To the Editor: Shame on the Cortland municipalities that chose not to attend the open meetings session. Apparently their community leaders fail to recognize that it is the responsibility of …

To the Editor: One of my favorite quotes is from Albert Einstein: “Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.” Use it any way that you choose, or apply …

To the Editor: I read Susan Estrich’s column in the Opinion section of the June 14 issue of the Cortland Standard. She brings to light many points that are definitely worth mentioning.

To the Editor: Well, well, well, the county landfill is filling up faster than the county thought. Why are they surprised by this? It’s called “flow control,” when the county forced …

To the Editor: Another scandal. Another day of uncertainty. More daggers being thrown. Does anyone else wonder when and how our democracy started to fall apart? I have thought back to the …

To the Editor: Marc Molinaro has in the past voted 32 times against gun protection legislation. Most egregious was his vote to allow violent domestic abuse offenders the ability to obtain …

Most of us have a sense of pro forma politeness and caring towards others. Similarly, most of us were raised with the words “please” and “thank you” as well as …

To the Editor: I have been following the articles in the paper regarding the Cortland City Schools budget and I agree completely with Mr. Perfetti regarding the priorities for spending. Teachers …

To the Editor: I support the sale of ice cream anytime and anywhere. I support chocolate ice cream, strawberry ice cream and as many flavors of ice cream one can imagine. But apparently, …

To the Editor: Budgeting is very simple! Income — money that comes. Expenses — money that is spent. When expenses exceed incomes you incur a deficit/debt. Pretty elementary …

To the Editor: I was shocked to read that Cortland County Legislature Chairman Kevin Fitch declared a state of emergency to ban asylum seekers from accepting aid from anyone in Cortland County …

To the Editor: What is wrong with this picture? Where are the family, good friends and smart political allies of Sen. Dianne Feinstein? They are asleep or really don’t care about this lady …

To the Editor: Almost a month ago, the City of Cortland’s Landscape & Design Commission, better known as the Tree Commission, planted many trees on the streets of Cortland. We decided …

To the Editor: I am a 20-year-old master’s student here at SUNY Cortland. I first came here at the age of 16 when I …

One of the most important principles of good government is “Beware of unintended consequences.” On May 12, Kevin J. Fitch, chair of the Cortland County Legislature, issued an …

To the Editor: Isn’t it grand that some people like to bash and smear President Trump, yet offer no solutions. If it were offered they would have to go back to the common sense policies of …

To the Editor: Looks like Cortland taxpayers have finally awakened from their slumber in the recent defeat of the proposed Cortland school district budget which would have resulted in a tax levy …

To the Editor: I am writing in regards to Carleeta Edwards’ letter of May 19, “What has happened?” I will be 63 years old in December, and so I can relate in …

ECG LETTER- Weiss 0522 via email To the Editor: According to a recent Cornell study, as reported in the May 11 Cortland Standard, almost half of upstate New Yorkers oppose utility-scale …

To the Editor: The inevitability of “taxes” is part of the responsibility and reality of home ownership. Federal, state, county, town, library and school taxes …

To the Editor: Water, water everywhere but not in my yard. One of the items that land developers and home builders don’t understand at the time of …

To the Editor: Where did the days go when respect was important, people had time to smile, customer service was more than accepting payment, people actually talked to one another with their …

To the Editor: When you think of truly great American artists, how many of them that come to your mind are, or were, female? Outside of Georgia O’Keeffe , probably not many, if any at all. …

To the Editor: Publishing an article on the front page about community colleges, and an overwhelmingly negative one at that, (‘Waste of time’: …

To the Editor: I urge citizens of the 19th Congressional District to call their Congressperson Marc Molinaro. Tell him to vote for the budget extension …