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Be careful of fox bites, the Cortland County Health Department warned Tuesday, particularly if you’re between Pendleton Street and the Tioughnioga River south of Port Watson Street. Fox …

Cortland methadone clinic awaits OK to open in May

A methadone clinic set to open in Cortland expects to start operating next month, pending approvals from state and federal agencies, clinic director Grace Kelley said Friday. Kelley said the …

Guthrie: Parking lot work should end in May

Additional parking spots closer to the Guthrie Cortland Medical Center’s main entrance will improve accessibility for people with disabilities, said hospital President Jen Yartym. The …

Patient care at Neurosurgery Services of CMA goes well beyond precision surgery at Cayuga Medical Center operating rooms and can include treating neck and back pain with physical therapy, pain …

Babies in withdrawal

Annalyse Potter has held the babies in her arms. They’re going through withdrawal. They cry, more than a newborn should. They hurt. They shake. These babies need lots of care – …

The last phase of building new parking lot at Guthrie Cortland Medical Center begins Monday, the hospital announced Friday. For about four weeks, no through traffic from the Alvena Avenue lot to …

The Marathon Area Ambulance Corps expects it will have a new facility built and ready to operate next year, now that it has been awarded a $975,000 federal grant, which Rep. Marc Molinaro discussed …

County may recoup $100,000 from closed addiction facility

Cortland County legislators will consider on Thursday recouping $100,000 meant for a now-closed addiction facility, and creating two flow officer positions to make sure trash that is supposed to go …

Cortland man performs Heimlich on choking woman

It was a typical day March 12 for 35-year Cortland resident Charles Doughty [source\], a hurried walk home east on Groton Avenue from his job running the frozen food department at the Grand Union …

County to recoup $100,000 from treatment facility

Cortland County plans to keep $100,000 of nearly $200,000 sent to a Lansing in-patient addiction facility, following the closure of the Alcohol & Drug Council of Tompkins County. The …

‘You don’t stop trying’

Perceptions about homeless people need to change, greater Cortland area leaders said at Wednesday’s Cortland Counts Community Forum. “Perception is how we interpret our environment …

Six vehicles collide in Route 13 accident

At least two people were injured Tuesday morning in a six-car collission on Route 13 at Byrne Hollow Road in Cortlandville. "It just happened so fast," said Jennifer Cole-Spano, who was stopped …

Consolidating seniors

Joan P. Greene, 75, travels about four miles nearly every weekday from McGraw to the Cortland County Age Well Center. She takes its bus. “I used to drive and I have my license, but my leg …

Opioid deaths stable, but fentanyl spikes

Each of the 10 overdose-related deaths in Cortland County in 2023 involved opioids; nine of them were fentanyl – a topic for Wednesday’s Cortland Counts Community Forum. Sara Watrous …

Phillips Free Library in Homer has added a naloxone distribution box just outside the side entrance – the latest addition to a Healing Cortland initiative. Healing Cortland, a …

State plans employment first for people with disabilities

A state plan to encourage hiring of people with developmental disabilities is a good start, said Cortland’s top advocate for people with disabilities. Next, help the rest. A provision in …

Nearly 80% of the residents ages 50-64 in Cortland and most nearby counties have been screened for colorectal cancer, the current New York State health data show. That’s well above the …

Proposed state budget cuts addiction services 16%

A 16% cut to addiction services in the proposed state budget doesn’t come as a surprise, said Lisa Hoeschele, executive director and chief executive officer of Family and Children’s …

Cortland CrossFit clients, owner save a life

One of the first things Amanda Giles bought for her business, Cortland CrossFit, was an automated external defibrillator. Three years later, the AED helped save a client’s life. The …

The birth of Hope

For six minutes, all that kept the baby from dying was Katelyn Eaton’s voice on the phone. Eaton, a dispatcher with Cortland County Emergency Response and Communications, blocked out the …

‘She’s what a nurse should be’

It was the early 1970s. Gail Pforter watched her father lose his leg to cancer. Soon after, she went to what was then Cortland Memorial Hospital. That was 50 years ago, 1974. She never left. …

Cayuga shows off department store-sized medical office

LANSING – Cayuga Health officials say the company’s new location off Route 13 in a former department store at the Shops at Ithaca Mall, set to open partially in late March, is meant to …

COVID: When it never leaves

Long COVID could mean stomach pains. It could mean a cough, or fatigue. The condition has more than 200 possible symptoms. It’s hard to diagnose. Doctors don’t always know. …

Clinic developers meeting with Euclid neighbors

The city of Cortland has little choice in an incoming methadone clinic on Euclid Avenue, but city Aldersperson Wayne Schutt said when its lease is up, he’s going to push them hard to relocate. …

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