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Dryden Fiber breaks growth record, reaches 25% of homes

DRYDEN – Dryden Fiber reported another record-setting month in terms of adding customers in September, and now reaches 25% of Dryden’s households and 20% of the town’s addresses. …

Preble hearing draws 30 on short-term rentals

The more than 30 speakers at a town of Preble public hearing Mionday had a range of opinions over whether the town should continue to allow, or decide to prohibit, short-term rentals of residential …

Talking politics is hard enough without holding a notebook

I dare you to do this: Go up to a perfect stranger on the street. And ask about politics. Go ahead. Try it. Remember the two things you don’t discuss? Religion and politics? So I …

Here comes Santa; register Dec. 1

Registration opens Dec. 1 for Here Comes Santa with the Cortland Fire Department, the Cortland Youth Bureau has announced. Fifty spots are available for a visit from the big guy in red …
Today in features
Shenzhou-19 spacecraft sitting atop a Long March rocket takes off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Jiuquan, northwestern China in the early hours of Oct. 30.
China launches astronauts to Tiangong space station
On Oct. 2, China launched three astronauts to the Tiangong Space Station. Their mission, named Shenzhou-19, docked shortly after launching on a Long March 2F rocket. This mission marks the eighth …
Monica Capra Hodges, left, Frank Capra's granddaughter, Karolyn Grimes who played Zuzu Bailey, Carol Coombs, who played Janie Bailey, Jeanine Roose, the young Violet Bick,  and Jimmy Hawkins, who played Tommy Bailey, attach bells to the bridge in Seneca Falls in honor of their loved ones. The It's a Wonderful Life Festival returns to Seneca Falls Dec. 13 to 15.
‘Wonderful Life’ festival comes to Seneca Falls
SENECA FALLS — The It’s a Wonderful Life Festival will return to Seneca Falls Dec. 13 to 15 with more than 100 events. Annual highlights include Friday night favorites Mrs. …
You can make apple pie for Thanksgiving well ahead of time in two ways. You can make and freeze the filling weeks ahead, or make the entire pie and freeze it before you bake it.
Thanksgiving superbowl: Plan now for pie
My aunt had a side hustle for years: She’d make pies, freeze them, and sell them to restaurants and gourmet food stores. I don’t particularly recall if the filling was great — …
The cast of SUNY Cortland's
SUNY Cortland play studies trust and vulnerability
Everyone has been in a classroom. Remember the vulnerability and the growing maturity during that stage of life. Remember the trusts and betrayals. That will all return to life in a classroom on …
Slambovian Circus of Dreams will bring its combination of psychedelia, folk and rock to the Center for the Arts of Homer on Nov. 8.
Plan your fun
Here’s a sampling of what’s going on in the greater Cortland area. HOLIDAY EVENTS Oct. 31: Rocky Horror Picture Show, 8 p.m. Center for the Arts of Homer. Oct. 31: …
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Death notices
Kenneth G. Hagg, 79, of Genoa, died Nov. 6, 2024. At Ken’s request, there are no services. Arrangements are with the Shurtleff Funeral Home.
Geraldine W. Aiken, 88, formerly of Groton, died Nov. 7, 2024. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 14 at the Shurtleff Funeral Home, 103 Lincoln Avenue, Groton, with interment …
Elizabeth “Betty” (Dean) Townsend, 77, of Genoa, died Oct. 31, 2024. Interment was in Groton Rural Cemetery. Arrangements are with the Shurtleff Funeral Home.
Thomas C. Compagni, 53, died Nov. 5, 2024. Calling hours Tuesday 4 to 5:45 p.m. with a funeral service to begin at 6 p.m. at the Wright-Beard Funeral Home inc., 9 Lincoln Ave., Cortland NY, 13045.
Sports

Moravia football cruises past Groton, secures sectional final berth

Moravia's Joe Baylor runs after a catch Saturday night at Scarry Athletic Complex. Baylor went for 100 receiving yards and three scores in the Blue Devils' 64-8 win.
MORAVIA –– A rematch of what was a one-score game earlier this season was never in question the second time around. The No. 1 Moravia football team imposed its will on No. 4 Groton 64-8 …
Tully's Connor Bastedo settles the ball at his feet in the box Saturday at the Wright National Soccer Campus.

Shay strikes twice, Tully boys soccer continues dream season

ONEONTA –– The Tully boys soccer team has rallied around its longtime head coach, Bill Donald, to make the first state semifinal in school history. The Black Knights are making Donald …
Cincinnatus' Payton Gerrard, center, chases down an Elmira Notre Dame offensive player Saturday at the Wright National Soccer Campus.

Cincy girls soccer rolls back to state semifinals

ONEONTA –– It was a new classification, but the same dominance for the Cincinnatus girls soccer team Saturday in regional action. Cassia Schuyler scored her first of three goals in the …

Moravia and Groton football set for sectional showdown

The No. 1 Moravia and No. 4 Groton football teams will face off tonight at Scarry Athletic Complex as the Section IV 8-Man sectionals begin. The two teams were match up earlier this season on Sept. …
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SpaceX's mega rocket booster returns to the launch pad to be captured during a test flight Oct. 13in Boca Chica, Texas.
SpaceX's mega rocket booster returns to the launch pad to be captured during a test flight Oct. 13in Boca Chica, Texas.
SpaceX's mega rocket booster returns to the launch pad to be captured during a test flight Oct. 13in Boca Chica, Texas.
SpaceX's mega rocket booster returns to the launch pad to be captured during a test flight Oct. 13in Boca Chica, Texas.
SpaceX's mega rocket booster returns to the launch pad to be captured during a test flight Oct. 13in Boca Chica, Texas.