Hank Morgan looked into the sky. He knew what was going to happen. The science was there; the facts were there. He was a Connecticut Yankee, after all, and a foreman in a factory with a wealth of …

The construction has started for the season. Groton Avenue in Cortland will be blocked for the next five weeks, and different activities will make both Groton Avenue and Main Street questionable routes for the next seven months or so. The work has to happen. We need the new water and sewer mains to live. We’ll benefit from the better street lighting and new sidewalks. We’ll appreciate an easier, safer-to-navigate network of streets. But we know we’ll be guilty, as you probably are. We’re going to curse. Maybe we forgot to turn right to take the most convenient detour, or got stuck waiting for people at the crosswalk. Maybe we just have to drive a little more slowly to …

We hope Cortland County’s very first Restaurant Week, which ended Sunday, brought a nice uptick in business to local eateries. It’s a tough business, made tougher since the start of the …

When the SUNY Cortland football team returned to campus Dec. 16, the day after winning its first Division III national championship, it was greeted by fireworks and more than 100 supporters. It …

Landlords and others have for years complained about zoning laws and their enforcement in the city of Cortland. The city’s lawyer has drafted amendments to the zoning and rental housing …

What’s going on in Moravia? Is there something in the water? Or perhaps, the school simply has a talented cohort of young athletes and a couple of strong coaches — and a lot of …

What’s going on in Moravia? Is there something in the water? Or perhaps, the school simply has a talented cohort of young athletes and a couple of strong coaches — and a lot of moxie. That’s …

When the Cortland County Industrial Development Agency purchased the development rights for the Contento scrapyard off South Main Street in Homer in 2001, there were hopes that the property near …

A community’s health is based on so many little things, each contributing to, or undercutting, the other. A few years ago, Cortland County’s health and wellness leaders pointed out how lack of …

For months, the Cortland Free Library has been embroiled in controversy surrounding the homeless people who tend to congregate there during the day when temperatures are low. As a result, Director …

County officials started noticing things soon after Danny retired. Danny Ferris, a cook with the Cortland County Area Agency on Aging, had a heck of a recipe for macaroni and cheese: Danny’s …

The village of Groton — its government, the Groton Central School District and local business and property owners — had to invest tens of millions of dollars in their community order …

Get public comment before the decision Cortlandville Town Supervisor Tom Williams raised concerns last week about the public comment portion of town board meetings. Williams said he finds the …

An assessment update for all properties in the city of Cortland is nearing completion after a two-year delay. Assessments have not been updated citywide since 2008 and the value of properties has …

If the people of the greater Cortland area make this place so good that people refuse to leave, those people will create the jobs that let them stay here. That’s real, sustainable economic …

Half the school districts in the greater Cortland area will see less school “foundation” aid if Gov. Kathy Hochul’s budget proposal is adopted as is. Four of the five remaining …

The brouhaha surrounding New York state’s Congressional maps may have been partisan in nature, but the end result for Cortland County is to all of our detriment. Splitting the county between …

The number, by itself, looks pretty scary: 397. That’s the number of farms the U.S. Department of Agriculture counted in 2022 in Cortland County, and it’s down from 536 in 2017. Yup, looks …

The city is making a push to rehabilitate properties that are abandoned or severely neglected, and using new tools to do so. Meanwhile, some private developers are taking big risks by investing in …

The next state budget proposed by Gov. Kathy Hochul would cut spending on addiction services 16%. The Office of Addiction Services and Supports’ budget would be cut from $1.2 billion from $1.4 …

When Cortland Mayor Scott Steve said the city’s “functional family” law was virtually unenforceable, the claim merited some investigation. The issue is far-reaching in a college town, where …

When New York initiated bail reform in 2020, it was designed to reduce inequities in the legal system. Bail is supposed to ensure that people charged with a crime are motivated to appear at future …

When we elect people to represent us on legislative bodies — U.S. Congress, the state Senate and Assembly, the county Legislature or village or town boards — we expect them to vote in the …

When the Homer Fire Department’s Insurance Services Office rating was elevated from a 4 to a 3, the change reflected hard work and dedication on the part of firefighters to serve and protect …

The scenario keeps playing out in the imagination: An 11-year-old kid. A hot summer day. A cross-town trek with a towel and a couple of friends to splash at Wickwire Pool in Cortland. Only to be …