I remember reading Al Butler’s good-bye story; it was so touching. The sports editor from Homer put in double the time I did at the Cortland Standard, 40-plus years, a godawful number, and …
Maria Reagan, 33, of Cortland is a stay-at-home mother with four children. She entertained the kids at the Suggett Park playground on Thursday, a hot, sunny day. Thankfully, the splash pad was up and …
Joyce Burd Hicks did an about face in her latest novel, “Unexpected Guests at Blackbird Lodge,” moving from senior citizen scenarios in her first book, “Escape from Assisted …
Owen Valentine Thomas of McGraw, has received the Boy Scouts of America’s highest rank, the Eagle Scout Award. Thomas, 17, was recognized Agu. 20 at his Court of Honor at the Center for the …
Emmanuel Sikora has been writing operas his whole life. Now the 31-year-old Cortlandville man will see the premiere next month of three short operas with the Ukrainian Festival Orchestra and …
Martsje Vanderschaaf-Riehlman, 57, of Preble is a circulation manager at the Phillips Free Library in Homer and works on the family farm with her husband, Doug. She came to the United States from …
Ginger Lella is used to Daytona, Fla., water temperatures — around 83 degrees in a pool she swims at there.So when she jumped into Wickwire pool Wednesday it felt a lot cooler. “Oh, …
Seven years is a long time for people in their 60s and 70s, Linda Smith said — that’s how long it’s been since the Tribe last revived itself in Cortland. “It’s going …
Caitlin Goodwin was recently recognized as the best history teacher in the state. Her colleagues say they are proud and impressed. But not surprised. “She is certainly well deserving of this …
Janice Logan, 63, of Tully, a retired nurse, babysits her grandson, Finn, almost 2, these days, and the two were at Suggett Park on a broiling hot Friday. What do you like to do? “I love …
Norm Stitzel of Cortland has held many titles; corporal, CEO, chaplain. Now, Cortland County Citizen of the Year is being added to that list. The Boy Scouts of America, Baden-Powell Council …
Danielle Bellumori of Conyngham, Pennsylvania, and Sandy Cowan of Cortland will stage a watercolor show at the Cortland Free Library in August. About 30 paintings will be the subject of a …
William Buchanan of Cortland, 71, a retired Pall Trinity Micro employee, was staying out of the hot sun Friday at a garage sale near Yaman Park. His wife, Patricia, was by his side. He agreed to an …
Joan Franklin says her doctor tells her: Keep going with her gardening. “Don’t stop,” he told the Scott woman. The 78-year-old is listening to him. She’s adamant about …
Cloey Tierno is no stranger to song writing. “I started writing songs and singing in the third grade,” said the 17-year-old Cortland girl, who will start her senior year at Cortland …
Jaime Gonzalez of Cortland, 42, is a licensed practical nurse, who was enjoying Suggett Park with her twins and her niece on Friday. What’s on the schedule today? “Hanging out with my …
Cheri Sheridan saw in a historian’s research of Ryah Ludins, the woman who made the wood relief mural at the Cortland Post Office, that she was “Russian born.” Is she really from …
Mary Dexter is not alone in her love of cemeteries and grave stone carvers. When she attends an Association for Gravestone Studies conference, she meets with like-minded people. The topics they cover: How to do grave preservation; sandstone vs. marble markers; urn or willow shapes on stones; and who are the 1900s-era New England carvers.
Patricia Wood of Cortlandville has a message for a woman who bought her heavy brocade bed spread at her July garage sale: She found the set of shams to match them. Give her a call. The sale also …
Mike Joyner said he’s never been a fearful person. But when he was in a coma, battling COVID-19, he experienced the most intense emotions ever, particularly fear and regret, while delirious …
Karen Pavente, 67, of LaFayette, is a retired St. Joseph’s Hospital nurse. “I worked on OB for 47 years,” she said of the obstetrics department, the care of women while pregnant, in …
Doing loops, aerial dives and rolls up in the sky in a stunt airplane is not insane, Jim Spaller said. It’s simply a matter of precision. “People look at that and say – …
Mel Latimer grew up in Cortland and lives in England. The 34-year-old comes back in the summer for a visit and was in Suggett Park on Friday, talking to her partner, Phil Coles, 38, who is in …
Anialae Herbert said driving a car is serious business. The 17-year-old has been at Cortland High School’s driver’s education course the past two weeks and has another two weeks to …
Women in the Cincinnatus area contributed over 30 bridal gowns, as well as photos, diary entries and china, to highlight wedding fashion and family heritage in an exhibit that opens Saturday in three …
