After being awarded a $10 million state Downtown Revitalization Initiative grant in February, the hard work now begins as Homer village officials and business owners met last week with state economic …

The last couple of days have been decidedly weird. The sunlight is the wrong color. What began Tuesday morning as a light smell of smoke, like a newly-lit campfire, is now an omnipresent, …

Following the defeat of the first proposed Cortland city schools budget last month, the district has drafted a new proposal that is $1 million less and it will be sent to a new vote June …

To the Editor: I was shocked to read that Cortland County Legislature Chairman Kevin Fitch declared a state of emergency to ban asylum seekers from accepting aid from anyone in Cortland County …

Since even before the Cortland Enlarged City School district closed Parker Elementary School in July 2019, a lot of people have worked very hard to prevent the property from being converted into low- …

To the Editor: What is wrong with this picture? Where are the family, good friends and smart political allies of Sen. Dianne Feinstein? They are asleep or really don’t care about this lady …

In our dreams, we see a tunnel of green — often ramrod straight, sometimes it wends along rivers and streams or along leafy city streets, but the trail goes ever on, extending from the village of …

To the Editor: Almost a month ago, the City of Cortland’s Landscape & Design Commission, better known as the Tree Commission, planted many trees on the streets of Cortland. We decided …

To the Editor: I am a 20-year-old master’s student here at SUNY Cortland. I first came here at the age of 16 when I …

While leaders of the Center for the Arts of Homer mark 20 years this month since the entertainment and arts venue was founded, it’s both looking back on accomplishments and toward goals for the …

One of the most important principles of good government is “Beware of unintended consequences.” On May 12, Kevin J. Fitch, chair of the Cortland County Legislature, issued an …

Somewhere between the logistics of planning a stroll down Main Street in Cortland, the never-ending dust that seems to fill our nostrils, and the window-rattling, conversation-ending, …

To the Editor: Isn’t it grand that some people like to bash and smear President Trump, yet offer no solutions. If it were offered they would have to go back to the common sense policies of …

To the Editor: Looks like Cortland taxpayers have finally awakened from their slumber in the recent defeat of the proposed Cortland school district budget which would have resulted in a tax levy …

There is a long weekend coming up, the first of the summer. While we enjoy getting together with family and friends for picnicking, boating and other pleasures, we are obliged to take a moment to …

To the Editor: I am writing in regards to Carleeta Edwards’ letter of May 19, “What has happened?” I will be 63 years old in December, and so I can relate in …

Governments, non-profit organizations, even libraries are doing what they can to help the greater Cortland area’s expanding population of homeless people — 50% more than just before the …

ECG LETTER- Weiss 0522 via email To the Editor: According to a recent Cornell study, as reported in the May 11 Cortland Standard, almost half of upstate New Yorkers oppose utility-scale …

The Cortland County Legislature formed a committee Monday night to plan for a potential influx of asylum seekers coming from New York City — a week and a half after Legislature Chairman Kevin Fitch …

To the Editor: The inevitability of “taxes” is part of the responsibility and reality of home ownership. Federal, state, county, town, library and school taxes …

The Cortland Enlarged City School District’s proposed 2023-24 budget was one of only nine defeated statewide in May 16 referendums and the cause could not have been more obvious. The $54.5 …

To the Editor: Water, water everywhere but not in my yard. One of the items that land developers and home builders don’t understand at the time of …

The Cornell University study was mesmerizing in how little actually new information it provided, but how validating that information was. It seems that a large chunk of upstate New Yorkers …

To the Editor: Where did the days go when respect was important, people had time to smile, customer service was more than accepting payment, people actually talked to one another with their …

We can’t imagine a life without music. We remember the lullabies of our infancy, the popular music of our teen years, the first dance with our new spouse and the songs that lifted our spirits when …