Education

Virgil School purchase closes; renovation begins

Developer Stephen Terwilliger announced Thursday that he has closed on the purchase of the former Virgil Elementary School, completing a two-year process, and he will convert it to 19 apartments and …

Schools face milk shortage

A student’s daily milk carton is no longer a promise at some greater Cortland area schools because of a nationwide shortage of half pint cartons, in which the milk is delivered. Officials …

Ava Armstrong was 11 years old when her mom, Brandy Armstrong, was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2020. “It was a hard conversation,” Ava said, thinking back to before she was told …

Production of Grace Brown’s letters to be staged at SUNY

The story of Grace Brown of Cortland, who was murdered in 1904 by her boyfriend, Chester Gillette, after she told him she was pregnant, has been used in an opera, two plays, the film “A Place in the Sun” and a novel. Now a new play is being staged, using no fiction, only the letters Brown and Gillette exchanged. The curtain goes up next week at the Lab theater of the Dowd Fine Arts Center at SUNY Cortland.

Homer High School's outdoor classroom nearly ready

Homer High School students will take some classes outside next spring. Not for a field trip, or biology demonstration – just to be outdoors. Jason Graves, an earth science teacher and …

LEDing change

SUNY club creates a place to socialize for people who don’t

The typical introvert may not enjoy the bars, parties or large campus events that many college students typically hang at. But they might still want to make connections in a more controlled …

Homer Junior-High School will have a fall festival from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. The event will include games and activities for children of all ages, the school district announced via social …

Little people, big difference

Jordan West and Anakin Irwin practiced their carnival barking Friday, but it wasn't all just fun and games – their McGraw fifth-grade classmates had learned about the wildfires in Maui, and …

New Groton mascot search down to three contenders

GROTON - Students in Groton have narrowed the field of potential mascots to three choices: the Groton Red Hawks, the Groton Grizzlies, or the Groton Steamrollers. Groton students researched …

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