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Homer pauses LED signs

The long debate over LED signs on Homer has now come to a six-month pause.  A public hearing was held Tuesday to hear comments from about five people on a six-month moratorium on new LED …

1890 House to host Halloween Family Fun event

The 1890 House won’t just be the 1890 House on Saturday. It’ll be Oz, Elsa’s castle, the Addams Family home and the Mickey Mouse house. The Avengers will be running around. The …

Unemployment fell to 3% in September in Cortland County, which other than 3% in October 2023, is the lowest rate in the 33 years the state has kept records. State Department of Labor data …

United Presbyterian Church will have a trunk-or-treat event from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday at the church’s parking lot off Central Avenue in Cortland. The even will include decorated cards with …

DRYDEN — The Dryden Town Board will have a special meeting at 2 p.m. Friday to consider: •Responses to a request for proposals to prepare plans to develop land behind the town hall …

TC3 marks 50 years on the hill overlooking Dryden

DRYDEN – The on-campus child-care center is somewhat new, as are the dormitories and some of its newest student activities, but the Tompkins Cortland Community College campus “remains a …

The Cortlandville Town Board will have a special meeting at 5 p.m. Wednesday to consider moving the 2025 tentative budget as the town’s preliminary budget. The $12,026,491 proposed budget …

Tompkins County has announced it will take direct control of services for homeless people after St. John’s Community Services notified it that it will no longer operate a shelter at 618 W. …

Tickets go on sale Nov. 3 for this year’s Cortaca Jug, which is Nov. 16 at Grady Field at SUNY Cortland, the college has announced. Tickets will be sold online starting at noon at …

The Crown City Divas of Cortland have raised $4,000 for the Renzi Cancer Center at Guthrie Cortland Medical Center, the hospital has announced. The money comes from the Divas and Dudes for a …

First Responders Day fundraiser coming Oct. 26

Mahlon Irish knows the cost of being a firefighter. In his case: $2.1 million – the cost to treat the cancer he contracted. The first First Responder Appreciation Day will be Oct. 26 at …

SPCA pivots, to try to stay open

A day after announcing it planned to shut down its shelter next March, the Cortland Community SPCA pivoted and said it would try to reorganize to keep the agency going. “We’re …

The American Legion Post 489 in Cortland will host its monthly breakfast from 8 to 11:30 a.m. Sunday at the post, 212 Tompkins St.

The Cayuga County Health Department and the Finger Lakes SPCA of Central New York will offer a free rabies vaccination clinic from 4 to 6 p.m. Oct. 28 at the Finger Lakes SPCA of Central New York, 41 …

Homer historian wins best nonfiction book

While the man only has a back alleyway in Cortland named for him, he now has an award-winning biography telling his story. Homer Historian Martin Sweeney’s book “The Remarkable Life …

The Cortland Breakfast Rotary will host Cortland County’s candidates for district attorney at breakfast meetings Oct. 23 and Oct. 30. Former Chief Assistant District Attorney Elizabeth …

Guthrie’s Sept. 14 Guthrie Gala raised more than $363,000 to support its emergency medicine services. The money will help buy advanced medical equipment, and support training for health …

The Board of Education of the Cincinnatus Central School District will meeet at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 24 in the school library.

The Adirondacks and the Catskills are at peak foliage change, or a bit past peak, but Cortland County still has a ways to go. Expect sunny weather and high temperatures in the mid- to upper 60s …

SPCA expects to close shelter next year

The Cortland Community SPCA will not be able to provide law enforcement services after the end of the year to communities that had relied on it, and will not likely be able to sustain shelter …

Homeless facility planned for Cortland church

This past winter, the focus on involving homeless people in Cortland centered on the lack of an all-winter warming facility, and whether the presence of people without homes caused too much …

DRYDEN — The Dryden Senior Citizens will meet at 11:45 a.m. Oct. 28 at the Dryden Veterans Memorial Home, Route 13, Dryden. Announcements will be followed by a 12:15 p.m. lunch. The menu …

The Homer Central School Board of Education will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Homer Training and Education Center.

City budget plan would hike tax bill $82 for typical house 

Tentative city budget would hike tax bill by $82 for average house      By KEVIN T. CONLON City Editor kconlon@cortlandstandard.com The city of …

Full day of Halloween events, but before Halloween

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 …

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