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Event details Greely mission — and Marathon man saving it

In the late 1800s, a Marathon man helped six men survive to return home after being deprived of food and warmth for three years, stranded in the Arctic. The Marathon Historical Society is …

Expect more than 80 vendors selling arts, crafts, books — even dog treats. Look for the entertainment. And you might even find a few artists at Holiday in Homer Saturday. The event is from …

Goat yoga coming to Freeville

FREEVILLE – Yoga is about connecting with nature – but adding animals to it can bring it to a new level. Two goat yoga sessions will be this month at Hemingway Stables in Freeville. …

MORAVIA — Fillmore Days will return to Fillmore Glen State Park from Aug. 8 to 10, with a trail run, yoga, music, pedal car derby and bathtub races. Racers, teams of four people 14 and …

Nellie Randall came to Homer in 1909 from Scotland. She ran restaurants in Homer and Tully before she went to Washington, D.C., during WWII, where she was in charge of dining services for the joint …

NASA and SpaceX launches 10th Falcon Heavy rocket

Last week, NASA and SpaceX delivered the GOES-U satellite into orbit. GOES-U was developed by the NOAA or the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. This launch not only marked …

Rock Garden Art Group to host annual exhibition

What started as a group of friends displaying works in a friend’s garden has turned into artists of different mediums exhibiting at the Center for the Arts of Homer. The Rock Garden Art …

2024 Homer high graduates look to the future

Before diverging into 128 separate paths, Homer High School graduates leave the incoming freshmen with some advice before Saturday’s graduation ceremony: anything’s possible. …

Photographers can submit to Regional Photography Exhibit

Whether you love traditional photography or experimenting with Photoshop, the Regional Photography Exhibit wants your work. Photographers can submit work to Cortland Arts Connect’s 14th …

NASA’s Galileo probe performs flyby of Jupiter’s moons

On June 27, 1996, NASA’s Galileo probe performed a flyby of Jupiter’s moon Ganymede. Ganymede is the largest moon in our solar system, by far. It’s larger than all of the dwarf …

‘Artist of a different kind’

Plein air painting, or painting landscapes outdoors, isn’t for everyone. The weather is unpredictable, and sometimes you can’t find a nice site to paint, artists say. If you find a nice …

Luke Dangler humanizes art

While the art world is being changed by artificial intelligence, artist Luke Dangler is making his art about the artist. Dangler grew up in Homer before studying studio art and music at Nazareth …

First Friday highlights art, history

Tonight’s First Friday map highlights many artists from Cortland County, both living and deceased. First Fridays, organized by Cortland Arts Connect, is an opportunity for businesses and …

NASA’s Surveyor probe lands on the Moon

On May 30, 1966, NASA launched Surveyor 1—the first true soft landing on the Moon. A soft landing is any controlled landing of a spacecraft. The mission was deemed a complete success, …

Pride flag: It’s not just one, it’s many colors and many groups

Pride month is upon us and with that there is a vast increase in the number of rainbow flags people fly to show their support for the LGBTQ community. Pride month is also when a lot more LGBTQ people …

New transition

FREEVILLE – Amy Dickinson has never left anything in her life, she said; she just wasn’t built for transitions. Today, she left something for the first time: her column “Ask …

Apollo 10 gets so close to the moon 55 years ago this month

On May 18, 1969, NASA launched the Apollo 10 mission. Apollo 10 was designed to test every part of the Apollo 11 mission, except for the landing. Thomas Stafford, Eugene Cernan and John Young were …

Make your look

Need a new hobby this summer? Take up doll-making, or sew your next Halloween costume. This summer, Magpie Custom Creations, in the Cortland Corset Building on East Court Street, is offering …

‘It’s not just marks on paper’

Artist Ralph Turturro sees a split-second moment in a film, and creates an 8-foot-long painting interpreting it, and everything else surrounding it. Turturro’s show, “Excape …

Farmers markets reinvented

The Homer Regional Farmers Market has existed in many shapes and sizes before, but this summer, it will be held weekly, and it will be more than just a place to pick up some vegetables. The …

3-D printer turns out art

Fran Crowe, owner of gaming store Area 51, was always interested in video games and technology growing up. But when the 3D printer was invented, he thought it was the most sci-fi technological …

NASA launches first space station -- Skylab

On May 14, 1973, the United States launched its first space station through NASA. Launched from pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Skylab repurposed unused hardware from the Apollo …

I have not been to a lot of concerts over the years, but I have seen a few great bands in person. I saw The Who in Buffalo when I was in college at St. Bonaventure University. I went to a Beach …

Before James Webb, there was Hubble

On April 24, 1990, the famous Hubble Space Telescope was launched into orbit. The spacecraft was the first space-based telescope ever built. Development started in 1974, a joint endeavor of NASA …

‘It’s more than just a sport’

Lightsaber swooshing noises echoed around the Cortland YWCA each Monday evening, as people worked on their combat skills, and had fun while doing it. Robert Zollinger hosts LudoSport classes at …

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