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Full day of Halloween events, but before Halloween

Miranda Smith, 7, sticks her tongue out to look scary during judging at a Halloween parade in 2014. A variety of events to mark the holiday are Friday, with more on the say until the end of the month.

If you play your cards right, you can spend morning to night celebrating Halloween on Friday. Experience Cortland, the Cortland County Convention & Visitors Bureau, will host its second …

DAV, volunteers send trailer to hurricane-torn town

The Cortland Disabled American Veterans has collected supplies that were loaded Friday afternoon at the city owned former state armory for delivery to storm ravaged Newland, North Carolina. The community was hit hard by Hurricane Helene.

Volunteers filled a trailer Friday with seven tons of supplies for Newland, North Carolina, which is recovering from Hurricane Helene. Residents in the western North Carolina community have been …

Students create mural to highlight happiness and health

Jimmy Peart, left, Owen Gallup, Emma Williams and Lucian Fischer show off their doodles they contributed to their mural at St. Marys Catholic School.

Sixth-graders have spent the last few weeks drawing the things that keep them happy and healthy on the side of their school. If you pull into St. Mary’s Catholic School in Cortland, you …

Cortland man reported dead in bus crash

DRYDEN — Tompkins County sheriff’s deputies have identified a person who died in a Cortland Transit bus crash Wednesday in Dryden/ Kevin Welch, 63, of Cortland, was one of five passengers …

News

Some information bears repeating, like how to vote

Pretty much every morning, my wife gives me an “I love you” and a drowsy smooch and sends me off to work. As a recovering journalist herself, she knows two things about people in my …

DA candidates meet Thursday in forum at ATI

Cortland County district attorney candidates will speak Thursday at a forum at Access to Independence in Cortland. Incumbent Patrick Perfetti, a Republican, and challenger Elizabeth McGrath, …

Man charged with vandalizing car wash

Accused: Matthew J. Barber, 36, homeless Charges: Fourth-degree criminal mischief, a misdemeanor Details: Barber damaged property about 5:19 a.m. oct. 4 owned by Splash Carwash at the …

Grange plans spaghetti supper

The Cortland County Pomona Grange will have a spaghetti supper at 5 p.m. Oct. 19 at the East Homer Grange hall. The meal includes spaghetti and meatballs with tossed salad, Italian break, …

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Oct. 15, 2024

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The Europa Clipper is unwrapped and lifted to an elephant stand. The spacecraft launched Thursday for Jupiter's moon.

SPACE NOTES

NASA launches Europa Clipper

NASA launched on Thursday the Europa Clipper mission to Jupiter’s icy moon. Europa is one of the four Galilean moons discovered by Galileo himself. Among the other moons and even planets in our …

Blues and rock singer Kat Walters performs in September at Rose Hall in Cortland for Dio Day. On Saturday, she play at the Ake Gallery in Cortland with Colleen Kattau, Nancy Mead and Patty Francis.

Ake Gallery marks anniversary with collaborative concert

Paul Kozlowkski opened the Ake Gallery two years ago. He’s celebrating the anniversary with events that embody what the gallery was created for: music, art and comedy. The anniversary …

Little 75 by Paul Chambers, 2005, oil on canvas.

Dowd exhibit explores longtime friends in art

Timestamps will grace the Dowd Gallery at SUNY Cortland from Oct. 21 to Dec. 13, featuring paintings, sculptures and drawings created by Paul Chambers and Allen Mooney and curated by Wylie Schwartz …

Tuscan food isn't quite the same as other Italian cuisines. It includes ingredients more common to northern European dishes, like potatoes in this Zuppa Toscana.

I’m not sure this is really Italian, but I don’t care

I’m almost afraid to say I like cooking Italian. The neighborhood has such a large Italian community that I fear anything I tell people I make will be dismissed by Italian-Americans as not …

Isabella Garza, Sara Sinasohn and Taylor Frisina rehearse the opening number of

‘By Any Other Name’ to open at SUNY Cortland

A musical that gives female Shakespeare characters a second chance at fulfillment will have its world premiere Thursday in Cortland.

The Great Cortland Pumpkinfest returns to Courhouse Park this weekend.

