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Collection extended

The village of Homer has added another week to spring yard waste collection — May 23 to 27 — after a move to limit collection to one month in the spring and one month in the fall due to …

More activity options

The Truxton senior center has expanded its hours from one to two days each week and plans to add more programs and activities, such as fundraising and summer camp, this year, said the center …

‘It signifies our solidarity’

Dozens of Guthrie Cortland Medical Center workers wearing blue T-shirts emblazoned with the words “Stand Guthrie Strong” gathered Tuesday morning in front of the hospital to celebrate …

Grant funds van, staff for opioid services

A crowd of people, including the leader of a federal agency, gathered Monday afternoon around the van parked outside the Family Counseling Services of Cortland County office on south Main Street in …

Historic exhibit

Echoing in the Cortland County Courthouse rotunda are voices highlighting an historical event through an exhibit that the county is hosting — for a short time. The exhibit, titled: …

Crowd along the creek

Dry Creek in Suggett Park was lined Saturday morning with hundreds of people as they waited anxiously for the start of the Corn Ducky Derby. Children flocked to the creek banks in the city park …

Imagination takes flight

Entering the Cortland Corset Building is reminiscent of entering a superhero hideout in the comic books. The creaking floors that sound hollow to walk across and the pungent smell of incense from …

Your say in education

School budgets are the only form of public spending that most New Yorkers have direct control over. And on May 17, they’ll have the opportunity to decide whether, and in some cases how, to fund …

$700K to bridge the gap

DRYDEN — Bob O’Malley stood at the edge of a crowd Friday as U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand announced a $700,000 federal grant to close a funding gap and build a bridge completing the …

Corn Ducky details

Volunteers ankle deep in Dry Creek at Suggett Park in Cortland on a sunny, temperate Thursday hammered plywood into the creekbed, the sound echoing from half a block away. The goal was to build …

Footbridge to Yaman Park considered

The city of Cortland plans to discuss next month erecting a footbridge across the Tioughnioga River between River Street and Yaman Park, Mayor Scott Steve said Thursday. A pedestrian underpass was …

Two SUNY Cortland lacrosse players charged

A SUNY Cortland lacrosse player — a team captain — was removed from the team roster Wednesday, although a teammate played, three days after they were accused of beating a man, breaking his jaw.

Health care as it's happening

All Wanda Rawson and her crew at Guthrie Cortland Medical Center wanted to do was walk into a patient's room and get a meal order, maybe make the stay just a little more pleasant. But they couldn't. Patients were isolated: COVID-19.

Empty Bowls raises $1,500 to aid those in need

Homer Junior High School’s outside entrance buzzed with activity Tuesday during the afternoon as more than 30 students lined up to buy ceramic bowls, coasters and other objects. The …

Happy trails

Gabrielle McCracken was looking for an activity to keep her sons — Oliver, 3, and Sebastian, 5 — busy during the pandemic last winter when she turned to skiing at Greek Peak Mountain …

Budgeting creatively

Brookley Abbate, an art teacher at Homer Junior High School discussed murals with her students Monday, but the only resource she could rely on was the internet. “So we are often relying on …

Updating the fleet

Cortland County will replace eight buses for Cortland Transit, the county’s public transportation system. The new buses include five 16-passenger buses and three 26-passenger buses. They …

All about buying, selling

The cafeteria in the Central New York Living History Center was full of booths Saturday for the Cortland Board of Realtors Homebuyer/Homeowner Expo, with people coming to learn about the housing …

At your disposal: Old, unused meds collected

Bags of expired or unneeded medications sat on top of a table Saturday morning at Marathon High School, returned by people who had little other way to dispose of them. Jennifer Sylstra, prevention …

Power struggle

It’s a new crop: Farms across Cortland County are sprouting solar panels while developers fill a demand created by the state’s goal for 70% of electricity generation through renewable …

The CHIPS are down

Less state aid + higher petroleum costs = less road repair, municipal highway officials said after they saw the state aid they’ll get for local road projects. Most municipalities in the …

Propane plan under review

Cortlandville intends to act as the lead agency in an environmental review process for six 60,000-gallon above-ground propane and bio-propane storage tanks on Route 11 in Cortlandville, following …

Getting ready for big return

Getting ready for big return Corn Ducky Derby fundraiser set for annual run May 7 By YUNER GAOStaff Reporterygao@cortlandstandard.comAs many as 1,000 people, along with 7,000 rubber ducks, will …

Diamonds taking shape

Construction is expected to begin in four to six weeks on two new baseball diamonds at the Gutchess Lumber Sports Complex in Cortlandville, the director of the Cortland Regional Sports Council said …

‘We’ve got to get it figured out’

Emily LePinnet, of Virgil, came to downtown Cortland Tuesday to mail a letter. She had no problem parking — this time. That’s not always the case. “It varies, you know, depending …

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