Not all who walk out of county jail has a support system waiting for them. Regardless of whether they served time for a conviction or just waited for a trial, they face a difficult task: …
It’s one of those supply-chain disruptions one doesn’t expect following a massive pandemic that’s killed nearly 7 million people around the world and 1.1 million in the United States. Sure, …
Bringing a baby into the world is complicated under the best of circumstances. Mothers and their partners face changes to their homes, finances and lifestyles, in addition to the complex mix of …
Visit one of the playgrounds in any of the various Cortland parks during a summer day, and you’ll find them swarming with children. Happy children, accompanied by (somewhat) relaxed parents. …
Big projects, including a new boutique hotel and spa, expansion of an independent living facility, a supermarket renovation and development of a community center are among the proposals for funding …
High school and college graduations are now happy memories. School is out for the summer for other students. Now as temperatures rise and we settle in for the summer, it’s time for greater …
I would say that reducing the Cortland Standard’s publication schedule is the last thing I ever wanted to do, but that would be inaccurate — the last thing I ever want to do is let the Cortland …
The Declaration of Independence is the basis of the founding of this nation. It was adopted by 56 representatives of the 13 colonies at the Second Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, in …
In 1900, reports the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, impressionist painter Claude Monet looked out across the London cityscape and despaired: No smoke. Not a wisp. Nothing to paint. …
We normally take lists of the best places, and worst places and whatever places with more than a grain of salt. We’ve seen bogus metrics, concocted data and stretches of the imagination that …
Farmers operate within an interesting paradox. In many ways, the rhythms of their lives are much the same as those of farmers 10,000 years ago — wake up early, tend to the animals, plant in the …
Apparently not satisfied after having priced themselves out of relevance, Cortland County legislators will consider on Thursday yet another way to sabotage the introduction of solar energy to the …
We know the winter holiday season gets a lot of attention, but there is clearly a lot to celebrate during this time of year. Schools are celebrating their graduating seniors, with Cortland and …
The former Parker Elementary School will not reopen as a school. It will not be filled with child-care programs. Despite the wishes of neighbors of the Madison Street building and others in the wider …
This week, after the Cortland community began to settle into springtime with the departure of SUNY Cortland students following graduation ceremonies, the greater Cortland area is full of activity as …
So, Cortland County has decided to let its month-old ban in asylum seekers lapse. County leaders say the decision to lift the ban enacted May 12 on largely Latino asylum seekers expected to enter …
After being awarded a $10 million state Downtown Revitalization Initiative grant in February, the hard work now begins as Homer village officials and business owners met last week with state economic …
The last couple of days have been decidedly weird. The sunlight is the wrong color. What began Tuesday morning as a light smell of smoke, like a newly-lit campfire, is now an omnipresent, …
Following the defeat of the first proposed Cortland city schools budget last month, the district has drafted a new proposal that is $1 million less and it will be sent to a new vote June …
Since even before the Cortland Enlarged City School district closed Parker Elementary School in July 2019, a lot of people have worked very hard to prevent the property from being converted into low- …
In our dreams, we see a tunnel of green — often ramrod straight, sometimes it wends along rivers and streams or along leafy city streets, but the trail goes ever on, extending from the village of …
While leaders of the Center for the Arts of Homer mark 20 years this month since the entertainment and arts venue was founded, it’s both looking back on accomplishments and toward goals for the …
Somewhere between the logistics of planning a stroll down Main Street in Cortland, the never-ending dust that seems to fill our nostrils, and the window-rattling, conversation-ending, …
There is a long weekend coming up, the first of the summer. While we enjoy getting together with family and friends for picnicking, boating and other pleasures, we are obliged to take a moment to …
Governments, non-profit organizations, even libraries are doing what they can to help the greater Cortland area’s expanding population of homeless people — 50% more than just before the …
