …
Avian flu has been confirmed in Madison County, that county’s health department reports. The positive case of avian flu, also known as H5N1, was found in a backyard poultry flock that …
The price of chicken feed ain’t chicken feed anymore. And the nationwide epidemic of avian flu has landed in New York. And that leaves Emily Harding of Dryden looking at her …
FREEVILLE – The consumer has never been more aware of what goes into their bodies, said Tyler Beck, co-owner of Beck Farms. That’s why their farm focuses on transparency and innovation. …
Community leaders will spend Valentine’s Day not with their significant other, but with a significant udder. Fouts Farm is hosting its first “Kiss the Calf” fundraiser. If …
DRYDEN – Dryden leaders were encouraged Thursday to build a “circular construction economy” by promoting deconstruction -- rather than demolition – of old buildings and …
Cortlandville officials confirmed Wednesday what they had learned last summer: Byrne Dairy hopes to more than double the size of its facility, according to a presentation made this week to town …
Cortland County legislators say they’re willing to sell linear park land near Lime Hollow Nature Center – with several lawmakers optimistic that the center will buy the land. The …
The Cortland Enlarged City Schools District Board of Education voted unanimously Tuesday to buy four school buses – two diesel-powered and two electric. The 66-passenger electric buses …
DRYDEN – Dryden didn’t even have to haggle with the dealer: It will buy three new vehicles – a cargo van, a code-enforcement truck and something to transportation recreation staff …
Cortland County legislators and leaders from the Lime Hollow Nature Center are talking about preserving 2.7 miles of a former railroad in a way that would benefit users of Lime Hollow – and …
The Adirondacks and the Catskills are at peak foliage change, or a bit past peak, but Cortland County still has a ways to go. Expect sunny weather and high temperatures in the mid- to upper 60s …
Shawn Forney yelled out instructions as a group of Homer Central School District sixth graders, each with a map and compass in hand, ran between trees marked by orange and white flags …
That an underground tank has been discovered at the site on Homer Avenue in Cortland of a proposed $24 million housing complex for income-restricted tenants can be a hurdle, or a help. It depends on …
Hollenbeck’s Cider Mill will open for the season Saturday, its website reports. The mill, marking its 92nd season, will have apple and Dutch apple pies, as well as pumpkin. Others will be …
GROTON – Groton’s Town Board plans Sept. 10 to tackle site-plan reviews for a 160-megawatt, 850-acre solar power development planned for Groton and the eastern side of the nearby town of …
What sounds like a simple way to increase customer base is actually a mess of fees and complications, distillery owners say. Gov. Kathy Hochul has signed legislation that allows the …
The town of Cortlandville has won an appeal of a lawsuit brought against it by a mining company in town in what the town attorney called a well-written, but confusing, ruling that leaves open a …