Instead of going to a crowded mall in December, you could peruse a bunch of artisan goods around town this November for your holiday shopping. The Marathon Holiday Craft Fair starts the season …
Residents of the Bardmore Terrace apartment complex in Cortland are invited to a complex-wide barbecue at 2 p.m. Sunday in the parking lot of the complex. The event is open only to residents of …
DRYDEN – Dryden’s Town Board has reduced the number of fire departments serving the town from six to five, but doesn’t expect a decline in service when Jan. 1 rolls around. If …
Developers are touting a former dump site south of downtown Cortland as a potential solar farm – and a place where National Grid customers can get monthly savings on their electric bills. …
The pounding on the door woke David Beach about 3 a.m. Oct. 23. Someone was yelling: “Fire, fire, fire, fire fire!” Moments later, Beach stood outside his apartment at Bardmore …
Main Street in Cortland will keep its one-way traffic pattern between Groton Avenue and Tompkins Street until the spring because the city has delayed the final paving, Mayor Scott Steve announced …
DRYDEN – Other than $15,000 for a grant writer’s position and $25,000 to fund half the cost of a study of the town’s fire departments in 2025, the town of Dryden’s budget …
Whether you’re treat-or-treating, escorting trick-or-treaters, or just playing tricksy, be sure to celebrate safely. State police and local law enforcement will crack down on impaired and …
DRYDEN – The effort to make reliable affordable high-speed internet service available at every address in Dryden and Caroline, means that Dryden Fiber intends to do something about its — …
The long debate over LED signs on Homer has now come to a six-month pause. A public hearing was held Tuesday to hear comments from about five people on a six-month moratorium on new LED …
The 1890 House won’t just be the 1890 House on Saturday. It’ll be Oz, Elsa’s castle, the Addams Family home and the Mickey Mouse house. The Avengers will be running around. The …
DRYDEN – The on-campus child-care center is somewhat new, as are the dormitories and some of its newest student activities, but the Tompkins Cortland Community College campus “remains a …
Mahlon Irish knows the cost of being a firefighter. In his case: $2.1 million – the cost to treat the cancer he contracted. The first First Responder Appreciation Day will be Oct. 26 at …
A day after announcing it planned to shut down its shelter next March, the Cortland Community SPCA pivoted and said it would try to reorganize to keep the agency going. “We’re …
While the man only has a back alleyway in Cortland named for him, he now has an award-winning biography telling his story. Homer Historian Martin Sweeney’s book “The Remarkable Life …
The Adirondacks and the Catskills are at peak foliage change, or a bit past peak, but Cortland County still has a ways to go. Expect sunny weather and high temperatures in the mid- to upper 60s …
The Cortland Community SPCA will not be able to provide law enforcement services after the end of the year to communities that had relied on it, and will not likely be able to sustain shelter …
This past winter, the focus on involving homeless people in Cortland centered on the lack of an all-winter warming facility, and whether the presence of people without homes caused too much …
Tentative city budget would hike tax bill by $82 for average house By KEVIN T. CONLON City Editor kconlon@cortlandstandard.com The city of …
If you play your cards right, you can spend morning to night celebrating Halloween on Friday. Experience Cortland, the Cortland County Convention & Visitors Bureau, will host its second …
Volunteers filled a trailer Friday with seven tons of supplies for Newland, North Carolina, which is recovering from Hurricane Helene. Residents in the western North Carolina community have been …
The Town of Homer has introduced a $2.6 million spending plan for 2025 that increases spending by 6.8% without raising the property tax rate. The tax rate of $2.32 per $1,000 assessed …
The decision to delay for a year a new sales tax distribution formula for Cortland County municipalities will only delay the inevitable financial harm to towns and villages, some of their leaders …
Months of debate on LED signs in the village Homer may finally come to a halt, at least until April. A public hearing has been scheduled for 6 p.m. Oct. 22 to hear comments on a six-month …
