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Highway committee suggests waiving IDA tipping fees

The Cortland County Highway Committee recommended Tuesday that the county legislature waive $381,700 in landfill tipping fees the Cortland County Industrial Development Agency accumulated during its …

Planting a 9,000-job, $100 billion, 2.4 million-square-foot manufacturing facility in Onondaga County could mean a crop of new neighbors, new companies and new development in Cortland County, and …

Housing market returns to normal after boom

Steve DiPaolo and his family navigated a rapidly changing housing market over two years, seeking a house to return to their hometown. They closed on it Wednesday. It’s in Cortlandville. …

'It’s like camping out for Grateful Dead tickets’

Thousands of customers visit Hollenbeck’s Cider Mill each fall. The most dedicated arrive early to vie for a good spot in line opening day. Hollenbeck’s opened its doors for the season …

Fair hopes to hook up Voyant workers with new jobs

Eighty employers with hundreds — perhaps a thousand — job openings plan to attend a job fair Sept. 29 to recruit at least some of the nearly 500 workers to be laid off from Voyant Beauty …

TC3 grant to create 4 micro-credentials now, more later

DRYDEN — The $150,000 grant that Southern Tier 8 announced Wednesday for Tompkins Cortland Community College is, in itself, not a large amount, but think of it as seed money, the planning …

Downtown businesses learn to adjust to construction

Sandro Mironti has learned to adjust: the noise of heavy equipment; the difficulty accessing his business on Main Street; the occasional hole or trench nearby. His neighbors are doing the …

Dairy farmers boosted by record high payments for milk

A spike in milk prices paid to farmers in the past year — after years of depressed payments — is allowing them to pay off debt from the lean times, catch up on deferred maintenance and …

Homer floats ideas for DRI application

Given $10 million to revitalize downtown Homer, residents suggested on Thursday using it for better waterfront access and increased walkability. Better signage for restaurants would be good, they …

Factory site cleared for development

Fred Lindley can finally see the hills to the north from his East Garfield Street house in Cortland. In a week, he will be able to see Cleveland Street in the same direction. "I have mixed …

New business group hopes to improve Dryden

DRYDEN – Bruno Schickel strolled Tuesday past empty storefronts on Main Street in downtown Dryden. “Dryden has enormous potential,” he said as he gestured at the buildings. …

Dryden seeks $4.5M NY Forward grant

DRYDEN – The village of Dryden will seek up to $4.5 million in a state grant to revitalize its downtown in a program similar one that awarded the city of Cortland $10 million. In fact, the …

Marietta sprouted in a cabbage patch

The seed of Marietta Corp., which grew to employ hundreds of people in Cortland, was planted in a cabbage field in Marietta in 1975. The operation's demise was announced this week as its latest …

On the outside, the event Wednesday morning was a simple ribbon-cutting: a new physical therapy facility by Cayuga Medical on North Main Street in Cortland. On the inside, the event was a …

Lanternflies light up upstate NY, but not Cortland County

They’re in Onondaga County. And Tompkins. Broome, too. And if the state has called for the immediate stomping of any Spotted Lanternfly you might encounter, they’re not in Cortland County – yet.

Cortland to lose 500 factory jobs

Voyant Beauty and ALPLA will close their Cortland gactories, eliminating about 500 jobs, the Cortland County Business Development Corp. announced Tuesday. “This is very difficult news, …

Car ownership costs climb, but app helps monitor costs

Suzette Caulkins and Dale Thompson lamented Wednesday about the cost of operating their SUV: Gas ($4.09 a gallon); oil; parts; insurance — the tires cost $1,000 on sale. “Yes, …

Biomedical innovation means economic development for Cortland County

Cortland Biomedical in Cortlandville has added new post-processing services and technologies that it hopes will allow it to take over more of the biomedical textile production process, and could mean …

Three Bear Daycare hopes business change is just right

The restaurant of the Three Bear Inn in the village of Marathon is being converted to a day-care center, its new co-owner said Wednesday. Megan Decker, who now owns the business along with her …

Catch-22 resolved

Sherwin Nepomucena had a problem. He plans to hire five new people in the next few months for the cable company he owns. But he doesn’t have the equipment they’ll need to …

City allocates $10,000 to stimulate downtown business during construction

In some ways, construction in downtown Cortland couldn't come at a worse time for Charbrel Karam. Inflation is high; the pandemic has eroded eat-in restaurant business. The leisure and hospitality …

Greek Peak adds on

Greek Peak has completed two capital projects, adding a campground and a wedding and corporate event venue to the Virgil resort.

Contractors hired to clean former Apex site

Rats scurry through the 9-acre former industrial site along River and Cleveland streets in the city of Cortland. Police moved two homeless people living there on Thursday. Cortland Mayor Scott …

Yellow Lantern Kampground was quiet, except for the sounds of birds chirping, indistinct conversation from different campsites and the occasional laughter from children at the nearby …

Bids approach $2.4 million for Gutchess complex expansion

Three companies made a pitch for a contract to add two baseball fields at Gutchess Lumber Sports Complex in Cortlandville. Who wins and who strikes out will be decided Monday.

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