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Dryden seeks $4.5M NY Forward grant

DRYDEN – The village of Dryden will seek up to $4.5 million in a state grant to revitalize its downtown in a program similar one that awarded the city of Cortland $10 million. In fact, the …

Little steps back in time

Children ran to and from a mini-log cabin Saturday at the Cortland County Historical Society. A raging, but artificial fire lit the cabin, and kids could get a gander at 19th Century fashion, a …

Leachate pipeline takes a slight uphill turn

Allan Stauber was historically skeptical of a plan to run pipes from the Cortland County Landfill, through McGraw, then to Cortland to treat the landfill's leachate. He recently shifted his …

The Cortland Department of Public works will lay the final layer of asphalt next week on several streets. On Monday, the work will be on Floral Avenue between Madison and West Main streets, and on …

Gus Barn at Lime Hollow Nature Center in Cortlandville will reopen next month as BOCES classroom space following a nearly four-month renovation funded, in part, with $100,000 in American Rescue Plan …

McGraw historian named senior citizen of year

Mary Kimberly doesn't miss an opportunity to promote her adopted hometown of McGraw. Walking outside the pavilion at Dwyer Memorial Park on Thursday after being named the 2022 Cortland County …

The Cortland Department of Public works will lay the final layer of asphalt next week on several streets. On Monday, the work will be on Floral Avenue between Madison and West Main streets, and on …

Legislature approves moving city court to county courthouse

The Cortland County Legislature approved a memorandum Thursday to allow Cortland City Court to move into the Cortland County Courthouse.  The vote was 15-0. Legislators Eugene Waldbauer …

'Rolling history display'

GROTON — Groton will celebrate the end of summer and the excitement of a coming school year with Groton Olde Home Days, which begins today and runs through Saturday, an event organizer said …

The village of Marathon got $7,500, and the village of McGraw $2,500, from the Susquehanna River Basic Commission for groundwater level monitoring projects, the federal agency announced …

Nominations sought for threatened properties The Preservation Association of Central New York is accepting nominations for its Eight That Can’t Wait list of threatened historic properties, …

Electric rates in Groton up 30.5%

GROTON — Electricity rates for village of Groton customers increased 30.5%, and the first monthly bills under the new rates will be distributed Aug. 31, a village official said Tuesday.

Lanternflies light up upstate NY, but not Cortland County

They’re in Onondaga County. And Tompkins. Broome, too. And if the state has called for the immediate stomping of any Spotted Lanternfly you might encounter, they’re not in Cortland County – yet.

Cortland County will begin replacing culverts Wednesday on Telephone Road between Route 41 and Doran Hill Road, the Cortland County Highway Department announced Monday. The road will be closed …

An interesting model mapping news deserts has been circulating based on the Local News Initiative Database, as America has lost a third of its newspapers in the past 15 years, and expects to lose a …

Cortlandville resumes recreation payments to city

The Cortlandville Town Board will pay the city of Cortland $80,340 to help fund recreation expenses provided to town youths, town Supervisor Tom Williams said. The allocation came later than …

Cortland seeks to avoid blight of the living dead

A mile apart, Cortland residents Kristie Rainbow of 7 Miller St. and David Aloi of 12 Randall St. have faced similar problems for years -- an unsafe environment and compromised property …

The Cortland Department of Public Works will begin Monday placing the top course of asphalt on Broadway Avenue between Tompkins Street and Pashley Avenue, the department announced Friday. Paving …

Police bring the Yukon to Suggett Park

Ninety kids sprinted Friday around Suggett Park. Call it gold fever, racing to collect the heaviest gold-painted rocks they could find in a park transformed into the gold-mining town of "Dawson …

State rejects lower speed limit on Bennie Road

The state Department of Transportation has denied Cortlandville’s request to reduce the speed limit on Bennie Road to 30 mph, despite neighbors' request. The Department of Transportation …

The Tompkins County Department of Emergency Response and Public Health Department are partnering with the Shops at Ithaca Mall to host an Emergency Preparedness Resource Fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. …

The Cortland Elks Lodge recently received a $6,000 Beacon Grant and members chose to donate $4,000 to the Cortland City Police canine program and the balance to the annual Shop With a Cop event that …

Committee backs spending $500,000 to promote tourism

The stage at the Lime Hollow Nature Center stood empty Wednesday as the rain came down. Not too long ago, it was filled with musicians for the Red Oak Music Series. The seats in an arc around it …

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