This is the last edition of the Cortland Standard you will ever read. The family-owned newspaper will cease publication, a casualty of declining readership and increasing costs. It was the second-oldest family-owned newspaper in New York, but one of the five oldest family-owned newspapers in America.
This is the last edition of the Cortland Standard. The presses have been silent since August, when we shifted our printing to a facility in Oswego. At the time, I had hoped that cost-saving …
Losing a newspaper means the greater Cortland area becomes a news desert, joining 54 million Americans who lack reliable access to local news, according to a report by the Medill School of Journalism …
With nine months until most new construction in New York must be all-electric — no natural gas — contractors and heating specialists say they lack guidance on the regulations and dislike …
DRYDEN – Kids get the fidgets. So do adults – ADHD and autism affect them, too. Tompkins Cortland Community College has opened a new sensory space designed to help neurodiverse students, …
A former teacher has pled not guilty to charges of raping a student multiple times. Tuesday morning, Paul Andre, 56, of Route 41, Solon, pled not guilty to four counts of first-degree rape and …
Watch an episode of “Law and Order” or maybe “CSI,” and you might get the impression that criminal trials are something that take place in the seven minutes between commercial …
Shoppers at a Cortland thrift store have been dodging raindrops for months, but the problem has gone beyond something to maneuver around while shopping for trinkets. Cortland ReUse, located at …
A Cortland County legislature committee will consider on Tuesday a contract with Kone Inc. for the maintenance of all elevators and lifts in county buildings. The Building and Grounds Committee …
Alayah Green will once again shave Roxanne Davis’s head on Sunday. It’s become a tradition. Alayah, an 11-year-old cancer survivor from Auburn, will take the shaver to Davis’ …
Ariela Thran sat in the Cortland County courtroom Friday morning shaking her head as the jury found her guilty of murdering her mother, Patricia Allison Halverson. The jury returned with a …
Accused: Jody R. Minor, 43, homeless Charges: Two counts of third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, a felony; second-degree criminally using drug paraphernalia, resisting …
Mark April 26 on the calendar if you have old or unused medication to get rid of — that’s the date of the next Cortland County Drug Takeback, Cortland County Sheriff Mark Helms has …
A Solon man, a felon, was charged Thursday with having weapons he cannot legally possess following a search warrant that also seized 41 animals, state police said. The search warrant, which …
Jurors will continue deliberating Friday, deciding whether an Oswego County woman murdered her mother Dec. 27, 2023, in Solon. The 12 jurors and three alternates began their work about 2:30 p.m. …
MORAVIA — The state Department of Environmental Conservation and The Nature Conservancy in New York announced Wednesday that 92 acres will be added to the Owasco Flats Wildlife Management Area …
When a drama club only has 12 members, it’s difficult to stage a full musical. Doing a handful of mini-musicals, however, gives each performer a chance to shine. Cincinnatus High School …
An 84-year-old man has been charged with raping a person between 2022 and 2024 in the town of Willet, Cortland County sheriff’s officers said. Donald R. Griest, of Bloody Pond Road, …
Measles cases are on the rise across the nation, and could be just a flight away from the greater Cortland Area, Tompkins County Whole Health announced this week. While there are no current …
By TODD R. McADAM Managing Editor tmcadam@cortlandstandard.com Patricia Allison Halverson did not keep her horse farm in a safe manner, an expert …
ITHACA — Gastroenterology Associates of Ithaca will now perform all endoscopic procedures at Guthrie Cortland Medical Center or at Guthrie Ithaca City Harbor, as part of a new partnership with …
The city of Cortland reached a three-year contract Tuesday night with one of its unions representing administrative workers, promising a 2% raise in its second and third years. The agreement …
A home on Phillips Road in Marathon is a total loss after a fire Tuesday afternoon, according to Marathon fire officials. Firefighters were called to the scene at 3020 Phillips Road around 3:40 …
A forensic pathologist stated Tuesday that it’s possible that a horse caused Patricia Allison Halverson’s death, which conflicts with what another pathologist had to say on Monday. …
The McGraw High School Drama Club is set to open “Newsies” next week, a musical about a revolution, which has students thinking about what things in their own life they want to stand up …
