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In its second recall in a week, Price Chopper is issuing a voluntary manufacturer recall Monday on Country Fresh 4.1-ounce Market 32 apples, cheese and pretzels with peanut butter tray, which may …

A brand of frozen pizza available at Price Chopper has been recalled because of the potential to find metal in the meat, Schenectady-based Price Chopper has announced. Palermo Villa, Inc. issued …

May is Mental Health Awareness Month and was founded by the Mental Health America organization in 1949, states a release from Family & Children’s Counseling Service. Many organizations, …

Helping to plant the Seeds of Hope

Ragtime music filled the air Saturday at Rose Hall in Cortland as Jazz Happens Band lew horns, plucked banjos and jammed keyboards before more than 30 people. In front of the stage, organizations …

Enjoying the dog days

Tammy Barrows-Goddard wanted to remember her chocolate lab, Josie, in a special way. When the dog died, the Cortland woman started a canine comfort service – called “Josie’s …

Food Sense makes cents

Greater Cortland area food pantry officials report a program to help people — regardless of income — is seeing increased use as the prices of food escalate across the nation. Food …

Concert, walk mark Mental Health Month

Cortland County groups are organizing two events to mark Mental Health Month, including a concert Saturday and a walk for mental health Thursday.Rose Hall in Cortland will host the concert to benefit …

‘It’s a new beginning’

Kim Owens had been in a long-time physically and emotionally abusive relationship living in Schenectady County when she decided she needed to get out. She called her cousin to say she was coming to …

A gnawing void

Kendra Chambers, of Cortland, the mother of a 3-month-old daughter, said she understands how the national baby formula shortage is frightening to young mothers. “I’m worried about …

‘I feel like I should’

Cathy Wood, of DeRuyter, used to wear masks as soon as she got out of the car. But she hasn’t done that in a while since the mask mandate was lifted by the state in February. …

Raises help fill county jobs

The county Mental Health Department will be fully staffed after filling three jobs, Community Services Director Sharon MacDougall said Tuesday, crediting the county Legislature for pay raises that …

More activity options

The Truxton senior center has expanded its hours from one to two days each week and plans to add more programs and activities, such as fundraising and summer camp, this year, said the center …

‘It signifies our solidarity’

Dozens of Guthrie Cortland Medical Center workers wearing blue T-shirts emblazoned with the words “Stand Guthrie Strong” gathered Tuesday morning in front of the hospital to celebrate …

Grant funds van, staff for opioid services

A crowd of people, including the leader of a federal agency, gathered Monday afternoon around the van parked outside the Family Counseling Services of Cortland County office on south Main Street in …

Once a nurse, always a nurse

The job takes patience. Flexibility. Resilience. And no small amount of compassion. They’re not just nurses, they’re psychiatric nurses. Beyond delivering care to a patient’s …

24 new cases in CortlandCortland County saw 24 new cases of COVID-19, the state Health Department reported Wednesday, bringing the county to a total of 11,208 cases since the pandemic began.Tompkins …

Health care as it's happening

All Wanda Rawson and her crew at Guthrie Cortland Medical Center wanted to do was walk into a patient's room and get a meal order, maybe make the stay just a little more pleasant. But they couldn't. Patients were isolated: COVID-19.

At your disposal: Old, unused meds collected

Bags of expired or unneeded medications sat on top of a table Saturday morning at Marathon High School, returned by people who had little other way to dispose of them. Jennifer Sylstra, prevention …

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