Ava Armstrong was 11 years old when her mom, Brandy Armstrong, was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2020. “It was a hard conversation,” Ava said, thinking back to before she was told …
This past week, I had the opportunity to speak with Preston Dyches of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. Dyches is a professional science communicator who produces …
Think, for a moment, about the idea of “center.” What does “center” look like? How does it sound? How does motion work with “center?” What story can you tell …
A selection of some of the most-anticipated releases in October: • Being Henry: the Fonz…and Beyond, by Henry Winkler. • Blood Lines, by Nelson DeMille. …
The James Webb Space Telescope could have just discovered life on another planet. Earlier this month, James Webb detected the presence of methane and carbon dioxide on the exoplanet K2-18b. The …
I was one of seven members of the Dew Crew, my exercise group, who participated in the Kayak Bike Run Triathlon on Sept. 16 in Cassadaga. We had done triathlons for years, but this was something new …
Peter Serko heard stories about his great-great grandmother, Harriet, through his great-grandmother’s diaries. Using nearly century-old scrapbooks, news clippings and letters, he recently published his own.
I was disappointed last week when I found out that the Bruce Springsteen concert scheduled Thursday in Syracuse was canceled because Springsteen is sick. My kids gave me two tickets for …
On Sept. 5, 1977, NASA’s Voyager 1 probe launched from Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Initially designed to study Jupiter and Saturn, Voyager continued to travel through space …
Look at the new mural at the Center for the Arts of Homer. It’s a creation of 36 clay tiles – millenia-old technology created by a bunch of teenagers – hanging in the box office. Wait a second. Is that a QR code on one of the tiles in the corner?
Ben had a bad spell back in May. He stopped eating for a few days, couldn’t get up without help, and only walked with assistance. By the time I got him in to see the vet, he was starting …
In the early morning of Aug. 26, SpaceX launched its seventh crew to the International Space Station. Crew-7 consists of four members from around the world: •Jasmin Moghbeli from NASA …
Betty Ann Pitman has played hardball and softball; she’s led children and saved lives – and for this, Pitman was named Cortland County 2023 Senior Citizen of the Year. The …
Two millionaires, and a boy who loved trees. Charles Yaple, a retired SUNY Cortland professor, has published a book following the lives of three men from Richford whom he believed changed the …
Camryn Davis, 7, of Cortland is a first-grader at F.S. Barry Primary School. On Wednesday, he was riding his bike at Beaudry Park while his brother played baseball.Camryn likes to play soccer and …
DRYDEN — Anne Clark and David Wilson of Dryden met in La Selva, Costa Rica 50 years ago. Recently the married couple took a three-week working trip back there to revisit the biological station. …
MacKenzie Heath, 32, of Cortland is the activity director at Crown Park Rehabilitation and Nursing Center.Heath was a certified nursing assistant, which led her to this job where she creates programs …
Garrett Giamei, 22, of Virgil, often uses the skate park at Yaman Park in Cortland to inline skate.Giamei is a student at Tompkins Cortland Community College focusing on environmental studies. He …
Shaniqua “Chickie” Artis and Sherida “Riri” Artis, 25-year-old twin sisters were having brunch at Prandium New York in Cortland. The sisters were born in Bronx and raised in …
Edna Brown, a social worker for Hospicare & Palliative Care Services, is part of a team that provides support to patients on hospice and their caregivers.She was a school social worker until her …
Francis “Fritz” Mullen is known around Cortland for his family’s store Mullen Office Outfitters, for being a World War II veteran and for introducing Cortland to the ballpoint pen. …
Veronique Domaratsky, 74, of Groton works part-time as a freelance proofreader, editor and content writer online. She always liked doing things with her hands such as cross-stitch embroidery, …
Molly Reagan loves do-ers, and a do-er she is. She does education, she does murals, she does music, sports and event planning. She does everything Cortland. Reagan will receive the Cortland County …
He was a school superintendent. Jacket, tie, the works. Still, Michael Joseph Jr. would wander into the Marathon High School gym. Off came the jacket; into his hands came a basketball. Free throw …
Jean Green, 56 and Victor Green, 57, stopped by Super Cream Dairy Bar in Homer on Feb. 27 on their way to visit their granddaughter in Spafford. The Greens, both retired, are from Troupsburg in …
