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13 to receive $5K each

The Lime Hollow Nature Center began work in May on converting the barn into classrooms and workshops at a cost of $275,000, said Ilya Schmulenson, the center’s executive director. The center …

Help for Homer Avenue

The city Common Council agreed Tuesday night to apply for state grants to rebuild Homer Avenue, a project similar to the nearly complete Clinton Avenue project and the Main Street project that is …

Festive on the Fourth of July

The sound of Simon and Garfunkel’s “America” could be heard in the background on Saturday in the early afternoon as people gathered in Dwyer Memorial Park to barbecue, go fishing …

Yellow Lantern Kampground was quiet, except for the sounds of birds chirping, indistinct conversation from different campsites and the occasional laughter from children at the nearby …

'Every year you learn something new'

For Alice Tylutki of Corltand, the competition goes beyond a well-socialized animal, a glossy coat or clear eyes. She's competing to become the fair queen as the Cortland County Junior Fair and that …

'Showing our dissent'

About 150 people gathered Friday afternoon along Main Street in Cortland carrying signs and chanting in support of abortion rights. Some said they hoped their message would carry across the country.

Building liberty

The industries of the greater Cortland area did more than build a community. They built a nation. Built it. Fed it. Clothed it. Even defended it. Products got to market because of the work …

Next stop: a new Main Street

A contractor is scheduled to begin a two-year, nearly $12 million reconstruction of Main Street in Cortland on Tuesday. The construction – about $1 million over the 2017 estimate – is divided into two parts.

You hate the blue bags

Most respondents to a city of Cortland poll dislike the city’s blue bag system of paying for trash removal, and an ad hoc advisory committee will meet Wednesday to explore other options, …

Fire damages Elm Street apartment building

A Cortland firefighter was injured Thursday afternoon fighting a fire at 15 Elm St., Deputy Chief Mike Ten Kate reported. The mid-afternoon fire was apparently a cooking fire, Ten Kate said. The …

Carved by glaciers, lakes are filling in

Many lakes and ponds are scattered across New York. Slow-moving glaciers carved the landscape as they advanced across New York. As they retreated, they left behind lakes of various shapes and sizes. …

Gutchess project combines grants, tax money, borrowing

About half the cost of a $3.15 million project to expand Gutchess Lumber Sports Complex will come from grants, leaving the town of Cortlandville to draw from excess sales tax revenue and borrowing to …

Setting the standard

Nicole Lener has no idea who nominated her. What she knows is that she goes into a classroom day after day — in McGraw — to teach biology. And she’s as comfortable looking through a …

TC3 exchange plants seeds in two nations

Some people, when they visit a foreign land, want to tour the sites, experience the food and entertainment, immerse themselves in the culture. Fermin Villar visited farms. In Dryden.

Cortlandville awards bid for two new baseball fields

A Binghamton company won the bid Monday to build two baseball fields at Gutchess Lumber Sports Complex in Cortlandville, and construction is scheduled to begin in two weeks. The Cortlandville Town …

Homer graduates march on

No more pep rallies, no more physical education, no more study hall, no more prom or semiformal. For the Homer Class of 2022, their high school memories have been made. Jorge Cruz and Zachary …

Zeldin stops in Cortland

Democratic party official and the city of Cortland’s Republican mayor criticized campaigners for gubernatorial candidate Lee Zeldin for using Cortland fire equipment as a photo opportunity with …

Red Oak Music Series brings together nature and music

Acoustic music roamed over Lime Hollow Nature Center on Saturday while birds’ chirping and the rustle of small animals in the woods added their harmonies. The music grew louder as one …

The great American Independence Day tradition: Travel

Friday was the penultimate day for Jose Hernandez and his family of a 10-day vacation. “We traveled from Miami to Canada,” Hernandez said at the Mirabito gas station on Route 281 in …

Get your jam on

If strawberries are your jam, you have to act fast. The season for strawberries has been short.

Want to swim? Cortland has lifeguards

While a nationwide lifeguard shortage means pools and swimming areas may remain closed, the beaches and pools in the greater Cortland area will open this weekend, if they haven’t, already.

'He loved biking'

Three people who survived a hit-and-run accident that killed their friend in June 2021 watched Thursday as a 36-year-old woman pleaded not guilty to criminally negligent homicide in Cortland County Court.

Legislature votes to extend redistricting deadline a year

The Cortland County Legislature approved Thursday to give legislators a year to come up with a plan for redistricting, a plan that would mean keeping the existing legislature districts through next year’s elections and the four-year term that follows.

State investigates fish kill after truck crash

The state is investigating a large fish kill in the Tioughnioga River downstream as far as Marathon from the site of a June 16 tractor-trailer crash in Cortland that spilled 750 gallons of herbicide into the river, according to the state Department of Environmental Conservation.

Plan would give legislators nearly a year to re-draw districts

Cortland County legislators plan to give themselves nearly a year to draw new boundaries for their districts, as the county's Redistricting Commission voted Tuesday to send to the full Legislature a law amending their previous deadline, which was August.

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