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Families taking part in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children can receive double the benefits to spend at participating farmers’ markets, Gov. Kathy Hochul …

Teachers need supplies, too

August is the time for back-to-school shopping – kids need new backpacks, notebooks, pens – but parents aren’t the only ones doing back to school shopping. Guthrie Cortland …

ITHACA — Cayuga Cancer Center’s medical oncology, hematology, and chemotherapy services will move Aug. 19 from the Cayuga Medical Center campus to Cayuga Park on Cayuga Park Lane on the …

‘We want to help in any way we can’

Guthrie Cortland Medical Center announced a new patient support program Monday with the help of $10,000 from Hope for Heather, a Liverpool-based nonprofit raising awareness for ovarian and …

All proceeds from a particular ice cream sundae sold at The Frosty Caboose through Sept. 2 will be donated to the Cortland Memorial Foundation’s Nicholas Renzi Cancer Care Fund, Guthrie …

Kinney Drugs has opened seasonal flu vaccination appointments in all its pharmacies. For the 2024-2025 season, all flu vaccines will be trivalent formulations that protect against three flu …

Tompkins County Whole Health has announced an update to the listeria outbreak linked to select Boar’s Head Deli Meats, which now includes 71 additional products distributed under the …

Cayuga Medical Center’s Epilepsy Monitoring Unit (EMU) is the only epilepsy diagnostic center in New York’s Southern Tier. The EMU was expanded last year and now operates most weekdays …

Tompkins County Whole Health is promoting a variety of services in connection with Bebe Moore Campbell National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month in July. Mental health services are …

ITHACA — Tickets are on sale for the Cayuga Health Gala, a fundraising event Sept. 7 for the Cayuga Medical Center Foundation. The black-tie optional event will be at the new Ithaca …

A blood drive will be 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Aug. 3 at the Homer First United Methodist Church, 16 Cayuga St. Enter parking lot via Central Park Place. A double red cell collection unit will be …

‘You had to think on your feet’

Ten victims were scattered Wednesday across a courtyard – including the 16-year-old who hit a bus of people while texting and driving – some lay unconscious, the bus driver repeatedly …

Cayuga Medical Center has received the American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines® - Stroke GoldPlus quality achievement award for its commitment to ensuring stroke patients …

NILES — The Cayuga County Health Department closed two bathing beaches Tuesday because of harmful algal blooms: Camp Y Owasco in Niles and the Owasco Yacht Club in Owasco, both on Owasco Lake. …

The kids are (mostly) all right

Janelle Hess missed a lot in her first two years of high school: the pleasure of getting lost on the first day of her freshman year; hanging out with friends in the lunchroom; waiting for the bus or …

Cayuga Medical Center has been recognized by the Lown Institute for outstanding social responsibility, receiving an “A” grade on the 2024-25 Lown Institute Hospitals Index. …

‘A shockingly long way to go’

The adoption of the Americans with Disabilities Act 34 years ago was the start of improvement, but not the end, Cortland County’s leading advocate said as she discussed its upcoming …

Cortland County homeowners can receive a $100 rebate on septic system maintenance by attending a free workshop on septic systems, the Cortland County Soil and Water Conservation District announced …

‘To be able to self advocate is so huge’

Being a patient can be daunting, said Alex Mikowski – it’s not always easy to ask doctors questions, medical systems can be hard to navigate and sometimes, professionals are bound by …

A food handler at Queen Subs on Port Watson Street in Cortland has contracted hepatitis A, the Cortland County Health Department reported Thursday, leading the county to offer a vaccine to people who …

ITHACA — Cayuga Health and Cancer Resource Center of the Finger Lakes have announced their affiliation effective July 1. “The Cayuga Cancer Center has worked closely with CRC for …

Teen honored today for efforts against nicotine

The opponent: Big tobacco companies, who spend $500,000 per day in New York as part of the billions of dollars they spend nationally per year. The people trying to keep them from gaining a …

How to keep kids off drugs: Hook them on ukuleles

After three hours of learning, Cortland kids have been performing songs on the ukulele, but they are learning more than just chords. An eight-session class of free ukulele lessons has proven so …

COVID cases rise in summertime spike

Hospitalizations for COVID-19 have increased in the past couple of weeks across New York, in a spike that’s a fraction of the worst spike of the coronavirus pandemic, but still has seen a death …

Feeding kids for the summer

        By KAYLA GUILLEN Staff Intern Kguillen@cortlandstandard.com   Children lined up at Suggett Park in Cortland to get a free …

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