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Fine art and standup

There are only so many places in town where one can buy fine art, meet famous comedians and voice actors, watch movies, hear up-and-coming musicians, and see a psychic do stand-up. The Ake …

A circus of spooky delights

Jim Coon shuffled through articles, photos, and documents from the Sig Sautelle Spectacle, a Homer-based circus from the early 1900s. He found the murderous elephant, the Stephen King- style clown, …

Cannabis dispensary looking for license in Homer

Soon, maybe, at a Homer near you: a cannabis dispensary. State law requires businesses to notify the local municipality 30 days before filing for their dispensary licenses with the state, which …

Pizza shop owners look to open convenience store

Just a couple of months after a convenience store closed on Groton Avenue in Cortland, a pair of Cortland entrepreneurs plans to open another across the street. Jeffrey and Pimjai Constantino …

Accidentally together

Jen Fuller felt alone running her salon in her little corner of Homer – until another women-owned business opened up next door. Then another. Then one across the street. Soon, another will …

More input, more ideas

  Seven-year-old Felix Leroux-Caminiti would like to renovate the Circus House in Homer, making it accessible to the public, but proposed renovations for the village of Homer’s $10 million Downtown Revitalization Initiative would turn the building into private office space and apartments.

State legislation expands municipal broadband project in Dryden

DRYDEN — Dryden Fiber, the first municipal broadband project in the state, can now issue bonds to expand service outside the town, with Friday’s passage of a state bill. Assembly …

'It's not just for those who knit'

Last year, the Fiber Arts Festival had the highest attendance it’s ever had. With new vendors this year, event organizer Michele Ball hopes the trend continues. “They’re all …

A state judge Thursday temporarily blocked the Cortland County Legislature from switching county retirees’ Medicare plan to a private plan, pending further litigation. State Supreme Court …

Homer ponders private DRI project proposals

A year-round farmer’s market would bring a second grocery store to the village of Homer, but first, the project needs backing from the Downtown Revitalization Initiative. “We would …

Cortland a ‘blank canvas’

Cortland County is a blank canvas to Brendan O’Bryan – and he can’t wait to get painting. “One of Cortland’s strengths is the state dollars coming in right …

Apple orchard loses crop to May freeze

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 …

Officials see what city money buys in business development

Carrie White stood inside her business Tuesday in downtown Cortland, waiting on Mayor Scott Steve. He was a bit late. But without the city, and the $30,000 microenterprise grant it awarded The …

Finger Lakes in process to become a National Heritage Area

Former Cortland County Historian Eric Mulvihill sat on a riding mower Friday on a patch of lawn near Albany and Main streets in Homer. Within 50 yards of him were three historical markers, …

A Cornell University-based technology project and a Central New York microelectronics partnership are finalists for a $5 million investment from the state Department of Defense, Senate Majority …

ImageFirst keeps its Cortland jobs

  ImageFirst has promised the employees of the former Ames Linen that their jobs will be retained. And company officials have said their intention is for the company to grow in Cortland and …

City backs cannabis showcase

Some bureaucracy remains, a bit of paperwork and a state approval, but legal cannabis could be for sale in Cortland in, perhaps, three weeks. Cortland’s City Council voted, 5-0, Tuesday …

MORAVIA – When Mayor Chris Fulton was growing up in Moravia, he remembers a Main Street with two stores, restaurants, a farmers’ supply store, three hotels and three bars. He hopes …

Cortland’s music scene can call the tune for growth

Pick a night in Cortland. Almost any night. Listen: Jazz. Country. Rock. Metal. Americana. Blues. Bluegrass. Coming from a music venue. A bar. A restaurant. A park, as someone sings and strums a …

New chief medical officer to start Tuesday at Guthrie

Dr. Philip Heavner’s favorite part of being a pediatrician: the babies. “Oh, it's the babies,” Heavner said. “Babies are interesting. Some medical providers are really …

Ames Linen sold to Pa. company

A Pennsylvania-based company has acquired the Cortland-based Ames Linen, which has been working and locally owned for more than a century, the two companies announced Wednesday. ImageFIRST of …

Pall cuts workforce by 90 workers

The Pall Cortland plant in Cortlandville has announced layoffs and an early retirement incentive program effective Saturday to reduce staffing by up to 90 workers in response to months of reduced …

‘Why not benefit our farmers?’

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 …

New York State Electric & Gas Corp. will inspect natural gas meters located inside homes and businesses across its service area as part of a a federal and state requirement that supports safe …

Cortland Business Development Corp. names chief

Brendan O’Bryan was appointed Wednesday as executive director of the Cortland County Business Development Corp. and Industrial Development Agency.  He replaces Garry VanGorder, who is …

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