The tree over the rail tracks on Delaware Avenue in Cortland tells the whole story. It grew there, and fell there, and spread across the tracks and nobody ever noticed. Certainly not a passing train. …
The tree over the rail tracks on Delaware Avenue in Cortland tells the whole story. It grew there, and fell there, and spread across the tracks and nobody ever noticed. Certainly not a passing …
The soil of a hillside around a mausoleum in Cortland Rural Cemetery has been dug out in recent weeks, some of it covered in blue tarps. It reveals what has become a mystery to passers-by …
Johnny Ramone had a great career — guitarist in one of the most influential punk bands ever. Of that career, he said: “It was a job, and I was just doing my job.” The job …
You have a place in the food system. No no, not whether you’re an apex predator or a primary producer — that’s the food chain. We’re discussing the food system. Richard Ball, the …
The cameras clipped to the front of a Cortland police officer’s kit are, at heaviest, a couple of ounces. In some ways, they’re the best protection police have from harm. Cortland …
The cameras clipped to the front of a Cortland police officer’s kit are, at heaviest, a couple of ounces. In some ways, they’re the best protection police have from harm. Cortland police began …
In the interest of receiving future invitations to breakfasts with friends, we try not to judge others’ preferences when it comes to pancake toppings (not out loud, at least). Sure, whipped …
Dave Briggs has been determining the value of real estate in the Cortland area for 40 years. A lot has changed during that time, as industrial giants have risen and fallen and suburban sprawl …
We were baffled by some recent comments on a post on the Cortland Standard’s Facebook page — a user repeatedly claimed that SUNY Cortland was bad for the city of Cortland. Huh? SUNY …
Picture this: You’re driving down your street on your way home from work and come across the neighbor kids playing street hockey, in the street. You might figure that it’s a quiet street …
It’s an interesting conundrum: Municipal landfills like Cortland County’s produce 14.3% of methane emissions in America, about the equivalent of 23 million passenger vehicles each …
The town of Dryden is planning a survey of residents as it prepares to rewrite its zoning code to reflect the comprehensive plan adopted in 2022. A comprehensive plan sets a municipality’s …
Hank Morgan looked into the sky. He knew what was going to happen. The science was there; the facts were there. He was a Connecticut Yankee, after all, and a foreman in a factory with a wealth of …
The construction has started for the season. Groton Avenue in Cortland will be blocked for the next five weeks, and different activities will make both Groton Avenue and Main Street questionable routes for the next seven months or so. The work has to happen. We need the new water and sewer mains to live. We’ll benefit from the better street lighting and new sidewalks. We’ll appreciate an easier, safer-to-navigate network of streets. But we know we’ll be guilty, as you probably are. We’re going to curse. Maybe we forgot to turn right to take the most convenient detour, or got stuck waiting for people at the crosswalk. Maybe we just have to drive a little more slowly to …
We hope Cortland County’s very first Restaurant Week, which ended Sunday, brought a nice uptick in business to local eateries. It’s a tough business, made tougher since the start of the …
When the SUNY Cortland football team returned to campus Dec. 16, the day after winning its first Division III national championship, it was greeted by fireworks and more than 100 supporters. It …
Landlords and others have for years complained about zoning laws and their enforcement in the city of Cortland. The city’s lawyer has drafted amendments to the zoning and rental housing …
What’s going on in Moravia? Is there something in the water? Or perhaps, the school simply has a talented cohort of young athletes and a couple of strong coaches — and a lot of …
What’s going on in Moravia? Is there something in the water? Or perhaps, the school simply has a talented cohort of young athletes and a couple of strong coaches — and a lot of moxie. That’s …
When the Cortland County Industrial Development Agency purchased the development rights for the Contento scrapyard off South Main Street in Homer in 2001, there were hopes that the property near …
A community’s health is based on so many little things, each contributing to, or undercutting, the other. A few years ago, Cortland County’s health and wellness leaders pointed out how lack of …
For months, the Cortland Free Library has been embroiled in controversy surrounding the homeless people who tend to congregate there during the day when temperatures are low. As a result, Director …
County officials started noticing things soon after Danny retired. Danny Ferris, a cook with the Cortland County Area Agency on Aging, had a heck of a recipe for macaroni and cheese: Danny’s …
The village of Groton — its government, the Groton Central School District and local business and property owners — had to invest tens of millions of dollars in their community order …
