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Seed library sprouts in Homer to feed curiosity

Seeds aren’t usually something you can check out from a library – but you can in Homer. Well, you can’t exactly check them out and return them, but you can take some for your …

City asks state legislators to help reinstate bed tax

The city of Cortland wants to reinstate a 1% occupancy tax on hotel and motel beds that expired last September, asking state legislators to help it with this goal. The Cortland Common Council …

County panels wants chicken processor to spread its wings

Cortland County has 73 farms raising chickens, federal data show, but only six raising them for meat. A Truxton farm wants to expand its flock, and is winning county support to do so. Hillside …

Former college swimmer Riley Gaines announced Tuesday she will appear Friday at SUNY Cortland on her Reclaim Feminism Campus Tour, sponsored by The Leadership Institute, a conservative organization …

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 …

A Cortland police officer with a dog tracked down a 5-year-old boy Monday after he was reported missing from Smith Primary School, Cortland police reported. Officer Kristyn Drake and Kort …

DRYDEN — Two Tompkins Cortland Community College students have received the 2024 Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence by the State University of New York: Marybeth Ortlieb and Louis …

The Cortland County Office for the Aging will have a volunteer recruitment fair from 1:30 to 3 p.m. April 24 at the Age Well Center, 165 S. Main St., Cortland. Fourteen agencies and organization …

Still waiting

Paul Suits Jr., filed his application to open LakeHouse Cannabis in Cortland three years ago. His business is No. 2,026 in line, and the state has reviewed, perhaps, 800 applications. The state …

SOUTH OTSELIC — South Otselic’s Annual Fishing and Heritage Day will be May 18 in South Otselic, in Chenango County. In addition to the fishing programs across the highway from the …

Ken Blanchard, the author of “The One-Minute Manager” will address business leaders May 8 at the CNY Leadership Symposium, the Cortland Area Chamber of Commerce announced Monday. He …

Three Cortland County seniors have won the Zonta Club’s 2024 Education Award: •Hannah Wilson, a senior at McGraw High School, won the Jean M. Coon Humanitarian Education Award. She …

Flags at half staff for slain Onondaga police

Flags in Cortland County will fly at half-staff today to honor two Onondaga County police officers who were killed Sunday night in a shootout. “The bravery and dedication exhibited by …

Tapping the tradition

The temperature was 38 degrees. When it wasn't raining, it was snowing. But people still focused on Marathon and the Central New York Maple Festival. People crowded the Maple Museum to buy syrup …

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 …

Cortland County updates its website, domain name

To look at the new Cortland County website means seeing a new visual scheme and some updated images. The real change is in the line above it: its domain name. The new address: …

Library, county and more collecting eclipse glasses

Unless you plan to head to South America in October for the coming annular eclipse, or maybe to Greenland on Aug. 12, 2026, for the next total eclipse, odds are you won’t really need the pair …

Dryden approves local law governing solar PILOTs

DRYDEN — The Dryden Town Board on Thursday adopted a local law governing solar-energy developments. Board members also learned fire coordinator Chris O’Connor continues to pursue …

A Canastota man has been charged with in appropriate sexual contact with a person at least four times in 2010 and 2011 in the Cortland, Cortland County sheriff’s officers said. Nicholas R. …

A new Taco Bell restaurant will break ground at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at 860 Route 13, Cortlandville, in front of the Price Chopper grocery, the Cortland Area Chamber of Commerce has announced. The …

The Cortland Free Library has announced that Kay Zaharis and Priscilla Berggren-Thomas will become interim co-directors of the library as it seeks a permanent position. They begin April 22. …

The village of Homer will work on water mains from 9 a.m. to noon Wednesday on James Street between Bartlett and and Route 281, the village announced Friday. The road will be closed and …

Accused: Heather S. Gee, 43, Penguin Drive, Cortlandville Charges: Seventh-degree possession of a controlled substance, driving while ability impaired by drugs, misdemeanors; no headlights, no …

Neighbors wonder how to use railroad to nowhere

The rattling of a train makes lifelong Cortland resident April Martin feel at home. Twenty years ago, she would listen to the sound of the train passing her house, comforted. “I miss the …

‘We want to learn by doing’

‘We want to learn by doing’ Groton school district to host Summer Career Academy By LILY BYRNE Staff Reporter lbyrne@cortlandstandard.com GROTON – Think of …

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