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Grit on an electric scooter

All Shook Up, Finding Purpose After Traumatic Brain Injury Debra J. White Vine Leaves Press 2024 In 1994, author Debra J. White lived in Freeville, and was walking her dogs one January …

SENECA FALLS — The It’s a Wonderful Life Festival will return to Seneca Falls Dec. 13 to 15 with more than 100 events. Annual highlights include Friday night favorites Mrs. …

You might actually have time for dinner during a dinner theater show Nov. 23 at the Center for the Arts of Homer. You just have to solve the murder. The event, which starts at 6 p.m., features a …

Plan your fun

Here’s a sampling of what’s going on in the greater Cortland area. HOLIDAY EVENTS Nov. 9: Marathon Holiday Craft Fair, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Marathon Civic Center, Marathon. …

Thanksgiving superbowl: Plan now for pie

My aunt had a side hustle for years: She’d make pies, freeze them, and sell them to restaurants and gourmet food stores. I don’t particularly recall if the filling was great — …

SUNY Cortland play studies trust and vulnerability

Everyone has been in a classroom. Remember the vulnerability and the growing maturity during that stage of life. Remember the trusts and betrayals. That will all return to life in a classroom on …

Linda Christy and Chuck Kasten won Friday’s duplicate bridge match with 17 points. Barb Klockowski and Laura Simon were second with 10.5 points. Barb Gage and Jim McConnell were third with …

‘People are starting to notice we are here’

Cortland is hub of live music – rock, country, Americana and punk – but not all parts of the greater Cortland area are equally lucky. However, the Virgil Community Living Center is …

Today was a good day

Today was a good day. Ben has reached the age where there is no “getting better.” There are just good days and bad days. This morning, he got up without much assistance and walked …

The bright mid-morning sun ignited the orange and red leaves of trees along Route 281 as I drove south into the city of Cortland last week. I was about to start my last day working for the Cortland …

Novel re-creates Dryden and the Civil War

Gabriel, A Novel of the American Civil War Matthew J. Watros Troy Book Makers 2020 What do any of us know about our ancestors 160 years ago, their daily lives, their decisions and …

DRYDEN — Southworth Library in Dryden has received a Thinking Money for Kids program kit from the American Library Association and the FINRA Investor Education Foundation and will use its games …

Curtains go up for “The Giver,” presented by Homer Center Stages, at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 14 at the Center for the Arts of Homer. The show, which continues through Nov. 17, is Eric …

Plan your fun

Here’s a sampling of what’s going on in the greater Cortland area. HOLIDAY EVENTS Oct. 31: Rocky Horror Picture Show, 8 p.m. Center for the Arts of Homer. Oct. 31: …

Thanksgiving Superbowl: Make soup ahead to save space

  The challenge with cooking for Thanksgiving ahead of time isn’t the cooking part, it’s the storage. Just ask the spouse. The refrigerator (She still grumbles that …

It stands to reason that you probably don’t want to run down the beasties and Barbies on Halloween night Thursday. Of course you’ll watch for them in the street and on the sidewalk …

Rose Hall-O-Ween dresses up the rock ‘n’ roll

Rose Hall’s Halloween bash is a day after the holiday this year, but that shouldn’t stop you from dressing up. Three local bands will take the stage Friday at Rose Hall: •6 …

The Fortnightly Club meet Oct. 16 at the home of Amy Simrell discussing the theme, “Hobbies that Inspired Us.” Ellen Wright discussed needlecraft. Wright created many items of …

Authors, artists and wreaths at the library

NOVEMBER BOOK RELEASES A selection of some of the most-anticipated releases. • American Rapture, by C. J. Leede • And He Shall Appear, by Kate van der Borgh • An …

LaFAYETTE — Columbian Presbyterian Church will have a Christmas cookie cafe from 9:30 a.m. to noon Dec. 14 at the church, routes 11 and 20, LaFayette. Participants can create custom cookie …

Photo contest winners on display at library

The Regional Photography Exhibit, sponsored by Cortland Arts Connect, is open for viewing through November at the Cortland Free Library. Twenty-three photographers submitted 42 photos in four …

Our voices echoed off the walls as four of my children and I talked. It created an uneasy feeling in the empty rooms that had until recently been filled with the accumulated furniture, photos …

SpaceX launches fifth Starship test flight

On Oct. 13, SpaceX launched the fifth test flight of its Starship launch vehicle. The flight’s overwhelming success caused the company to announce the sixth test flight, scheduled for …

Women of Faith will meet at 10 a.m. Nov. 8 at Grace and Holy Spirit Church on Court Street, Cortland. The focus of the meeting will be gratitude and thanksgiving. The project will be collect …

‘Atomic Habits’: Change your focus

Atomic Habits – Tiny Changes, Remarkable Results By James Clear, Penguin Random House 2018 Back in June, I was getting ready to share some ideas about how each of us can improve. If we are …

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