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Fire damages Homer residence Two people were displaced Thursday when fire damaged their mobile home on North West Street in Homer, said Homer Fire Chief Jay Riley. An electrical malfunction …

Homer fire department rating may cut home insurance rates

The insurance rating for Homer is just a number – 3. That number could save Homer residents some money on their home insurance. And maybe their homes. The Insurance Services Office has …

Homer town OKs funds for road repair equipment

The town of Homer approved Wednesday sharing the cost of a heated storage unit for asphalt with two village of Homer departments. Members of the Homer Town Board voted unanimously to approve …

Study: Bail reforms mixed bag

The state’s bail reforms have had a mixed effect in the upstate suburban regions, a new study shows, with recidivism among more serious offenders worsening and improving among lesser offenders. …

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 …

Cortland middle schoolers to open ‘Box’

Instead of letting boxes define them, Cortland middle schoolers are using them as props for their upcoming vignette play. “Box,” a play by Lindsay Price, examines the boxes that people are put into, or put into by others. It runs at 7 p.m. Thursday and Friday, and 2 p.m. Saturday at the Cortland High School auditorium.

Hanging iron

Homer sets public hearing for stop sign at Hooker and Sunset

The village of Homer Board of Trustees decided Tuesday to move forward with putting in a three way stop sign at Hooker Avenue and Sunset Drive. Next up: the public hearing. “I think …

Ruling on 90-megawatt solar project coming 'very soon'

A state Public Service Commission judge said Tuesday he will soon rule whether Homer Solar Energy can build a 90-megawatt solar farm in Homer, Cortlandville and Solon. If the company’s …

Legislators recommend grant funding for Marathon artist

Genevieve Geer makes petite glass art that features intricate designs – from Fred Rogers in a red sweater, to tarot cards or Queen Elizabeth I. And the county is looking to help her expand. …

County considers solar project proposal on and near airport

Cortland County officials have little choice about what can go on FAA restricted grassy parts of Chase Field Airport. But solar panels would work, and so could certain crops. That’s why a …

Cortland, C’ville receive $177,000 for mobile stage

The state recently notified the Cortland Youth Bureau it is set to get a $177,000 grant for a new mobile stage, and as it awaits the deposit, the bureau pursues two other grants worth close to …

‘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. …

Storm watch canceled for Cortland

The National Weather Service has canceled a winter storm watch for the greater Cortland area for Monday night and Tuesday, reducing its prediction to about an inch of snow rather than 6. The …

A winter storm coming up the Eastern coast may drop 6 to 8 inches of snow Monday night and Tuesday morning, the National Weather service reports as it issued a winter storm watch for the greater …

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 …

The goal was 250 jars of peanut butter and jelly. The Kiwanis Club of Cortland would have loved getting 1,100, their record. They collected 1,325. Cortland’s Kiwanis Club holds its …

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. …

Wanted: Broadband director

DRYDEN — Dryden Town Board members voted Thursday to pursue hiring a director for the town’s “Dryden Fiber” project, which is making high-speed Internet coverage available to …

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. …

As the number of cats needing shelter increases, shelters must get creative. At the Central New York Spay and Neuter Assistance Program, you can have a cat poop on a piece of paper with your …

County recycling center to add textile drop-off shed

The Cortland County Recycling Center is considering adding a clothing drop-off shed; getting ahead of a new state requirement to recycle textiles. “Over the last six, eight months, …

C’ville supervisor proposes town manager position

Cortlandville Town Supervisor Tom Williams proposed a new town manager position to oversee the day-to-day of the town and its growing needs. Williams gave as a base salary figure $50,000, with …

City puts another $240,000 to Main Street work

The city of Cortland will spend an extra $240,000 to complete the $12.5 million Main Street reconstruction project for extra work for its engineering consultant through Labor Day, the project’s …

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