Snak: kconlon@cortlandstandard.com About two months ago, just up Route 13 from the Truxton Fire Station, a man was trying …
Passers-by can count them Thursday evening: 296 purple flags at Courthouse Park in Cortland. One for each person lost each day to overdose in America – 108,000 deaths a year.
When Rebecca Vliet’s twin daughters were born six weeks early, she needed a pediatrician – immediately. The search began. Sixteen years later, following a couple of retirements and …
Health officials expect a return to pre-pandemic flu case levels, but warn that there is an increased risk of all respiratory infections with COVID-19 restrictions, and the public health emergency, …
Truxton’s historic bell, located in front of the Truxton Fire Department, will now be historic for an additional reason. The town will be the first of 15 towns in Cortland County to have a naloxone distribution box, with Truxton’s right by the bell.
Cortland County legislators voted Thursday to switch their retirees’ insurance to a private plan from Medicare – saving $800,000 a year in the process. But retirees fear the private …
The spike was expected – the back-to-school season has seen an increase in COVID-19 cases every year since …
Kinney Drugs pharmacists will soon be able to provide RSV vaccines to adults who are 60 years old in New York, the pharmacy chain announced this week. Respiratory Syncytial Virus is a common …
A hernia occurs when tissue bulges out through an opening or weakness in the muscular wall. Hernias can develop in any part of the abdomen, but the groin, navel, or the site of a previous surgery are …
The state Department of Environmental Conservation will continue an air quality advisory for fine particulates through midnight Monday as smoke from wildfires in Canada drifts east.
The warm weeks ahead will bring more opportunities to enjoy outdoor recreational sports, gardening, and family gatherings. They also bring a higher risk for contracting tick-borne infections …
The state Department of Environmental Conservation has issued an air quality advisory from midnight Tuesday to midnight Wednesday because of Canadian wildfires. Expect the air quality index to …
LANSING — The new inpatient addiction facility 20 miles from downtown Cortland was set to open in April. The building is there, the equipment, the plan. It needs nurses. However, a Tompkins …
A thick haze and the scent of burning wood swept through Cortland Tuesday, carried on northerly winds from Quebec and Ontario as wildfires continued to rage just over Canada’s southern …
Tim Dorward of Trumansburg shares a personal motto with friends and family: “Live while alive.” …
Don’t be alarmed by what looks like security cameras now in rooms at Guthrie Cortland Medical Center – nurses and physicians are behind them. “We (nurses) often get in the …
Empowering older adults and providing resources for a high quality of life at home are among top concerns Cortland County Area Agency on Aging’s four-year plan hopes to address. A public …
Cortland County reported three news case of COVID-19 over the weekend, the number of confirmed cases since the pandemic began rising to 13,691, the state Health Department reports. Tompkins and …
All of New York was at a low risk for coronavirus spread, the federal government reported late last week. In fact, the closest communities with a medium risk were western Pennsylvania.Cortland County …
This week is Drinking Water Week. The American Water Works Association and communities across the nation are celebrating the value of water and the critical role it plays in our daily lives. Like the …
From a young age, she watched her mom get ready for work – putting on the white dress, shoes and hat. Sarah Brown knew then she wanted to follow in her mom’s footsteps and become a …
Students’ mental health needs are up 300%; school counselors report more stress, and sometimes more violence. Coping skills haven’t kept up. And three years after the coronavirus pandemic …
Cortland County reported one new case of COVID-19 on Friday, and one death, the number of confirmed cases since the pandemic began remaining 13,688, the state Health Department reports. Tompkins and …
Cortland County reported no new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, the number of confirmed cases since the pandemic began remaining 13,686, the state Health Department reports. Tompkins and Cayuga …
All of New York was at a low risk for coronavirus spread, the federal government reported late last week. In fact, the closest communities with a medium risk were in Vermont.Cortland County had seven …
