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 …
As Chris Crossway steered a red piston-bully down a Truxton snowmobile trail Saturday, both he, and the trail maintenance vehicle he drove, could have used some more snow and colder …
Cortland-raised rock musician Ronnie James Dio may have come and gone, but his memory is still with Cortland, and the friends he met and performed with along the way. “Ever since Ronnie …
A little girl learned Friday afternoon that she won’t have to be afraid to grow up. Her abuser, Mitchell L. Padbury, 63, of Marathon, was convicted on all six counts Friday in Cortland …
Plan, check. Passion, check. Product, check. Profit? That’s a different matter, and for an entrepreneur, achieving that fourth P means having a fifth: Persistence.
When Former Homer Fire Chief Mahlon Irish Jr. joined the Homer Fire Department in 1974, there were no protocols for cleaning gear after fires.Forty years later, he was diagnosed with prostate cancer, …
After a 2 1/2-month hiatus, Shipwreck Amusements will reopen its doors Friday with a new attraction: Captain Jack’s Tiki Shack. Shipwreck Amusements, on Route 13 in Cortlandville, closed its …
The red paint marks are like a connect-the-dots puzzle growing across Dwyer Memorial Park. Some dots are on trees pockmarked with woodpecker holes. They're dead, as are others nearby.
