A 16% cut to addiction services in the proposed state budget doesn’t come as a surprise, said Lisa Hoeschele, executive director and chief executive officer of Family and Children’s …
Advocates for homeless people, Cortland Free Library staff and patrons raised questions Wednesday about the limits on use of public space, if any, and how policymakers can relieve homelessness. …
When placed in hot water, tea leaves expand; they leech color and flavor and aromatics. Sure, some people just want their tea, but others enjoy the art along the way. Connecting agriculture to …
One of the first things Amanda Giles bought for her business, Cortland CrossFit, was an automated external defibrillator. Three years later, the AED helped save a client’s life. The …
The Cortland Fire Department has shopping to do. On the list are new portable radios, a new large-diameter hose and, the priciest item, a new aerial ladder truck to replace the department’s …
A priest’s appearance in Homer Town Court on charges of sexual abuse involving a girl in his former Cortland parishes has been adjourned to May 21, court staff said Tuesday. The Rev. …
Cortland County farms have dropped in numbers to 397 in 2022 from 536 in 2017, reports new agricultural census data. However, the market value of products sold increased more than 55% in those five …
Brendan O'Bryan, the executive director of the Cortland County Business Development Corp. and Industrial Development Agency, talks about the greater Cortland area's strengths -- and challenges …
Cortland Enlarged City School District students and their families may not be in the line of totality for the upcoming solar eclipse, but they can still view it safely, both on the football field, and from a tethered balloon.
A grand jury indictment of a Cortland man in his own shooting by police officers exonerates the officers, Cortland County’s district attorney said, announcing that the grand jury specifically …
When Royal Auto Group owner Joe Reagan and his son Colby Reagan heard the Cortland Youth Bureau planned to charge a $5 fee to register to use Wickwire Pool, they decided to act.
Nikola Danev is the old man of the Varna Volunteer Fire Co, the assistant chief the other firefighters say is a role model, a calming influence, a leader and the type of person they’d like to be when they’ve got as much seniority as he does. Danev, the “old man,” is 26 ...
mmellott@cortlandstandard.com Legislators will consider Thursday adopting a conduct policy for Cortland Transit, the county’s public transportation …
Cortland Alderperson Tom Michales missed more than a quarter of the city Common Council meetings in 2023, more than any other alderperson, but Mayor Scott Steve doesn’t see a problem. …
The Cortland Community Foundation’s recent National Philanthropy Day drive helped greater Cortland area nonprofits raise $457,000 – a record, said foundation President Tom Gallagher. …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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. …
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 …
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.
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 …
