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A few nights ago, Ben let me sleep straight through the night after about four days of getting me up at midnight, 2 a.m. and 4 a.m. He’d been sick for a few days he’d been sick and so …

Solar observatory logs more than 75,000 solar flares over 16 years

On Feb. 5, 2002, NASA and the European Space Agency launched RHESSI — or the Reuven Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager. RHESSI studied the Sun’s solar flares over a period of …

A few months after I ended up in a North Carolina hospital in October with blood clots in my lungs, I’m working to get back on track exercising. The doctor told me not to run for six …

Lessons from the longest scientific study of happiness

The Good Life By Robert Waldinger and Marc Schultz – Simon & Schuster 2023 What is the formula for living a life that we truly enjoy and makes us feel our time here has been well …

Bridge results

Linda Christy and Jim McConnell tied with Barb Gage and Chuck Kaster to win Friday’s duplicate bridge match. Each team had 15.5 points Kim Sharpe and Laura Simon were second with 8.5 …

Arts challenge draws 260 creatives

The theme entrants had to follow for the 2024 Community Arts Challenge was “center,” a guideline about 100 artists took in many directions. Watercolor painter Denise Knight entered …

Lunar New Year, family nights and Take your Child to the Library Day

FEBRUARY BOOK RELEASES A selection of some of the most-anticipated releases. • After Annie, by Anna Quindlen • The Atlas Maneuver, by Steve Berry • The Bad Weather …

The PFLAG Ithaca-Cortland Chapter meets 4 to 5 p.m. the first Sunday of each month, next meeting Feb. 4, at 165 Main St., Cortland. The organization advocates for the LGBTQ community, nad …

Raising seven children, I have distributed a lot of hand-me-down clothes over the years. With four sons, I had a lot of opportunities. I am nearly 5 feet, 11 inches tall. That is a little taller …

Bridge scores

Linda Christy and Jim McConnell won the weekly duplicate bridge game Friday with 15 points. Jean Minnella and Sandy Baden were second with 12 points. Average for the game was 12 points. …

The village of Homer's first settler: John House in 1792

  Recently digitized archives reveal the first settlers to Cortland County, Joseph and Rhoda Beebe, and her brother Amos Todd, bought their properties adjacent to each other in 1790 west of …

The village of Homer’s first settler: John House in 1792

Recently digitized archives reveal the first settlers to Cortland County, a sister and two brothers, bought their properties adjacent to each other in 1790 west of the future village of Homer. As a …

ITHACA — The Cornell Lab of Ornithology will offer a free webinar Monday on how to draw birds. Cartoonist and author Mel Gillman will lead the hour-long draw-along, titled …

IceCube’s new way to explore the universe

Recently, I had the opportunity to interview Jim Madsen of the IceCube Neutrino Observatory, based at the South Pole. Madsen is the executive director of the Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics …

A safe space for family caregivers to share their experiences, challenges and successes meets from noon to 1 p.m. the fourth Thursday of the month. The meeting is available in person at Access …

This winter had gotten off to a lousy start for anyone who likes outdoor activities. I was starting to feel desperate in recent days, as there had been no significant snow for the season. So I …

The Winter Challenge by the Seven Valleys Health Coalition hopes to reward your activity this year: with a healthier life, and with prizes. The challenge, which runs through March 31, will award …

Deeds records reveal first pioneers settled west of Homer

Because of the recent digital revolution, we now have much more ready access to digitized archives that reveal details about the first pioneers who settled in what would become Cortland County. This …

Online nominations for the Syracuse Area Music Awards will be accepted until Sunday, and voting begins Tuesday, SAMMY Chair Liz Nowak has announced. The 2024 SAMMY People’s Choice will …

Temple Brith Sholom will celebrate Tu Bishvat at 6:30 p.m. Jan. 26 with a vegetarian dish-to pass supper prior to the service. The holiday is known as the “New Year for Trees,” …

I have to lay low for a while. I was at a dinner party for New Year’s Eve with my girlfriend and two other couples, including the hosts. The host couple was talking about their recent …

LANSING — The Ithaca Farmers Market Winter Market has returned for the season at Triphammer Marketplace, on North Triphammer Road in Lansing. The market, which opened Saturday, operates …

Program gives kids free opportunities for art education

 

Conflicting histories of first settlers include hearsay

Part 2 of a 6-part series   Historians disagree on where the first pioneers, Joseph and Rhoda Beebe, and her brother Amos Todd, landed in Cortland County in 1791. Another issue is …

The world is messy — what you see isn’t all there is

Thinking, Fast and Slow By Daniel Kahneman – Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2011 The mind is a curious and fascinating thing. The human brain evolved to be on the lookout for threats. In order …

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