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Downtown businesses learn to adjust to construction

Sandro Mironti has learned to adjust: the noise of heavy equipment; the difficulty accessing his business on Main Street; the occasional hole or trench nearby. His neighbors are doing the …

How would you help Homer with $10 million?

Firefighters wanted the Homer Fire Station refurbished. Someone else wanted accessibility for people with disabilities improved. A Cortland County legislator wanted the village of Homer’s …

Dairy farmers boosted by record high payments for milk

A spike in milk prices paid to farmers in the past year — after years of depressed payments — is allowing them to pay off debt from the lean times, catch up on deferred maintenance and …

Committee recommends moving airport fuel storage

A Cortland County committee recommended on Tuesday hiring a contractor in a $1.2 million project to relocate fuel tanks at the Cortland County Airport from underground to above ground, which …

Cortland looks to end blue bags, adopt city-funded bins

Cortland’s Common Council approved a plan Tuesday night to seek proposals for large bins that would be distributed to residents for household waste and recycling, moving the cost of …

'A nice celebration of Cortland'

Toddlers chased soap bubbles. Older children wore crowns of balloons. Others petted a tortoise, or were draped with a snake. A pair of boys swung for the fences, and would have sent the ball to …

Fire destroys Cortlandville garage

Fire destroyed a garage Sunday on Monroe Road in Cortlandville in a blaze so hot that siding melted 30 yards away, fire officials said. No injuries were reported in the 12:40 p.m. fire, said Mike …

'Unroom' opens for sale

The dilapidated appearance of the red and white building along the southern end of the quaint row of homes in the village of Homer belied its role in local history. The shop had appeared closed …

Murals painted to beautify Main Street during construction

A semi-circle of more than a dozen artists painted murals Friday on canvases at the back of the Cortland Corset Building while guitar music played in the background. Twenty-seven pallets lay on …

Cortland County reported nine cases of COVID-19 on Friday, raising the number of confirmed cases since the pandemic began to 12,112, the state Health Department reports. Tompkins and Cayuga …

Clinton project almost done

The end of construction on Clinton Avenue in Cortland can’t come soon enough for Becky Guernsey, a manager of Shaw and Boehler Florist. “Normally, we get more walk-ins, but we lost …

Still not a drought

Employees of Sherman Farm in Dryden were gathering freshly cut hay Thursday afternoon in a field off Route 13. It was a far cry from a month ago when abnormally dry weather rendered hay useless …

Homer floats ideas for DRI application

Given $10 million to revitalize downtown Homer, residents suggested on Thursday using it for better waterfront access and increased walkability. Better signage for restaurants would be good, they …

Factory site cleared for development

Fred Lindley can finally see the hills to the north from his East Garfield Street house in Cortland. In a week, he will be able to see Cleveland Street in the same direction. "I have mixed …

While people with opioid addictions may feel alone, a group of people gathered Wednesday outside Guthrie Cortland Medical Center to explain how they are ready to help. The representatives of the …

Each name, one by one

One by one, scores of people stepped up to a microphone Wednesday at Courthouse Park in Cortland to say a name: a wife, a son, a brother, all of whom died of overdose. Some people said more than …

New business group hopes to improve Dryden

DRYDEN – Bruno Schickel strolled Tuesday past empty storefronts on Main Street in downtown Dryden. “Dryden has enormous potential,” he said as he gestured at the buildings. …

SUNY Cortland welcomes student loan forgiveness

tmc,KC– SUNY Cortland welcomes student loan forgiveness More than 60% of SUNY Cortland students have student loans, and a college representative said on Tuesday that President Joe …

HVAC wafts a fresh breeze into Homer arts center

A nearly 20-year project to convert a century-old former church on the Homer Village Green to an arts center brought myriad opportunities: for entertainment, for community, for historic preservation. …

Dryden seeks $4.5M NY Forward grant

DRYDEN – The village of Dryden will seek up to $4.5 million in a state grant to revitalize its downtown in a program similar one that awarded the city of Cortland $10 million. In fact, the …

Little steps back in time

Children ran to and from a mini-log cabin Saturday at the Cortland County Historical Society. A raging, but artificial fire lit the cabin, and kids could get a gander at 19th Century fashion, a …

Overdose deaths double in Cortland County

Opioid overdose deaths doubled in 2021 from the year before, the state reports, as fentanyl-laced opioids combined with the complications the coronavirus pandemic brought to drug users and drug …

Marietta sprouted in a cabbage patch

The seed of Marietta Corp., which grew to employ hundreds of people in Cortland, was planted in a cabbage field in Marietta in 1975. The operation's demise was announced this week as its latest …

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