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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Electric vehicle charging ports are among possible green energy projects the city looks to fund with a $15,000 state grant it recently received, Cortland Mayor Scott Steve said Tuesday. The …
Plastic containers with the number five are now accepted as recyclable material by the state – the market for them is growing, officials said. “We’re starting to see more …
A $2.2 million grant will help Cortland’s wastewater facility remove additional pollutants from the Tioughnioga River, part of the Susquehanna River Basin and the Chesapeake Bay watershed, …
The City of Cortland announced Friday it has received a $2.2 million grant from the Water Quality Improvement Project administered by the state Department of Environmental Conservation to fund …
When placed in hot water, tea leaves expand; they leech color and flavor and aromatics. Sure, some people just want their tea, but others enjoy the art along the way. Connecting agriculture to …
Cortland County farms have dropped in numbers to 397 in 2022 from 536 in 2017, reports new agricultural census data. However, the market value of products sold increased more than 55% in those five …
The Cortland County Recycling Center is considering adding a clothing drop-off shed; getting ahead of a new state requirement to recycle textiles. “Over the last six, eight months, …
Invasive species can travel from one water source to another by boat. Sometimes, they travel by shoe or wind. And sometimes, they’re as inconspicuous as a worm. However, more than $200,000 …
Maybe you need that perfect piece of bison meat – it makes a good chili. Or perhaps you’re looking for a casual dinner or night out. Maybe you just want a cone or …
