It was the first time Biao Affo of Togo had set foot in the United States, and the first time he had learned to pump water at the Cortland fire station “It's exciting,” he said. …
Children at the Cortland Child Development Centers’ day-care facility on Pomeroy Street pretended to be adults by filling their Fisher Price cars’ gas tanks and yelling they needed to go …
An exhibit will be on display in the 4-H Youth Building during the Cortland County Junior Fair through Saturday to mark 50 years of the Robert P. Blatchley Cortland County 4-H Foundation supporting …
Nicole Lener has no idea who nominated her. What she knows is that she goes into a classroom day after day — in McGraw — to teach biology. And she’s as comfortable looking through a …
Some people, when they visit a foreign land, want to tour the sites, experience the food and entertainment, immerse themselves in the culture. Fermin Villar visited farms. In Dryden.
No more pep rallies, no more physical education, no more study hall, no more prom or semiformal. For the Homer Class of 2022, their high school memories have been made. Jorge Cruz and Zachary …
Think of all the things the Class of 2022 had to endure: Two recessions; political turmoil; record heat; devastating storms; mass shootings; social movements both forward and back; and, of course, …
They walked for two hours Thursday — a classroom of third-graders carrying signs and asking for donations. But it was only two hours, not four, and only signs, not the water they need to live. …
On a sunny afternoon at Cortland’s Waterworks, geese stroll on the grass, ducks swim in the pond and a deer stands still, enjoying the shade. Within 100 feet of the fence is a big mailbox …
One more exam, one graduation ceremony Friday, one more summer together and twins Ella and Maia Quick will separate for college. They’re close. About 0.04 points separate them. …
Three barriers keep people from walking into Cortland Junior-Senior High School and doing what a gunman did at Robb Elementary School in Texas a couple of weeks ago: the locked main entrance; the …
DRYDEN — Less than 10 days after beginning her new job as president of Tompkins Cortland Community College, Amy Kremenek said her first task is to fit in with the college’s environment. …
Children stood Friday morning on the curb of Bennett Street in McGraw, waving at passing cars and displaying posters that read, “Stop the E-Waste.” The children, from the enrichment …
Year after year – 34 of them, in fact – 5- and 6-year-olds filled Kelly Reppenhagen’s classroom at Homer Elementary School. Dozens of excited, curious, enthusiastic, and probably …
SUNY Cortland donned a Hollywood feel Saturday for the Blackbird Film Festival: staged photos, VIP passes, people mingling with filmmakers, artists, producers and actors. The films weren’t …
Cortland Enlarged City School District voters approved the sale Tuesday of the former Virgil Elementary school, reversing a vote last fall, as voters across the greater Cortland area decided the fate of school budgets, library funding and other measures.
On a warm, sunny Saturday in the city of Cortland, Main Street was filled with visitors for SUNY Cortland graduation weekend Restaurants such as Hairy Tony’s, Brix pizza place, Bru 64 and …
Homer High School’s senior hallway is covered with word art from years past, such as 2012 and 2017, but classes after 2019 are missing during the COVID-19 pandemic, graduating senior Hannah …
Don’t pooh-pooh a good ghost story. “Sometimes a ghost story is not just a ghost story,” said SUNY Cortland student Kaitlyn McManus. It can mirror an issue, or a sign of change, …
School budgets are the only form of public spending that most New Yorkers have direct control over. And on May 17, they’ll have the opportunity to decide whether, and in some cases how, to fund …
A SUNY Cortland lacrosse player — a team captain — was removed from the team roster Wednesday, although a teammate played, three days after they were accused of beating a man, breaking his jaw.
Homer Junior High School’s outside entrance buzzed with activity Tuesday during the afternoon as more than 30 students lined up to buy ceramic bowls, coasters and other objects. The …
Brookley Abbate, an art teacher at Homer Junior High School discussed murals with her students Monday, but the only resource she could rely on was the internet. “So we are often relying on …
Emily LePinnet, of Virgil, came to downtown Cortland Tuesday to mail a letter. She had no problem parking — this time. That’s not always the case. “It varies, you know, depending …
