Oswego County Opportunities leads the effort to make sure everyone in the county has a safe place to lay their head at night. Clinton County, meanwhile, has a nightly rotation of professionals …
An outdoor kitchen, of sorts, where kids can create concoctions of mud and grass – and likely whatever else they can get their hands on – is called a mud kitchen. And soon, the one …
Cortland Rural Cemetery seeking volunteers for clean-up By LILY BYRNE Staff Reporter lbyrne@cortlandstandard.com More than 18,000 people are buried at Cortland Rural Cemetery, …
The new rules at Cortland Free Library aren’t meant to target homeless people, library leaders say, but starting this week, sleeping, shaving, eating and drinking are prohibited. And the …
People experiencing homelessness are drawn to warm, dry, public spaces. But when those public spaces don’t allow them, where can they go?
The rate of children abused in Cortland County was nearly double the state rate in 2019 – 2010, too. Local organizations hope to reduce this through education. The Cortland County Child Advocacy Center will host an arts and awareness family event from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Homer Center for the Arts, 72 S. Main St.
Today is the last 4/20 you can buy bongs or other cannabis-smoking supplies in most areas in the city of Cortland, and it marks about the halfway point until businesses must comply with the ban. …
Lime Hollow to host clean up day and musical celebration By LILY BYRNE Staff Reporter lbyrne@cortlandstandard.com While few people look forward to cleaning up sticks …
DRYDEN – Dryden residents and other interested parties got their first official look Wednesday at a project designed to breathe new life into an old landfill. The site, the former Caswell …
The Town of Cortlandville reduced its request for federal money for a “community hub” at Gutchess Lumber Sports Complex by more than half to $3 million, Supervisor Tom Williams told the …
The bitter smell of diesel, the effort to dodge equipment and trucks and a few chunks of missing sidewalk have combined to cut sales 40% at Groton Avenue Liquor Store, its owner says as work …
The temperature was 38 degrees. When it wasn't raining, it was snowing. But people still focused on Marathon and the Central New York Maple Festival. People crowded the Maple Museum to buy syrup …
A methadone clinic set to open in Cortland expects to start operating next month, pending approvals from state and federal agencies, clinic director Grace Kelley said Friday. Kelley said the …
The rattling of a train makes lifelong Cortland resident April Martin feel at home. Twenty years ago, she would listen to the sound of the train passing her house, comforted. “I miss the …
The ice will be white. The skating show this weekend will be many colors. And it’s all to prepare for a national competition in California where the color scheme will be painted in gold, silver …
The town of Homer will decide next month whether it will continue pursuing zoning changes and a local law to allow billboards. “Next month, the town board needs to vote to move ahead or …
Cortland is collecting more than twice the trash now than when it used a blue-bag system through 2022, city records show. That means a greater cost to property tax payers, but a savings in neither …
Hot steaming pancakes, fresh syrup and a bunch of activities will be served Saturday at the Central New York Maple Festival in downtown Marathon. The festival begins with a pancake eating …
DRYDEN – If your child is looking to improve confidence in reading, a dog can make a patient, nonjudgmental audience.
Homer village trustees voted Tuesday to seek a short-term $550,000 loan to start work on a $5.5 million sewer pump modernization project. Trustees unanimously issued the bond anticipation note, …
Thrift store Cortland ReUse plans a second collection of unneeded items from SUNY Cortland students moving out of campus residence hall, and the store hopes to get more volunteers from the SUNY …
To a passer-by who’s seen one too many Indiana Jones films, the sight at Cortland Rural Cemetery looks a bit like Indy trying to break into the Well of the Souls, or maybe to return the crystal …
Country Acres Animal Shelter in Homer will use a $300,000 state grant to, among other things, create a new space where potential pet parents can meet a new member of the family. “This …
At first, Cortland resident Layla Trombley didn’t care much for Monday’s solar eclipse, attending Cortland Junior-Senior High School to support her daughter, Jenna Noelle, a music student …