Plan your fun

Here’s a sampling of what’s going on in the greater Cortland area. HOLIDAY EVENTS Oct. 19: Manifestations in Moravia, 5 to 8 p.m., Main Street, Moravia. Oct. 26: Homer …

Breast care and screening saves lives

Finding breast cancer early is the main goal of routine breast care. That's why it's so important to follow a plan for preventive care that Cayuga Health provides its patients.

Finding breast cancer early is the main goal of routine breast care. That's why Cayuga Health strongly recommends that patients follow a plan for preventive care. After age 40, women face an …

Death notices

Patricia A. (Darrow) Mills

Patricia A. (Darrow) Mills, 77, of Genoa, died Oct. 11, 2024. There are no public services. Arrangements are with the Shurtleff Funeral Home.

Beverly E. (Knolls) Hopkins

Beverly E. (Knolls) Hopkins, 86, of McLean, died Oct. 9, 2024. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. on Friday, October 18, 2024 at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Cortland. Friends may call at the …

Susan E. Marsh

Susan E. Marsh, 64, of Fulton, died Monday, Oct. 7, 2024. Services are private. The Wright-Beard Funeral Home is assisting the family.

Anita Heiligenstadt Wright

Anita Heiligenstadt Wright, 87, died Oct. 4 , 2024. There will be no calling hours or services, per Anita’s request. Donations in Anita’s memory can be made to the Cortland County Historical …

Sports

Marathon names soccer field after longtime coach

Chip Stewart, front, addresses the crowd at Stewart Field Saturday. Marathon named the soccer field at the high school after its longtime coach.

Marathon ensured legendary boys soccer coach Chip Stewart’s legacy was fully cemented Saturday afternoon, when it officially renamed the soccer field to Stewart Field. Stewart compiled a …

Homer's Kyler Crump, right, gets in an athletic position to stop Cortland's Tristan Milligan, left, Saturday at Homer High School.

Cortland boys soccer wins physical battle with Homer

The Cortland and Homer boys soccer teams went at it in a physical game Saturday at Homer High School, but it was a bit of finesse that gave Cortland the 2-0 win. Tristan Milligan made the …

Homer's Izzy Small, center, turns to chase down the ball Saturday at Homer High School.

Homer girls soccer wins third in a row

The Homer girls soccer team secured a meaningful 4-1 win over Carthage Saturday at Homer High School for the Trojans’ third win in a row. Homer is 4-2 in non-league games and 9-4-1 overall. …

Homer football run all over by Indian River

TOWN OF PHILADELPHIA –– The Homer football team scored first and last Friday night at Indian River, but the Wolves rattled off 52 consecutive points on 574 total yards in a 52-14 win. …

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Living & Leisure

Billy Joel, Sting to play Dome

Billy Joel performs to a near sellout crowd in 2015 at the Carrier Dome, Syracuse. Joel returns to the Dome on April 11, performing with Sting.

Tickets go on sale Friday for Billy Joel and Sting’s performance April 11 at the JMA Wireless Dome in Syracuse. The iconic musicians will each perform their most beloved songs from …

Baba ganoush: What you can do with just one eggplant

The secret to baba ganoush is to grill the eggplant, which gives it a nice smoky flavor. But you can broil it, or grill it over a gas stove, too.

My eggplant recipes don’t scale well. And this year, that’s a problem. Eggplant parmesan requires a certain amount of eggplant. So does ratatoullie. But this year, the spousal unit …

‘Indiana Jo’ brings burlesque to Cortland Repertory Theatre

Jason Ngo, a Syracuse-based drag queen named Yuka Liptis, will play the antagonist who tries to poison Indiana Jo in the upcoming burlesque show

Attendees of “Indiana Jo” will get to view a type of dance that’s new to the area, ballroom, plus snakes and a boulder, of course. “Indiana Jo and the Cabaret of …

SUNY Cortland announces this year’s musical and play season

SUNY Cortland students rehearse their first show of the season,

SUNY Cortland’s lineup of plays and musicals for 2024-25 begins with an original, and ends with a classic. “By Any Other Name,” a production by CreateTheater, opens Oct. 3 at …