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Chancellor plants tree at SUNY Cortland

State University of New York Chancellor John B. King Jr. spent his Earth Day planting a crabapple tree alongside students at SUNY Cortland. The tree SUNY Chancellor John B. King, Jr., planted …

Cayuga Health has announced that Cayuga Medical Center’s Birthplace has won the Fidelis’ Maternal Child Health Award for Excellence for the second consecutive year. The evaluation …

Price Chopper/Market 32 issued a reminder Friday, a day before National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, that each of its 60 pharmacies, including one in Cortlandville, maintains a kiosk to take …

State denies funding for $17 million housing project

Cortland has tried and failed twice to get state funding to build 53 units of affordable senior housing – and come late summer, it will try again. The Cortland Housing Assistance Council, …

Cortland County approves 29-year lease for solar project

Cortland County legislators approved a 29-year lease Thursday for land at and near the county airport for a 2.8-megawatt solar project. “Our attorneys have to fine tune the lease agreement …

Looking long-term

A year-round shelter might work; so could transitional housing. Maybe a solution is less concrete than that – maybe a change in perspective could help. Most likely? It’s a combination.

Cortland man sentenced for vehicular homicide

A Cortland man has been sentenced to three to 15 years in prison following his conviction after a crash in 2023 that killed a passenger in his vehicle, Cortland County District Attorney Patrick …

Sheriff withdraws from Drug Take Back Day

The Cortland County Sheriff’s Office will not take part in Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, withdrawing from the event over disagreement with addiction services’ messaging about safe use. …

Tompkins County Whole Health emphasized the importance of immunizations during this year’s National Infant Immunization Week, which runs through Monday. “Infants are particularly …

Cortland County residents can now recycle textiles, like clothes, at the county Recycling Center, 127 S. Pendleton St., Cortland. The shed is located outside the recycling center building, but …

Accused: Jaret D. Carr, Clark Street Extension, Groton Charges: Driving while intoxicated, aggravated driving while intoxicated, misdemeanors; failure to stop at a steady red light, a violation …

Dryden partners with Caroline to seek broadband grant

DRYDEN – The town of Dryden wants 2,000 customers to use its high-speed broadband service, Dryden Fiber. It has about 40 so far. To expand its customer base – and perhaps win a …

Biden to bring jobs pipeline to CNY, money for Micron

President Joe Biden is bringing more than a $6.1 billion check with him when he arrives today in Syracuse to fund the construction of Micron’s microchip-fabrication facilities in Onondaga …

‘Everyone deserves a safe place to call home’

Oswego County Opportunities leads the effort to make sure everyone in the county has a safe place to lay their head at night. Clinton County, meanwhile, has a nightly rotation of professionals …

Liquor stores not worried about cannabis competition

Liquor retailers hoped to get in the marijuana market when the state legalized recreational cannabis three years ago, but that’s just not how things went, said Brian Perry, manager of Riverside …

Community garden to expand children’s area, build walkway

An outdoor kitchen, of sorts, where kids can create concoctions of mud and grass – and likely whatever else they can get their hands on – is called a mud kitchen. And soon, the one …

MORAVIA — The Friends of Fillmore Glen will host “I Love My Park Day” from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. May 4 to get the state park ready for the summer season. A morning of projects will …

Accused: Jasmine R. Jones, 22, of McDonald Road, Homer Charges: Endangering the welfare of a child, a misdemeanor; second-degree harassment, a violation Details: Jones engaged in a physical …

Cortland Rural Cemetery seeking volunteers for clean-up

Cortland Rural Cemetery seeking volunteers for clean-up By LILY BYRNE Staff Reporter lbyrne@cortlandstandard.com More than 18,000 people are buried at Cortland Rural Cemetery, …

C’ville: Legislators suggested cut in Gutchess request

Cortlandville officials aren’t explaining in detail why a $6.7 million request for Congressional funding to pay for a community hub” at Gutchess Lumber Sports Complex was cut to a $3 …

The housing is there, if the partnerships are

Creating affordable housing in Central New York requires collaborations between communities, developers and non-profit groups — and Cortland has done it before. “There’s a …

New library rules take effect this week

The new rules at Cortland Free Library aren’t meant to target homeless people, library leaders say, but starting this week, sleeping, shaving, eating and drinking are prohibited. And the …

Unemployment in Cortland County rose to 4.8% in March compared with March 2023, state data show. Data released Tuesday by the state Department of Labor show that Cortland County had 21,700 …

The Homer Village Board has postponed until 5:30 p.m. April 30 its meeting that had been scheduled for tonight, as some board members could not attend, Deputy Mayor Pat Clune announced. The …

Airport solar project, sheriff’s boat up for consideration

Cortland County legislators will consider Thursday measures to lease land at the county airport for a solar project and purchase a $120,000 boat for the sheriff’s office. The Legislature …

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