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 …
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 …
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 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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
DRYDEN — Dryden Fiber, the first municipal broadband project in the state, can now issue bonds to expand service outside the town, with Friday’s passage of a state bill. Assembly …
The Cortland County Legislature and the Area Agency on Aging have approved a funding opportunity for municipalities, community organizations not-for-profits and/or faith-based organizations to …
For first-generation graduate Jahlil Granum, college was a no-brainer. But for some students, going to college isn’t on the map. College enrollment has declined nationally by 9.6% …
The Interfaith Center at SUNY Cortland has been rattling around inside too much space for too long, so it has sold its building and will move into space across the street. The building at …
DRYDEN — Former Tompkins Cortland Community College President Orinthia Montague, died Friday, the college has announced. “Dr. Montague had a tremendous impact on our college, serving …
“In the realm of education, the 21st century has ushered in a wave of innovation and transformation that is reshaping the way we teach and learn. As traditional classrooms give way to …
Maybe it starts with skipping extracurricular activities, then maybe nausea before school starts. Perhaps it progresses to a loss of energy and more absences. However it manifests, students face increased anxiety, the Homer Central School District officials plan a workshop tonight for parents to help their kids cope.
The students sat, hunched over, Tuesday morning watching Brookley Abbate spinning the clay into a bowl. They were contemplating ideas around an ocean theme for the bowls they’ll make, themselves.
DRYDEN – Tompkins Cortland Community College professors will soon create a plan to improve their science, technology, engineering and math program with national experts, following a major …
If it’s the biggest little game in college football, would blocking off downtown Cortland for the Cortaca Jug be the biggest little watch party? Cortland Mayor Scott Steve said Friday he …
The Homer village Board of Trustees agreed Tuesday to enter a one-year contract with the Homer Central School District to allow LED signs at two schools within the district – even though …
Within a three-day period of SUNY Cortland’s first week back, students were notified of four sexual assaults that took place. “A single incident is too many, but to see four in such …
DRYDEN – Enrollment at Tompkins Cortland Community college has seen a double-digit increase for the second consecutive year, even as enrollment at SUNY schools across the state has declined. …
Homer students this year won’t face a long list of supplies getting checked off after a pricey Walmart run, and kids won’t have to fight over whose Spider-Man notebook is cooler. …
Cortland will see 1,763 new people walking the streets, eating at restaurants and shopping at stores next week, as SUNY Cortland students arrive for the semester. Of these new students, 998 …
