To the Editor: Let the games continue! McCarthy is removed and the leadership role is up for grabs. Not sure if there is a leader to be had. Our government is making all kinds of firsts. A …

To the Editor: If Edgar Bergen were alive today, I’m sure he would be very upset over how terribly McCarthy is being treated. Bonnie Carlson Cortlandville

To the Editor: It’s that time of the year, farmers chopping and taking the wagons back to the farm. I remember when I did it years ago, it’s just a given, driving on major roadways. But …

To the Editor: I have lived in Dryden for 19 years and have been following our Dryden town government for the last 14. The current group of leaders, Supervisor Leifer, Town Board members Dravis …

To the Editor: We are responding to the Oct. 4 article regarding the Cortlandville Town Board and town attorney, more specifically, the elimination of one of the part-time town justices and how …

To the Editor: I was shocked that the mayor was considering setting up a party downtown on the Cortaca Jug weekend. Students and alumni don’t need encouragement to party. The people in our …

To the Editor: As the attorney representing over 120 (and growing) Cortland County retirees who now have to sue their former employer just to stop the theft of their federal Medicare benefits …

To the Editor: In 2020, the community of Satartia, Mississippi was unprepared for the calamity that was about to hit, as fog enveloped the area, fog caused by carbon dioxide emissions (also …

Lime Hollow at 30 years — some reflections Charles Yaple     William Shakespeare once observed that “All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women …

To the Editor: The phrase “All politics is theater, and all theater is political’’ is hardly tongue-in-cheek. It aptly describes the newest trend among political candidates in 2023 — …

To the Editor: Elected federal representatives know their responsibility is to run our government. Being aware of timelines doesn’t even give them incentive to do that. Keeping government …

To the Editor: Regarding the future of Parker School: there will be a Ward 2 meeting in the Parker School gym from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday. Although this meeting is for Ward 2, all are welcome. I …

To the Editor: I’d like to respond to your editorial on the Cortland area opioid problem. I am not an expert, nor am I a representative of any organization addressing this matter. I am …

Football. Anyone? Karla Alwes     With the arrival of September come school, autumn, and for some, the obsession of football. I watched my token game of football …

To the Editor: A history professor from Cornell University said that The Central New York Living History Museum is “The best little museum in America, and it is not so little.” …

To the Editor: Despite the fact that I will be 63 at the end of the year, I can still vividly remember when I was three years old, my sole sibling patiently teaching me how to read. My big …

To the Editor: Concerning the Cortland County retiree health plan switch to the United Healthcare Medicare Advantage plan: Just the facts, as this retiree understands them to be. Speaking …

To the Editor: Once again the complete idiocy of a Hitch cartoon pollutes the pages of the Cortland Standard (Sept. 7). Hitch depicts John Kerry holding two signs: “Save the Planet” and …

To the Editor: There are two lessons to be learned from the Albany Times Union editorial on future heat waves, published in the Cortland Standard Aug. 29. The first is on the issue of …

To the Editor: I speak only for myself, though I think I’m joined by more county retirees than I may know. To say I’m beyond disgusted with the county Legislature is an understatement. …

To the Editor: Real numbers for city of Cortland finances are not being shared with the public, and this is concerning. The 2021 audit should have been completed and released over a year ago, …

      Not long ago, while strolling through Homer’s Glenwood Cemetery, my eye caught sight of an intriguing gravestone. What attracted me was that it was clearly a …

To the Editor: When Cortland County retirees were invited to a meeting about health insurance, they were assured during the session and repeatedly thereafter that the Advantage plan was being …

To the Editor: The American healthcare system is a broken one. Compared with other major industrialized countries, we spend twice as much per capita on health services and pay nearly three times …

To the Editor: In response to Marathon Central School having the electric bus proposal shot down, I would like to know how many people that think this is a great idea were at the meeting.? I …