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Legion plans breakfast Sunday The Cortland American Legion on Tompkins Street will host its monthly breakfast from 8 to 11 a.m. Sunday. All meals are cooked by order and an omelet special is …

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Madelyn J. Pforter, of DeRuyter, an early childhood education major and daughter of Aaron and Aleisha Pforter, made the dean’s list for the fall semester at SUNY Cortland. She is a graduate of …

SUNY Cortland honors first Black graduate, Rev. DeMond

The Rev. Abraham Lincoln DeMond was an advocate for Black emancipation, a published speaker, and the minister at the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church, from where Martin Luther King Jr. led the Civil …

Here are the honor rolls for Cortland High School for the second marking period.

The Cortland Enlarged City School District Board of Education will have two meetings Tuesday at Randall Middle School, 31 Randall Street: Board fiscal responsibility workshop at 5:30 …

Cornell program shows local high schoolers their engineering future

A dozen people racing the clock feverishly tear apart a $65,000 plasma etcher inside Cornell’s Phillips Hall. One pulls out a vacuum chamber as her colleague scrambles through a stack of …

Musicians of all ages play together in new Groton Community Band

GROTON – Their capabilities range as far as their ages. A sixth-grader plays flute alongside a woman for whom sixth grade was long, long ago. A grandfather plays with his son – and his …

Harry Edward Bellardini, political leader and SUNY alum, dies

Doug DeRancy has fond memories of Harry Bellardini. “I’m on the road with Harry,” said DeRancy, the retired director of the Alumni Association for SUNY Cortland. “He's 81 …

McGraw event aims to support ‘whole child’

Parents of McGraw School District students are welcome to Community Night at 5:30 p.m. Feb. 9 at McGraw High School. “Really, we just want them (parents) to know that we are going to present …

Cornell super-poll shows new way to assess public opinion

A Cornell-led survey paints a comprehensive picture of what Americans were thinking on Election Day in 2022 – and advances the science of surveys. Key findings include that nearly half of …

Here's what's delayed, closed or canceled for a storm Jan. 23, 2023

SUNY Cortland has a new name: SUNY Cortland. The State University of New York re-named the college, along with SUNY Oswego and other colleges, as full universities. While the formal name has …

The Homer Central School Board of Education will have a public hearing at 6:30 p.m. Jan. 24 to hear comment on the 2023-24 district budget. The hearing followed by a regular meeting at the Homer …

The Cortlandville Fire District Board of Fire Commissioners will have a special meeting at 6 p.m. today at Cortlandville Fire Station 1, 999 Route 13, Cortlandville.It will also have meetings at 7 …

City to collect trash on MLK DayThe city of Cortland will collect trash and recycling on Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday, the city announced Monday. Homer enrolling pre-kindergartnersThe …

TC3 reverses declining enrollment numbers

Hed: TC3 reverses declining enrollment By GEORGE MURPHY-WILKINSStaff Reporterintern@cortlandstandard.comDRYDEN — Tompkins Cortland Community College saw increasing enrollment last fall, …

Parker plan revamped

City of Cortland leaders have revived plans to renovate the former Parker Elementary School rather than selling it, following a public hearing Tuesday night. Mayor Scott Steve had announced in …

Four Randall Middle School students and four Cortland Junior High finalists will represent the Cortland Enlarged City School District and compete in the 2023 Post-Standard Spelling Bee following the …

City may sell Parker school

Cortland Mayor Scott Steve plans to sell the former Parker elementary school after plans to convert it into a child-care and early childhood education facility collapsed. The money, Steve said, …

SUNY Cortland announced last week it has been named one of the top online universities in New York for 2023, according to a recent ranking based on cost, student success and reputation.  The …

Here's what's closed, canceled or delayed Dec. 16 because of a snow storm beginning Dec. 15, 2022: Schools:CincinnatusCortlandCortland Christian …

School threat proves unfounded

A number of greater Cortland area school districts locked down Wednesday after reports of a threat of a school shooting — which later proved false — Cortland County sheriff's officers …

Indians no longer

GROTON  – The Groton Central School District will change its name away from the Indians, following a state ultimatum – to districts across the state – to either change the …

Around the Towns

Tompkins Health Department closes Wednesday ITHACA — The Tompkins County Health Department will be closed from noon to 430 p.m. Wednesday for staff development, the department announced Monday. …

SUNY Cortland has appointed a new provost and vice president for academic affairs, to begin the job in May, college President Erik J. Bitterbaum announced this week.Ann McClellan has been the interim …

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