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To the Editor: When Cortland County retirees were invited to a meeting about health insurance, they were assured during the session and repeatedly thereafter that the Advantage plan was being …

To the Editor: The American healthcare system is a broken one. Compared with other major industrialized countries, we spend twice as much per capita on health services and pay nearly three times …

To the Editor: In response to Marathon Central School having the electric bus proposal shot down, I would like to know how many people that think this is a great idea were at the meeting.? I …

To the Editor: The city of Cortland is pleased to offer a beautiful new tree for the planting in the city’s right of way. The choice of trees is now available on the city’s web page …

Retired Cortland County employees have for decades retired under a contract that promised them they would, upon becoming age-eligible for Medicare, be provided with secondary health insurance to …

Most kids watching porn: Why we should care

Thomas Lickona The sexual revolution normalized pornography. The Internet made it ubiquitous. In The New York Times (Sept. 6, 2021), Catharine MacKinnon, a feminist scholar and University …

Opioid use disorder is killing Americans. But recovery is possible!

Valerie Patridge No matter who we are or where we come from, we all know at least one person affected by opioid use disorder. OUD is a medical disorder characterized by an inability to stop …

To the Editor: News reports of horrifying climate change destruction are almost a daily occurrence. It’s like being in a war. In fact we are in a war — a war with nature. The media lists …

To the Editor: How did we allow the governments of the United States of America to become disgraceful? Do you remember anything like what is going on in the last few years happening before? …

To the Editor: I searched in vain for “Hitch’s” signature on the Aug. 1 Opinion page cartoon. Perhaps the paper cut the copy short. Or, perhaps even Hitch is now embarrassed to put …

To the Editor: Some of us remember the Cortland battle against a low level radioactive waste dump back in the 1990s. Certainly, we recall some of the facts we learned about nuclear power and …

To the Editor: I would like to respond to comments made at the most recent public hearing regarding Parker School. As of now, I have made it clear regarding my concern of turning the green …

To the Editor: Thank you to my neighbors and fellow residents of the 2nd Ward who had the courage and compassion to speak at the Aug. 1 public hearing as well as the previous one objecting to …

To the Editor: I am writing in reference to John Tucker’s letter of July 26, regarding saying “no” to the building of any more Section 8 housing. I can fully understand where you are …

To the Editor: The city of Cortland woefully underestimated the cost of the new trash collection system. They are almost at the budgeted amount only 7 months through the year. Trash collection …

To the Editor: How did we allow the governments of the United States of America to become disgraceful? Do you remember anything like what is going on in the last few years happening before? …

To the Editor: Who is paying for all this? You know, the housing, medical, education, food and the transportation, of all these illegal immigrants. Not to mention the legal fees. I think you …

Parkinson’s Disease and our community

Sometimes misfortune brings out the best. I happily discovered that when my column titled “Retirement and Parkinson’s Disease” appeared in the Cortland Standard [Dec. 14, 2023]. A …

To the Editor: I would like to voice my concerns regarding the conversion of the Parker School into multiple apartments My home is located in the same zone, which show on the maps that it is …

To the Editor: I like the word “hogwash.” I use it all the time, in both writing and speaking. But I have never seen it quite so aptly used as in the Cortland Standard editorial of July …

To the Editor: Mayor Steve — I’m a lifelong Cortland resident. I grew up on North Main Street, and for twelve years I’ve rented an efficiency apartment on Madison Street near Parker …

Cortland taxpayers wakeup — Just say “no” to any more low income (taxpayer dependent) housing development in the city of Cortland. The recent offer by an out of county …

To the Editor: There is a serious shortage of low and moderate income apartments available in the city of Cortland. Drive up and down Groton, Lincoln or Maple avenues, and Madison Street …

The art of vacationing

July. Officially the seventh month of the year, named after the Roman Julius Caesar, sandwiched between June, the sixth month, named after the Roman Junius, and the eighth month August, continuing …

To the Editor: I don’t have kids yet, so it might give me a “third-person” point-of-view on this lifeguard issue. With this COVID thing we have had to deal with, we were looking at …

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