Nearly six years after the Cortland County Legislature instituted flow control measures at the county landfill, a legislature committee is working to hire a flow control officer to enforce the law. …
GROTON — An application is expected to be filed Thursday for a 160-megawatt solar power generation facility on the Groton-Lansing border, according to the company planning the largest solar project in the greater Cortland area.
DRYDEN — After a full day at school, Dryden high schoolers Kate Lee and Mckenna Crocker would go to the Dryden Climate Smart Task Force and vote on environmental decisions in their community. …
LANSING – Dozens of acres of woodland and meadows, formerly a dairy farm and golf course, are flush with greenery and shoreline access to Cayuga Lake – and soon, it will be open to the …
LOCKE – Cider is being pressed today at Grisamore Farms, but not the farm’s apples. A May freeze devastated nearly all of its crops. The orchard will sell apples, too, but you …
Have a project idea? The state Department of Environmental Conservation is surveying New Yorkers on how they’d like to see the Environmental Bond Act funds spent. It is not a call for …
Cortland County farmers – and the businesses that support them – could see a harvest of profit as the state enacts a requirement that state agencies that buy food must buy 30% of it from …
The warm weeks ahead will bring more opportunities to enjoy outdoor recreational sports, gardening, and family gatherings. They also bring a higher risk for contracting tick-borne infections …
For updates on Trinity Valley and its new location, follow facebook.com/trinityvalleydairy/ Trinity Valley Dairy has announced that its storefront will remain closed this year in preparation for a …
Thirteen years of space remain in the last cell at the Cortland County landfill — and county legislators will soon have to decide what’s next. Highway Superintendent Charlie Sudbrink said …
A thick haze and the scent of burning wood swept through Cortland Tuesday, carried on northerly winds from Quebec and Ontario as wildfires continued to rage just over Canada’s southern …
Twenty children and their parents looked on and asked questions from the metal bleachers Saturday in the shade of a pavilion at the Cortland County Junior Fairgrounds as Zoie Skinner led her brown …
City officials plan to reforest an area inside a deer enclosure near a pond at the Cortland Waterworks, where dying trees were removed last year, and have sought suggestions from a city commission to …
This wasn’t your typical science quiz. The ten teams had to test water quality; they identified animal species by pelt and skull; they identified trees; and they faced down a team of judges …
DRYDEN – The green grass of Montgomery Park shone in the sun Saturday, but the students and volunteers who gathered there weren’t taking turns on the playground. Rather they were after …
The Lime Hollow Nature Center will host the inaugural Love WhereYou Play Stewardship Day and Celebrationon Earth Day, Saturday.“People love to play at Lime Hollow.They hike, they picnic, they …
More than a century after a blight began decimating American chestnut trees across America, the Virgil Historical Society plans to establish three small orchards of four to eight chestnut trees …
Cortland residents can view their lawn in a different light next month. Rather than battling to keep the dandelions at bay, property owners can welcome the yellow blooms and their ilk as food for pollinators during the city’s first “No Mow May.”
DRYDEN – The star of the show, and chief instructor, is a member of the Apoidea family. She’s no bigger than a thumb tip, but the humble bee will get families in Dryden buzzing about how …
It's no illusion: Trees are under attack. Emerald ash borer. Spotted lanternfly. Tent caterpillars, woolly adelgid, oak wilt, beech leaf disease — if it's not killing the trees you have, the …
DRYDEN – An abandoned landfill in Freeville may be going from a massive trash site to a massive source of renewable energy. The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority …
Snow and rain – and the runoff that come from them – can bring contaminants to well water, and the Cortland County Health Department suggests you test your well this month for bacteria …
The sounds of bubbling maple sap cut through the rain tapping on the roof of Lime Hollow Nature Center’s sugar shack Saturday as inside, Nate Hardesty kept a close eye on what would become …