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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 …

The unemployment rate in Cortland County fell to 3.9% in August from 4.9% a year ago, even as the number of people in the labor force increased. Data released Tuesday by the state Department of …

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 …

Cortland County added 600 jobs in August from August 2021, fueled largely by a 500-job increase in government employment. The county had 17,500 non-farm jobs, show data the state Department of …

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 …

Hollenbeck's Cider Mill in Virgil products up to six tons of apple pomace a week, and it's free for the taking, the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Cortland County has announced. You do, however, …

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 …

SYRACUSE — Old Chatham Creamery of Groton won gold medals at the New York State Fair for its plain yogurt and flavored natural cheese, Agriculture and Markets Commissioner Richard A. Ball …

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 …

Kinney Drugs has opened flu vaccination appointments in all its New York pharmacies, including the pharmacies in Cortland, Cortlandville, Dryden, Moravia and Tully, the company announced Tuesday. …

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 …

Employers line up to recruit Voyant workers

On Wednesday, Bob Haight chatted with an acquaintance at a business ribbon-cutting: 15 companies had expressed interest in hiring some of the nearly 500 workers soon to be laid off by Voyant …

Starting Monday, Guthrie Cortland Rehabilitation Services will consolidate into one location on the Campus of Guthrie Cortland Medical Center on Alvena Avenue, the health organization announced this …

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 …

Unemployment in Cortland County fell to 4% in July from 5.4% in July 2021, as 800 residents found jobs, year over year. State Department of Labor data released Tuesday show that the number of …

Nominations sought for threatened properties The Preservation Association of Central New York is accepting nominations for its Eight That Can’t Wait list of threatened historic properties, …

Electric rates in Groton up 30.5%

GROTON — Electricity rates for village of Groton customers increased 30.5%, and the first monthly bills under the new rates will be distributed Aug. 31, a village official said Tuesday.

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, …

Lack of childcare may be forcing some out of work

A lack of childcare in the greater Cortland area is keeping potential employees out of the work force, business leaders said. “We still have companies that are working with people remotely …

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