Officials don’t know how many unusable sites are spread across Cortland County. But they have value, and if they can be re-developed properly, can add life to the community. …
mmellott@cortlandstandard.com The current cell in the Cortland County landfill is due to close in 12 years, but if the county wants to open a new one – that could take eight to 10 years. …
Landscaping for new trees on Main Street should be done by Labor Day along with the rest of the street’s redevelopment, more than a year after they were cut for construction. Landscape and …
Village of Homer residents are encouraged to stop mowing in May – no citations will be issued to registered properties – to help pollinators as they come out of hibernation. Village …
An outdoor kitchen, of sorts, where kids can create concoctions of mud and grass – and likely whatever else they can get their hands on – is called a mud kitchen. And soon, the one …
Lime Hollow to host clean up day and musical celebration By LILY BYRNE Staff Reporter lbyrne@cortlandstandard.com While few people look forward to cleaning up sticks …
DRYDEN – Dryden residents and other interested parties got their first official look Wednesday at a project designed to breathe new life into an old landfill. The site, the former Caswell …
Seeds aren’t usually something you can check out from a library – but you can in Homer. Well, you can’t exactly check them out and return them, but you can take some for your …
Cortland County has 73 farms raising chickens, federal data show, but only six raising them for meat. A Truxton farm wants to expand its flock, and is winning county support to do so. Hillside …
Cortland is collecting more than twice the trash now than when it used a blue-bag system through 2022, city records show. That means a greater cost to property tax payers, but a savings in neither …
Starting Monday, SUNY Cortland kicks off Harvest Week – the culmination of its year-long series of events surrounding food. Every year, the Cultural and Intellectual Climate Committee …
The farmer. The grocer. The shopper. The chef. The diner and the designers. Everyone has a place in the food system and Tompkins Cortland Community College students are getting a two-year degree by …
Cortland County residents can expect less odor from the landfill, less pollution — and maybe some savings, too — thanks to a new methane gas collector. The $2 million project wrapped …
Last year, Grisamore Farms in Locke lost nearly all of its crops from a May freeze — could it happen again? Maybe, experts said, if there’s a spring freeze. A mild winter, like this …
DRYDEN – An old landfill would get a new life hosting a facility to produce and store solar energy, under a proposal being developed by a state agency and an as-yet unidentified private …
DRYDEN – If you want to erect a solar farm in Dryden, prepare to negotiate a payment-in-lieu-of-taxes agreement with the town. The town board voted, 4-0, Thursday to require a PILOT …
There is a continuous need to be vigilant against invasive species, and a species that has been present in the United States for well over a century: Swallowwort. This invasive plant that is …
It’s one thing if an object can be saved from a landfill and taken into a new home. It’s another thing altogether if it can be saved from a landfill, and be used to create something …
Cortland County legislators recommended Tuesday creating two flow control officer positions to make sure trash that is supposed to go to the county landfill actually goes to the county landfill. …
Expect 3 to 7 inches of snow and winds gusting 45 mph today and into Monday, the National Weather Service announced as it declared a winter weather advisory until 11 a.m. Monday. It also issued …
Paul Treadwell had asked the city of Cortland to plant two trees outside his home at 7 Sands St. And the city did. They did well, until Saturday morning. Someone had snapped the trunk of one of …
Electric vehicle charging ports are among possible green energy projects the city looks to fund with a $15,000 state grant it recently received, Cortland Mayor Scott Steve said Tuesday. The …
Plastic containers with the number five are now accepted as recyclable material by the state – the market for them is growing, officials said. “We’re starting to see more …
A $2.2 million grant will help Cortland’s wastewater facility remove additional pollutants from the Tioughnioga River, part of the Susquehanna River Basin and the Chesapeake Bay watershed, …
The City of Cortland announced Friday it has received a $2.2 million grant from the Water Quality Improvement Project administered by the state Department of Environmental Conservation to fund …