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To the Editor: The lion’s share of Cortland Free Library’s operating budget — that’s the part that keeps the lights on, staff paid, and the historic building in good …

To the Editor: In the April 21 paper, Mr. Shiffer cites many news articles from the past in an attempt to prove that climate change is false. Citing old …

To the Editor: I strongly support Daniel Mulligan, David Peck and Heather Williams for School Board. I am concerned by calls by some to cut back …

To the Editor: The state of affairs within the United States government at present is untenable. There is not space enough to outline the lunacy in a letter to the editor. We have an ex-president …

To the Editor:New Yorkers do our part to recycle and reduce our waste, but we can’t recycle, reduce and reuse our way out of the 15 million tons of plastic waste produced in New York annually. …

To the Editor: In his April 21 letter, Gary Shiffer uses cherry-picked isolated “facts” (some true, others not), tries to show contradictions in them and thus prove all climate science is …

Journalism 101

To the Editor: Dominion Voting System’s out-of-court settlement with Fox News brought to mind a quote from Thomas Jefferson. In 1788, when the proposed First Amendment was under …

To the Editor:Really? Are the politicians and judges so foolish as the think the American people would believe that when they get caught with their hands in the cookie jar, they didn’t know …

To the Editor:Recently two different stories appeared in the news — one about the dire flooding and famine in Sudan, and the other about the Supreme Court’s abortion pill case.Dr. Anthony …

“We”

To the Editor:We have men and women who joined the service and go to another country to protect our home land.We have men and women who join the police and go out and run to the sound of gun shots to …

To the Editor: Arctic ice seen receding since at least 1918. (NY Times - 1923) Glaciers in Greenland are rapidly melting. (Harrisburg Sunday Courier - 1939) Possible rise in the surface of the ocean, …

To the Editor: Gamble’s cartoon in the April 15 Cortland Standard was interesting, even if it had nothing to do with domestic or world oil production issues. The United States is far and away …

To the Editor: In the April 8 Cortland Standard article “Planting for tomorrow,” Amanda Barber, manager of the Cortland Soil and Water Conservation District, gives advice about what kinds …

To the Editor:On Easter Monday, the columnist Robert Knight reminded us that 3,500 years ago God, through Moses, set forth the ultimate human choice: “See, I have set before you . . . life and …

To the Editor: I read Bonnie Carlson’s letter in the April 5 paper about Pets-A-Plenty and shared a similar, nostalgic sentiment. I read that they were closing and wanted to take my five …

To the Editor:Cortland’s Assemblywoman, Anna Kelles (D-125NY), testified before the US Senate Subcommittee of Ed Markey (D-Mass.) about the environmental problems caused by cryptocurrency …

Missing local pet store

To the Editor:On March 23, when I happened to be walking down West Road, I decided to go to Pets-A-Plenty, as I had not been there in a while. I noticed that their double-sided sign was not by the …

To the Editor: The oath of office our elected president of the United States takes: “I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, …

To the Editor: In his March 17 letter, “What about Pelosi?” John Kinneally compares the rude behaviors of two Congress Representatives: Marjorie Taylor Greene and Nancy Pelosi. I offer no …

To the Editor: Oh no, here we go again, trying to determine what to do with the invasion of solar and how to tax such a project though a PILOT. It really is very simple, solar companies need to pay …

To the Editor:In response to “Our Opinion” of March 23, “Free lunch for all is worth it.” Husband and wife are shopping for a new vehicle. Wife: “Honey, are you …

National divorce?

To the Editor: Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Georgia) has proposed a “national divorce” which would divide our country in two: red states and blue states. She would have to rewrite our Pledge …

To the Editor: I am writing this letter after reading “County reverses on new mileage policy” and the related editorial in Thursday’s edition of the Cortland Standard and confess, …

To the Editor: Soon — perhaps really soon — our politicians, school districts and county IDA have to make a smart decision on how to tax the Homer-EDF Solar Project. What is the amount of …

To the Editor: This letter is in response to John Carroll’s letter about Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and her heckling of the president during his speech Feb. 7. What she and the other people …

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