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First candles of Hanukkah light the night in Homer

A baby celebrated the start of his first Hanukkah on Thursday evening at the Homer Village Green. He’s already a big fan of it, said Hannah Martelli, his mother. He is fascinated by the lights. …

‘It’s more building than what we need’

The Interfaith Center at SUNY Cortland has been rattling around inside too much space for too long, so it has sold its building and will move into space across the street. The building at …

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Syracuse has reached a settlement to pay $100 million to the survivors of sex abuse by priests, lay employees and volunteers of the diocese, it and the Official …

Festival of Lights: Hanukkah in the Cortland area

When driving past the Homer Village Green, one may notice a menorah among the Christmas decorations.That’s a display of interfaith celebration in the community.People of Jewish faith will …

Days of awe

Recently in conversation with friends, I curiously asked them if they knew what Rosh Hashanah or Yom Kippur actually meant besides some foreign sounding words. They had to admit that no, they …

Historic churches in Cortland host open house

Stained glass windows channeled light onto 30 people inside Unitarian Universalist Church Saturday in Cortland as they listened to a lecture on the Underground Railroad of which the church was …

St. Anthony’s Festival goes live this weekend

Carl Fadale squeezes in his cooking for the St. Anthony’s Festival when he can. “I made a meat sauce last week,” said the parishioner at the Pomeroy Street church. As in 80 …

‘Our hearts are broken’

Prayer, song, candlelight, and mourning people filled a Cortland chapel Thursday during a vigil for victims of mass shootings in a Buffalo supermarket and a Texas elementary school. “We …

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