DRYDEN — Anne Clark and David Wilson of Dryden met in La Selva, Costa Rica 50 years ago. Recently the married couple took a three-week working trip back there to revisit the biological station. …
While maple producers north of the Thruway are just getting into full production for this year’s maple season, Marathon maple producer and Central New York Maple Festival Co-chair Josh Ensign …
The sweet smell of spring!When the sun gets higher, and the days seem longer, folks in Central New York get an itch to travel to the sweetest destination for miles around – Marathon, New …
Who will be the 2023 Maple Festival Queen? Twelve Marathon High School ladies are vying to wear the crown. Lillian Penrose, the reigning Maple Festival Queen, will preside during the Maple Festival …
Here are some of the artisans and crafters expected offering their wares for sale at the CNY Maple Festival: Tim and Michelle Stahlman www. stahlmanslatcompany.com -- Painting Dawn …
Despite the fact we are having a March snowstorm as I’m writing this, it still is obvious, from the plague of grackles and the cloud of blackbirds at my feeders, that spring is on its way. …
Angela Loh helped build a community both literally and figuratively. Loh won the Zonta Club Woman of Achievement award this year after being nominated by Andrea Rankin, a former winner.Loh will be …
After leaving my house a little before 6:30 in the morning, a light snow was falling as I drove north from Cortand on Route 281.I pulled into the parking lot of Newton Waterworks in the village of …
Chase Harty,Kindergarten“‘The Very HungryCaterpillar’ because atthe end he turns intoa cocoon.”Jaden Towers,3rd Grade“My favorite bookis ‘Bad Guys’ becauseit …
Inside the drawers in my bathroom and on the shelves in my linen closet and kitchen cabinets in my home there are more than 40 over-the-counter medications. Someone might wonder if I am a …
Back then, Old Man Winter would retreatTo cold and craggy, snow capped mountain peaksWhile Summer waited in the wingsContent to watch her sister, SpringWarm up a restless crowdSpring teased us with …
Ladies from the My Brothers’Keeper Quilt Group meet from10 a.m. to 2 p.m. every Friday atthe Dryden United Methodist Church tomake sleeping bags out of recycled fabrics.The only thing that …
Bring a pillow and the kids for an interactive children’s theater production of “Hansel and Gretel” at the Center for the Arts of Homer at noon on March 18, 19, 25 and 26.The play …
I was expecting the email all day and it finally arrived at 5:23 p.m. on Feb. 27. “Article 1,” the subject line read. With a forecast of 4 to 7 inches of snow on the way, my friends and I …
Working at newspapers for nearly four decades, I have learned that as a journalist, I have a lot of power to influence the world around me. Sure I can work to right wrongs and hold people in powerful …
Every morning when Ben and I head out for a walk, I marvel at how much joy and verve he still has. His muzzle is white. The curls of golden hair on his back are laced with silver. He spends the …
These people were honored at college: Patricia Gardner of Marathon earned an Award of Excellence at Western Governors University Leavitt School of Health. These people were named to the …
Kara Perkins of Cortland has been named to the Fall 2022 Dean’s List at Florida Institute of Technology. Carley E. Calabro of Cortland has been named to Fall 2022 Dean’s List at Fairfield …
March promises an assortment of good reads, from those that come in like a lion to those that go out like a lamb.Here are some new titles coming out in March: “A Face in the Crowd and The …
There’s a lot of history in Cortland County. Some stories are remembered, some forgotten. New York Central College in McGraw and the people who attended or taught there each have a story. In …
I don’t believe the stars decide mydestiny. The other day, out of curiosity, I checked the Astrological Forecast. I hear some people check them religiously, believing the stars can determine …
Gage Perkins, 5th GradeProbably to the J.M. McDonald Sports Complex. There’s a soccer field, hockey, gymnastics, baseball. I go every other day. There’s a lot ofthings you can do …
There it was — a dark red line. No mistaking it — it appeared in less than a minute. I cringed when I saw it, but I was not surprised. I had been dreading this for three years. A …
Franco Minervini, of Marathon, admired his grandfather’s stone carving skills in hishome town ofMolfetta, Italy. He never expected to follow in his footsteps.His grandfather, Michele Minervini …
snow leopard in the snow enemies tremble before him snow and wool glitter in the snow — Mykyta Ryzhykh
