FREEVILLE – “Ask Amy” advice columnist Amy Dickinson believes two things can really add value to a town: a focus on literacy, and walkability. On Feb. 2, Freeville residents can walk to her library, and borrow something from her personal collection, and maybe catch a movie.
DRYDEN — Plans for a 749-unit apartment complex, and a relocated restaurant, have Dryden village and town officials asking the state Department of Transportation to slow some things down. …
Cortland Mayor Scott Steve and the Cortland Common Council are looking to ban in certain areas of the city sales of glassware often used for cannabis smoking – bongs, pipes, vaporizers and the …
Clyde LeFevre, owner of Now Here Pinball, says pinball is a stressful activity for him. His wife, a lawyer who works next door, uses the game to relax from her stressful job. Now Here Pinball …
As Cortland County gears up to potentially reconsider the sales tax distribution, city officials said they want tax-exempt organizations to be factored into the distribution because it must provide …
The state economic development arm has agreed to pay half the cost of a feasibility study for the town of Cortlandville’s ongoing project to develop a sports facility – perhaps reducing …
Cortland County legislators approved Tuesday correcting the Cincinnatus property tax billing and refunding overpayments after a town official made a clerical error in October. Legislators voted, …
Autumn Koekebacker, a Dryden High School sophomore and member of local anti-smoking group Reality Check, told Cortland Common Council members Tuesday night that most of her classmates vape …
A planned dog park set to open on Pendleton Street in Cortland would give city dog owners a chance to exercise and play safely, out of the way of traffic and disruptive street crossings, said Hubbard …
Cortland aims to complete in October a project begun decades ago to remove lead connections from water mains to homes, helping keep lead out of drinking water. Cortland Chief Water Systems …
While the town of Homer awaits word on a grant application to repair the Wall Street bridge, town officials were notified the Albany Street bridge will need repairs in the next decade or so, …
Christmastime had a last hurrah Wednesday at the Cortland Community Center when organizers of the 2023 Cortland Holiday Light Event declared the contest’s top three winners. Linda Stock, …
Members of the Homer Masonic Lodge No. 352 looked on Wednesday as a crew from ServiceMaster vacuumed and wiped up water that had leaked through the three-story building after the roof was torn off …
The village of Homer Board of Trustees adopted on Tuesday a $5.4 million budget for 2024-25 that raises spending more than 20%, but the property tax levy less than 1%. The Board of Trustees …
Abby Maricle, manager of Main Street’s Daily Grind shop, isn’t worried about the city of Cortland imposing restrictions on tobacco sales. “It could be good for us,” …
An advisory council has begun meeting in Homer to turn the 191-year-old little white church into a community center, organizers said, hoping to gain funding next spring. Physical work remains in …
Cortland’s effort to bring more public art to the city begins in earnest this year, even as it completes the infrastructure work funded by its 2017 Downtown Revitalization Initiative, the mayor …
That wonderfully wintry blanket of snow covering the greater Cortland area? Expect that what doesn’t get blown away by winds gusting up to 60 mph Tuesday night to wash away in the 1 to 1.5 …
Cortland County welcomed its first baby of the year Monday as Ivy Chacon was born at Guthrie Cortland Medical Center. Ivy, the daughter of Nichole and Pablo Chacon of Wyalusing, Pa., was born …
The current Cortland Common Council is the first that will serve a four-year tenure, and alderpersons say it will allow for more continuity in their work, whether working on budgets or long-term …
The state Financial Restructuring Board and the city of Cortland will work on a plan throughout this year and possibly next to get the city’s finances into shape, of which audits found problems …
The city of Cortland is looking to restrict tobacco sales in the city, forbidding retailers from operating within 1,000 feet of schools or other youth organizations, like the YMCA. The Cortland …
Cortland’s 2023 began with a murder trial, and ended with a major fire that left 12 people unhoused, with many long-awaited trials in between. GARCIA’S ROOF FIRE …
Johnathon LaPlant of Cortland learned how to be a better leader in 2023. Kara Kehn of Cortland learned not to date someone from the same friend group. Chelsea Hall of Cortland learned not to trust so …