Jayne Farkas of McGraw was caught between a petroleum-powered car and an electric one. “The gas price is ridiculous,” she said Monday at the Price Chopper supermarket parking lot on Route 13 in Cortlandville. “But electric cars are expensive.” The town of Cortlandville decided to install electric charging stations at multiple spots, but the timing of the installation remains undecided, said town Supervisor Tom Williams.
A cloud of dust obscured the vision of the audience as young Western and English horseback riders warmed up in the corral shortly before noon Saturday. The sound of horses trotting and the sight of kids bobbing up and down on their saddles signaled the start of the Open Horse Show at the Cortland County Junior Fair.
Seven Valleys Food Rescue opened the doors Tuesday to its storage and distribution center on Homer Avenue in Cortland to show supporters and community leaders the progress made to date. The …
An exhibit will be on display in the 4-H Youth Building during the Cortland County Junior Fair through Saturday to mark 50 years of the Robert P. Blatchley Cortland County 4-H Foundation supporting …
For Alice Tylutki of Corltand, the competition goes beyond a well-socialized animal, a glossy coat or clear eyes. She's competing to become the fair queen as the Cortland County Junior Fair and that …
TULLY — More than 1,000 acres that once belonged to the Onondaga Nation in Tully will be returned to the Onondagas under an agreement the Onondagas, the federal Department of the Interior and …
Many lakes and ponds are scattered across New York. Slow-moving glaciers carved the landscape as they advanced across New York. As they retreated, they left behind lakes of various shapes and sizes. …
Some people, when they visit a foreign land, want to tour the sites, experience the food and entertainment, immerse themselves in the culture. Fermin Villar visited farms. In Dryden.
The state is investigating a large fish kill in the Tioughnioga River downstream as far as Marathon from the site of a June 16 tractor-trailer crash in Cortland that spilled 750 gallons of herbicide into the river, according to the state Department of Environmental Conservation.
Due to the heat the past few weeks, many people might believe summer has long since arrived. However, the summer solstice is the true marker of summer’s arrival, and that came just at 5:14 a.m. Tuesday.
Carla Plunkett kept a sweatshirt on Saturday as an unseasonably cold day chilled the Cortland City Farmers Market. The chill kept customers away, Plunkett said – in fact, other vendors left early, too. But it was only the second Saturday this season the market was open at a new location, in front of Grace and Holy Spirit Episcopal Church on Court Street. She expected the sales, like the season, will warm up.
Yaman Beach remained closed Friday due to worries of contamination after a nearby tractor-trailer crash spilled herbicide into Tioughnioga River Wednesday evening, reports the Cortland Youth Bureau. …
Across Cortland County are many water bodies including lakes, rivers and streams. We enjoy a plentiful supply of clean, fresh water that contributes to recreation, tourism, fishing, agriculture and …
DRYDEN — Climate-change provisions in the town of Dryden’s proposed comprehensive plan drew the support of two high school students and other speakers at a public hearing Thursday night. …
A project to develop the waterfront of the Tioughnioga River in Cortland County is seeking ideas and comments on its way to using the river to improve the county, while protecting the river. The …
GROTON — The Groton Town Board raised concerns Tuesday about the environmental and liability issues involved in a proposed 160-megawatt solar power farm that would extend between the towns of …
Following the allocation of $300,000 half a year ago, Cortland County Soil and Water Conservation District is still working on how to use the money to stabilize stream banks and mitigate flood …
As the warm weather continues and summer recreation activities begin, we must pay attention to the problem of invasive species, non-native plants, animals, or diseases that can cause harm to the …
DRYDEN — Dryden High School students had hoped to install electric vehicle charging stations, but the effort short-circuited when it met the school district’s acting superintendent, a …
The rain was just beginning to let up about 6:30 p.m. Tuesday when the Cortland County Dairy Parade took to the street. People dressed in cows threw milk at the crowd — some cheese, some …
Surrounded by a proposed 90-megawatt solar project, a mile apart, two men living on the same road have different views of the project. The 90-megawatt project by EDF Renewables Development LLC …
A Cortlandville mining company is challenging the town of Cortlandville’s law restricting mining activities. Cortlandville Sand and Gravel, doing business as Route 13 Rocks LLC, seeks to …
State Agriculture Commissioner Richard A. Ball announced Friday the end of the bans on live poultry shows, exhibitions, auctions, sales, meets and swaps in New York, a month before the Corltand …
Water was on the minds of the hundreds of adults and children who came Saturday to the Cortland County Water Festival, where children shot water from fire hoses, took pictures with the Ronny Raindrop …
