When you thinks of an old industrial city in upstate New York, the environment does not typically come to mind.But Cortland officials are looking to restore the city’s beauty and address …
We learned a new term this week, and given how long we’ve been doing this journalism thing, we’re impressed with both the concept and the dedication it takes to make it work. That term: …
The Cortland County Legislature has created a full-time grants administrator position, a move expected to cost tens of thousands of dollars a year but with the potential to bring in millions in …
Central New York’s weather is always fertile ground for small talk, whether remarking upon the slip n’ slide in our driveway Tuesday morning, or the large swaths of green grass at area …
Into every life, a little rain must fall. One must plan for it. But when the rain causes a landslide, and that landslide buries a road — that’s hard to foresee, and we find no …
What a difference a half-mile makes. A month ago, we urged caution when the village of Homer began considering a law allowing, and regulating, LED signs following requests by the Family Health …
Sometimes, the kindest thing one can do for another is the least amount possible. We saw that as older relatives worked to maintain their homes. It wasn’t always easy, but shoveling the …
The town of Virgil has been struggling to foster redevelopment of the former Virgil Elementary School property.The building has been vacant since the Cortland Enlarged School District closed it …
When we were younger and child-free and were told by older folks, “You’ll understand when you have kids,” we thought it was a bit condescending. We were fully formed adults, raised …
We’ve published a lot of news stories about firefighters over the past few weeks.There are the unfortunate stories you’d expect — two house fires on Monday, and a barn fire on …
It is heartbreaking to read the newspapers or watch the television news reports of the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine.The devastation is widespread and we can daily see images of shattered …
The varied and often overlapping municipal and taxing boundaries in New York state can get confusing. Villages, towns, cities, counties, fire districts, school districts, special tax …
Editor’s note: The following editorial written by Francis P. Churchfirst appeared in The New York Sun in 1897. It has always been one ofour favorites and we are pleased to share it with our …
A year after the city of Cortland bought the former Parker Elementary School from the Cortland Enlarged City School District for $91 to help create a early childhood education center, it’s …
This Christmas, don’t give an unwanted gift to a loved one.No, we don’t mean socks, although the older we get, the more we appreciate a good pair of socks. Influenza, COVID-19 and …
The details of the Maccabean revolt of 168 to 164 BCE are, of course, clouded by nearly 2,200 years, but the themes it inspires remain: the story of indomitable will; of light following a long …
We don’t have anything against the Independence Party, but we’re glad it will have to choose a new name in the coming year. New York is prohibiting political parties from using the words …
Ten years ago this week, 20 children and six staff members died in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Connecticut. Since then, the event has remained in the news. It’s frequently …
We asked ourselves this question several times over the past few weeks: Is there any way a school district’s mascot could respectfully and tastefully represent indigenous imagery? Could a …
The town of Cortlandville needed nearly 45 years to develop a comprehensive plan, unveiled a year ago with the promise that the requisite zoning and code changes to enact it would be completed in …
Crime was down in Cortland County from 2020 to 2021, state data show. You’d never imagine that from all the breast-beating and fear-mongering of last fall’s election campaigns in an …
We recall a time when mental health wasn’t a topic of polite conversation — when people wouldn’t feel comfortable discussing their visits to a counselor, or openly discuss dealing …
How does one preserve a 19th Century aesthetic in a village with 21st Century technology? Yeah, we haven’t quite figured it out, either, but that’s the position the village of Homer …
Pregnancy and childbirth are a … complicated time, to put it lightly. The emotions and situations vary from mother to mother and from pregnancy to pregnancy, but two lives hang in the balance …
The last two years were difficult on everyone as the COVID-19 pandemic kept people apart to protect us from a potentially deadly virus that has killed more than 1 million Americans so far. The sense …
