To the Editor:Kudos to the City of Cortland Environmental Advisory Committee and to Bruce Adams for his role in keeping the group alive. I had the privilege of being one of the EAC’s founding …

To the Editor: I notice with regret that as a nation we are getting further away from understanding what an argument is. In fact, argument is not a “rant,” as a letter writer recently …

When you thinks of an old industrial city in upstate New York, the environment does not typically come to mind.But Cortland officials are looking to restore the city’s beauty and address …

To the Editor:In the Jan. 10 Cortland Standard in the “Good Old Days” there was an article from Jan. 10, 2013 about a company wanting to install a wind farm on land in Homer, Solon, …

We learned a new term this week, and given how long we’ve been doing this journalism thing, we’re impressed with both the concept and the dedication it takes to make it work. That term: …

Solar bonanza really a money grab To the Editor:I had a chance to watch the video of the Cortland County Legislature’s October 2022 meeting. My main reason to watch was regarding the PILOT …

The Cortland County Legislature has created a full-time grants administrator position, a move expected to cost tens of thousands of dollars a year but with the potential to bring in millions in …

To the Editor:In his Jan. 5 letter (“Enough already”) John Carroll described my criticism of a recent Hitch cartoon as a “rant.” What makes it a rant anymore than his letters? …

Central New York’s weather is always fertile ground for small talk, whether remarking upon the slip n’ slide in our driveway Tuesday morning, or the large swaths of green grass at area …

Into every life, a little rain must fall. One must plan for it. But when the rain causes a landslide, and that landslide buries a road — that’s hard to foresee, and we find no …

To the Editor: A recent article in this paper has compelled me to write today, to remind your readers all milk is safe, wholesome and antibiotic-free. How can I be so confident? The U.S. Food and …

To the Editor:I am responding to John Carroll’s letter of Jan. 5, in which he praises the editorial cartoonist “Hitch” and objects to the letters from Jim Weiss which have …

What a difference a half-mile makes. A month ago, we urged caution when the village of Homer began considering a law allowing, and regulating, LED signs following requests by the Family Health …

To the Editor: To New York state legislators, the next time you decide to vote yourselves a pay raise, (making you the highest paid legislature in the U.S.), could you do it before an election and …

Sometimes, the kindest thing one can do for another is the least amount possible. We saw that as older relatives worked to maintain their homes. It wasn’t always easy, but shoveling the …

To the Editor: The county legislators will again be voting on the PILOT for solar projects in the county. The current rate is $7,000 per megawatt, many believe that price should be lowered to attract …

To the Editor: What a joke! The joke is on us hard-working Americans. Republicans take control of the House and don’t even have enough respect to start out with some resemblance of an orderly …

The town of Virgil has been struggling to foster redevelopment of the former Virgil Elementary School property.The building has been vacant since the Cortland Enlarged School District closed it …

To the Editor: Mr. Weiss (Cortland Standard Dec. 30) has subjected the many readers of the Cortland Standard and in particular myself and Mr. Kabat to his ongoing rant. Whilst you find the cartoonist …

When we were younger and child-free and were told by older folks, “You’ll understand when you have kids,” we thought it was a bit condescending. We were fully formed adults, raised …

To the Editor: I read the article of Dec. 22, about the firefighter who rescued the man trapped in his truck. Thank goodness Mr. Alteri was near by and could act, or the outcome for Mr. Robinson …

To the Editor: The word “nun” is simply the letter “n” doing a cartwheel. If even/odd parking is ostensibly for snow removal, why does the city write tickets in the summer? …

We’ve published a lot of news stories about firefighters over the past few weeks.There are the unfortunate stories you’d expect — two house fires on Monday, and a barn fire on …

To the Editor: On Nov. 30 I criticized the Cortland Standard editor for publishing another disgusting Hitch cartoon. This one was a perversion trifecta in which Hitch ridiculed all in one cartoon …

It is heartbreaking to read the newspapers or watch the television news reports of the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine.The devastation is widespread and we can daily see images of shattered …