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‘Everyone deserves a safe place to call home’

Oswego County Opportunities leads the effort to make sure everyone in the county has a safe place to lay their head at night. Clinton County, meanwhile, has a nightly rotation of professionals …

Community garden to expand children’s area, build walkway

An outdoor kitchen, of sorts, where kids can create concoctions of mud and grass – and likely whatever else they can get their hands on – is called a mud kitchen. And soon, the one …

MORAVIA — The Friends of Fillmore Glen will host “I Love My Park Day” from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. May 4 to get the state park ready for the summer season. A morning of projects will …

Cortland Rural Cemetery seeking volunteers for clean-up

Cortland Rural Cemetery seeking volunteers for clean-up By LILY BYRNE Staff Reporter lbyrne@cortlandstandard.com More than 18,000 people are buried at Cortland Rural Cemetery, …

C’ville: Legislators suggested cut in Gutchess request

Cortlandville officials aren’t explaining in detail why a $6.7 million request for Congressional funding to pay for a community hub” at Gutchess Lumber Sports Complex was cut to a $3 …

New library rules take effect this week

The new rules at Cortland Free Library aren’t meant to target homeless people, library leaders say, but starting this week, sleeping, shaving, eating and drinking are prohibited. And the …

The Homer Village Board has postponed until 5:30 p.m. April 30 its meeting that had been scheduled for tonight, as some board members could not attend, Deputy Mayor Pat Clune announced. The …

DRYDEN -- The Dryden Town Board will have a special meeting at 6 p.m. Wednesday in the town hall for two purposes: •To formalize a memorandum of understanding with the town of Caroline in …

The Homer Central School Board of Education will have a special meeting at 7:30 a.m. Thursday in room 100 of the high school to adopt the proposed 2024-25 district budget. Voters will go to the …

The Cortland National Day of Prayer Planning Committee has announced The National Day of Prayer will be observed from 6 to 7 p.m. May 2 at Courthouse Park, 33 Church St., Cortland.

Hillary Thornton, chair of the advisory board of the Salvation Army of Cortland, discusses how the agency helps people without homes, from a meal program to operating "Code Blue" warming centers in …

‘Ask: How do I feel about homeless people?’

People experiencing homelessness are drawn to warm, dry, public spaces. But when those public spaces don’t allow them, where can they go?

Child Advocacy Center to highlight safety, arts Tuesday

  The rate of children abused in Cortland County was nearly double the state rate in 2019 – 2010, too. Local organizations hope to reduce this through education. The Cortland County Child Advocacy Center will host an arts and awareness family event from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Homer Center for the Arts, 72 S. Main St.

City set to enforce bong ban

Today is the last 4/20 you can buy bongs or other cannabis-smoking supplies in most areas in the city of Cortland, and it marks about the halfway point until businesses must comply with the ban. …

Volunteers will fill Cortland Sunday and Monday to clean up trash, paint buildings, rake leaves and other chores, Cortland Mayor Scott Steve announced Friday. SUNY Cortland’s The Big Event …

Dryden approves seeking easement for South Hill trail

DRYDEN – For less than $6,000, people in and around the Town of Dryden will be able to walk or bike nearly another 8 miles on the South Hill Recreation Way trail to the Tioga County Line. …

Lime Hollow to host clean up day and musical celebration

  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 …

SKANEATELES — The town of Skaneateles will have a meeting at 7 p.m. May 21 at The Lodge on State Street in Skaneateles Falls regarding a Nine-Element Watershed Management. The plan …

The McGraw School District Board of Education has adopted a $16.56 million school budget proposal for 2024-25, which district residents can vote on May 21. The plan raises spending 1.7% from …

NYSERDA describes how it would turn landfill into light

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 …

C’ville more than halves $6.7 million request to Congress

The Town of Cortlandville reduced its request for federal money for a “community hub” at Gutchess Lumber Sports Complex by more than half to $3 million, Supervisor Tom Williams told the …

New York State Electric & Gas and will use funding from New York State to apply one-time bill credits for all electric and natural gas customers as part of the state’s ongoing efforts to …

Lime Hollow Nature Center will have a stewardship day from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday to refresh trails, gardens and other attractions at the 400-acre nature center in Cortlandville. The center …

Businesses see mixed effect from Groton Avenue roadwork

The bitter smell of diesel, the effort to dodge equipment and trucks and a few chunks of missing sidewalk have combined to cut sales 40% at Groton Avenue Liquor Store, its owner says as work …

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