DRYDEN – Warm sunbeams shined on the green grass and picnic tables at Daisy Hollow Farm Saturday, as children counted and emptied plastic eggs, despite forecasts that called for thunderstorms …
Easter is celebrated in many ways, but undoubtedly the most common of ways, are with egg-filled baskets and ham dinners, both of which, Penny Bushaw of Homer and her grandson, Wesley Smith, took home …
Mariana Kosarieva sits and chats at her dining room table at her new apartment in Cortland. The afternoon sun shines over St. Anthony of Padua Church across the street as her daughters and mother …
The state has yet to approve the plans for a dog park off south Main Street that Cortland officials pitched in September, and as a result, construction has been delayed. The park was scheduled to …
Forty-five days after the village of Homer was told it won a $10 million Downtown Revitalization Initiative, the village is closing in on naming the people who will pick the projects to spend it …
Two entrepreneurs have separately bought the two former Voyant Beauty facilities in Cortland, county deed records show. The two facilities – one on Central Avenue and the other on …
Literacy starts before a child can read – it’s done through listening to their parents talk, counting bananas at the store or pointing out the different colors while doing laundry. …
As John Wallan of Cortland sat Tuesday at Bru 64, finishing his lunch, he wondered how long the workers from CCI Cos. outside would be excavating along Main Street. “Why should they do …
DRYDEN – An abandoned landfill in Freeville may be going from a massive trash site to a massive source of renewable energy. The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority …
The Stone Lounge has extended the deadline for 79 people who used false identification to gain entry to the bar last fall to pay $10,000 or face a lawsuit. Brian Dorn isn’t going to pay, …
Thomas Turck, superintendent of the Homer Central School District, came to Homer's Phillips Free Library in November for a community conversation on addiction and said Friday he hopes more people …
SUNY Cortland's Lusk Field House normally touts the red and white of the college's sports teams, but Saturday, it was filled with purple and white balloons and a wealth of Disney-themed decorations …
The sounds of bubbling maple sap cut through the rain tapping on the roof of Lime Hollow Nature Center’s sugar shack Saturday as inside, Nate Hardesty kept a close eye on what would become …
Advocates expected bail reform, enacted in 2020 to reduce the population of the perpetually crowded Cortland County Jail to a manageable level after decades of crowding. It did, but only for a …
Cortland-based hemp producer New York Hemp Oil has finished implementing a $570,000 state grant that allowed it to grow 10-fold and create dozens of jobs, said co-owner and founder Allan Gandelman. …
The Cortland County Legislature hired a new planning director Thursday night – its old planning director, Trisha Jesset, who resigned in October. “She put her hat back in the ring, …
Anyone looking for insight into Cortland’s business climate could likely find some next month at J.M McDonald Sports Complex in Cortlandville, during the Cortland Area Chamber of …
With days growing longer and warmer as spring begins, it’s time for Cortland to get to work once again, and this time, on its Main Street. The Canastota-based CCI Cos. Inc. will begin …
FREEVILLE – The ground remained damp from melting snow Wednesday, despite the sun shining through a nearly cloudless sky as a farmer recalled his childhood on the currently damp land. Tyler …
Vietnam veteran and author to speak at CNY Living History CenterBy LILY BYRNEStaff Reporter lbyrne@cortlandstandard.com It was 1971, three years after the Tet offensive had – despite being a …
City sets new hearing for property-repurposing lawSub:Public comments inspire revisions to proposal By JACOB MACKjmack@cortlandstandard.comStaff Reporter Cortland’s Common Council set a …
Democrats won each seat in Dryden in Tuesday's village elections, while Republicans won in Groton. In Dryden, incumbent Mayor Michael Murphy, a Democrat, defeated Republican Thomas Corey for a …
Following years of discussion, Cortland County could approve an agreement this week with the city of Cortland to establish a municipal vermicomposting project, using worms to break down food waste at …
DRYDEN -- John B. King Jr. paused Monday at Tompkins Cortland Community College. He signed an autograph. He posed with someone for a selfie. He asked about the pizza. King isn’t a rock star. …
In Sanskrit, the word Yoga means to yolk or to bring together. At the Cortland Free Library, one of the institution’s purposes is to provide a place to bring people together. It has begun a …
