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Cortland airport gets $2.5 million for hangar, office

  Chase Field, the Cortland County Airport, will build a new storage hangar, expand parking and improve the pilot lounge with its recently awarded $2.5 million state grant.

Homer DRI panel cuts wish list down to $16.2 million

Planners for Homer’s $10 million Downtown Revitalization Initiative cut three projects Wednesday totaling $3.7 million in spending – all of it from the DRI grant. The Local Planning Committee cut:

A construction crew was grading the site Tuesday for a new Cortland Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram dealership and repair shop that will replace the building that was heavily damaged in a January fire and …

Cortland ReUse plans to double space in new location

Thrift store Cortland ReUse hopes to open a new Homer Avenue store by mid-November, nearly doubling its space. Cortland ReUse board President John Zelson said the move is a long time coming, …

As LakeHouse Cannabis buds, another seed is planted and dies

Owners of a proposed second recreational marijuana dispensary in Cortland have withdrawn their application with the city, just days after notifying the city they were pursuing one, even as another …

‘Keeping it classy’

Stephanie Koslowski and Hailey Ruoff want two things from the cannabis dispensary they propose in Homer: an educated consumer, and a boosted local economy. “The goal isn't, ‘Let's …

‘Bad intel’ leads to broken water main on W. Court Street

A water main break Tuesday on West Court Street near Main Street cut water service to Main Street businesses for the second time this year in the multi-year, $12 million reconstruction of Main …

Fine art and standup

There are only so many places in town where one can buy fine art, meet famous comedians and voice actors, watch movies, hear up-and-coming musicians, and see a psychic do stand-up. The Ake …

A circus of spooky delights

Jim Coon shuffled through articles, photos, and documents from the Sig Sautelle Spectacle, a Homer-based circus from the early 1900s. He found the murderous elephant, the Stephen King- style clown, …

Cannabis dispensary looking for license in Homer

Soon, maybe, at a Homer near you: a cannabis dispensary. State law requires businesses to notify the local municipality 30 days before filing for their dispensary licenses with the state, which …

Pizza shop owners look to open convenience store

Just a couple of months after a convenience store closed on Groton Avenue in Cortland, a pair of Cortland entrepreneurs plans to open another across the street. Jeffrey and Pimjai Constantino …

Accidentally together

Jen Fuller felt alone running her salon in her little corner of Homer – until another women-owned business opened up next door. Then another. Then one across the street. Soon, another will …

More input, more ideas

  Seven-year-old Felix Leroux-Caminiti would like to renovate the Circus House in Homer, making it accessible to the public, but proposed renovations for the village of Homer’s $10 million Downtown Revitalization Initiative would turn the building into private office space and apartments.

A state judge Thursday temporarily blocked the Cortland County Legislature from switching county retirees’ Medicare plan to a private plan, pending further litigation. State Supreme Court …

Homer ponders private DRI project proposals

A year-round farmer’s market would bring a second grocery store to the village of Homer, but first, the project needs backing from the Downtown Revitalization Initiative. “We would …

Cortland a ‘blank canvas’

Cortland County is a blank canvas to Brendan O’Bryan – and he can’t wait to get painting. “One of Cortland’s strengths is the state dollars coming in right …

Apple orchard loses crop to May freeze

LOCKE – Cider is being pressed today at Grisamore Farms, but not the farm’s apples. A May freeze devastated nearly all of its crops. The orchard will sell apples, too, but you …

Officials see what city money buys in business development

Carrie White stood inside her business Tuesday in downtown Cortland, waiting on Mayor Scott Steve. He was a bit late. But without the city, and the $30,000 microenterprise grant it awarded The …

Finger Lakes in process to become a National Heritage Area

Former Cortland County Historian Eric Mulvihill sat on a riding mower Friday on a patch of lawn near Albany and Main streets in Homer. Within 50 yards of him were three historical markers, …

ImageFirst keeps its Cortland jobs

  ImageFirst has promised the employees of the former Ames Linen that their jobs will be retained. And company officials have said their intention is for the company to grow in Cortland and …

City backs cannabis showcase

Some bureaucracy remains, a bit of paperwork and a state approval, but legal cannabis could be for sale in Cortland in, perhaps, three weeks. Cortland’s City Council voted, 5-0, Tuesday …

MORAVIA – When Mayor Chris Fulton was growing up in Moravia, he remembers a Main Street with two stores, restaurants, a farmers’ supply store, three hotels and three bars. He hopes …

Cortland’s music scene can call the tune for growth

Pick a night in Cortland. Almost any night. Listen: Jazz. Country. Rock. Metal. Americana. Blues. Bluegrass. Coming from a music venue. A bar. A restaurant. A park, as someone sings and strums a …

New chief medical officer to start Tuesday at Guthrie

Dr. Philip Heavner’s favorite part of being a pediatrician: the babies. “Oh, it's the babies,” Heavner said. “Babies are interesting. Some medical providers are really …

Ames Linen sold to Pa. company

A Pennsylvania-based company has acquired the Cortland-based Ames Linen, which has been working and locally owned for more than a century, the two companies announced Wednesday. ImageFIRST of …

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