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Films can capture stories of love, loss, adventure and despair, but not all of them can do so while blending live-action footage with animation, like the films shown Saturday in SUNY Cortland’s …

Cortland High School funds post-prom party with craft fair

Dozens of tiny animals made of small rubber bands — from bright orange tigers to tiny pink narwhals — covered one of the many tables in the Cortland High School gym Saturday. “It …

One firefighter was injured and a home on Rickard Street in Cortland was uninhabitable after a fire Thursday night, the Cortland Fire Department reported.Firefighters were called to 10 1/2 Rickard …

‘You can’t pour from an empty cup’

While caring for her parents with dementia, Peggy Dennis struggled to find a balancing act. Not living with them meant constant trips to and from their home, on top of volunteer work and finding …

Grafted Orchard: DRI project spliced into Rose Hall

The COVID-19 pandemic changed Chris Merkley’s mind about renovating a Main Street building into a bar-music venue-bowling alley. The plans changed with his mind, but the plans do …

SUNY Chancellor tours Cortland campus

Of all the things that SUNY Chancellor John B. King Jr. encountered Thursday in his tour of SUNY Cortland’s campus, he said the sense of community he felt at the college stood out to him the …

Cortland County legislature approves new district map, July recess

Cortland County legislators approved measures Thursday for new legislature districts, repairs to the Cortland County Courthouse and to take a recess in July. Legislators voted, 15-0, to redraw the …

Nearly 100 people gathered Thursday night to celebrate Molly Reagan: a Cortland teacher, entrepreneur, artist, teacher, event planner, coach and performer who received the Cortland County …

Non-profit plans yearly college cleanup effort

You can help To volunteer for Red Dragon ReUse, visit: forms.gle/LBNFNbAejMRLZiQ99 It happens every May: SUNY Cortland students pack up to leave for the summer. They leave a lot of trash. But a …

Cost uptick crushes free tick-testing program

A free state tick-testing program has been paused due to a lack of funding, despite warming weather and growing tick populations.The Upstate Tick Testing Laboratory, through SUNY Upstate Medical …

School budgets released for Cortland, DeRuyter, Moravia districts sub:Cortland budget requires a supermajority to pass By LILY BYRNEStaff Reporterlbyrne@cortlandstandard.comWith less than a month …

Cortland Deputy Fire Chief Ten Kate retires

Michael Ten Kate walked past the fire trucks, the radios, the diesel exhaust systems and hazmat suits Tuesday. His work writing grants for the Cortland Fire Department bought them all. It was his …

Meet Meekah: New SUNY Cortland police therapy canine

Police canines are often trained to sniff drugs or bombs, bite dangerous suspects, or track missing people.Meekah’s job is to make people feel happy, comfortable, and safe.SUNY Cortland now has …

‘A heart for helping people’

Cortland veteran Norm Stitzel has helped bring Christmas toys to tens of thousands of families that otherwise may not have afforded them in his 25 years as the county coordinator for Toys for Tots …

Cortland teachers prepare for 2024 solar eclipse

A once-in-a-lifetime event calls for a once-in-a-lifetime lesson plan, and Cortland School District educators are doing more than just ordering a dozen half-moon cookies. On April 8, 2024 a total …

Like an oak, Price planted seeds across the community

As a child, Lee “Arnie” Price planted an oak sapling in the backyard of his Virgil home.The tree flourished and still stands today, a reminder and a symbol of the man who planted it.Price …

Property tax exemption, courthouse dome on list for legislators to consider From Staff Reports Cortland County legislators will hear comments Thursday on a plan to give volunteer firefighters …

Succeeding a forest

Cortland County is one of two counties in the state that has no state park of its own, but Lime Hollow Nature Center tries to fill the gap.In return, both newcomers to the center and some of its …

‘Fill the bag’

DRYDEN – The green grass of Montgomery Park shone in the sun Saturday, but the students and volunteers who gathered there weren’t taking turns on the playground. Rather they were after …

The temperature: 41 degrees. The weather: A light rain with a slight breeze. The sort of finger-number, hypothermia-inducing afternoon that calls for just one thing. Soup. Mercedes Chapman, 3, …

City condemns downtown apartments and tattoo parlor

Residents and a tattoo parlor were evicted Friday from 89 Main St. in Cortland after the city condemned the building, citing code violations and extensive damage believed to be caused by …

Dryden, McGraw, Groton and Tully release school budgets

By LILY BYRNEStaff ReporterWith less then a month before voters decide the fates of 10 school district budgets in the greater Cortland area, districts have been posting details of their proposed …

State budget delays and weather push off city paving projects

Cortland expects to spend $1.5 million to repave streets this year, but which ones – and when – will depend on a state budget that has yet to be decided, the city’s public works …

Groundwork in Virgil for chestnut comeback

More than a century after a blight began decimating American chestnut trees across America, the Virgil Historical Society plans to establish three small orchards of four to eight chestnut trees …

A League of legends

Numbered jerseys and a cheering crowd might sound like something you could only see at a football game, but Jonathan Herr said video games have brought that same heated competition to the Cortland …

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