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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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, …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
How to helpWHAT: Village clean-upWHERE: Montgomery Park, DrydenWHEN: 9 a.m. SaturdayBY WHOM: Dryden Elementary School Green Team Dryden Elementary School Green Team to host Earth Day …
Cortland residents can view their lawn in a different light next month. Rather than battling to keep the dandelions at bay, property owners can welcome the yellow blooms and their ilk as food for pollinators during the city’s first “No Mow May.”
Contractors found Verizon telecommunication cables where a 12-inch water main was supposed to be installed while renovating the east side of Main Street in Cortland, prompting an engineering firm to …
DRYDEN – Construction is moving along on a four-unit complex in Dryden being built for homeless women by Second Wind Cottages and it should be open by the end of the summer, said Executive …
DRYDEN – The star of the show, and chief instructor, is a member of the Apoidea family. She’s no bigger than a thumb tip, but the humble bee will get families in Dryden buzzing about how …
Pancakes steamed on the plates of nine contestants Saturday in the Marathon Central High School, each one of them representing a donation. “I’ve got $1,060 total and I’ve got …
Like a scene out of “Star Wars,” glowing swords clashed Saturday morning in front of the Cortland Corset Building, as trainers from the Ludosport Finger Lakes Academy held sword fighting …
Part of what makes the city of Cortland Cortland is the rotating cast of college students who choose the community for their temporary home. Between the classes, the internships, learning to do …
