No concerns were expressed about the Cortland Enlarged City School District’s budget this year, but one person was concerned about last year’s. Nearly 30 people attended a public hearing Tuesday ahead of the district’s vote to adopt a $56.1 million 2024-25 budget.
I could gloat over the 10 awards the Cortland Standard won in contests sponsored by the Syracuse Press Club and the New York Press Association. It’s the most we’ve ever won. What …
DRYDEN – Utility workers installed cable in parts of Dryden on Friday, a sign of what Dryden Fiber officials say is ongoing progress toward making high-speed internet service available to all …
Speaking on the record can wrack the nerves, whether it puts the source in a good or bad light. Journalists aren’t numb to this nervousness despite conducting numerous interviews …
DRYDEN — Greater Cortland area residents will soon be able to buy legal marijuana without having to drive to Syracuse, Union Springs, Binghamton or Ithaca. They can go do Dryden. Monday …
The name “Grumman” became very familiar during World War II. Grumman-produced U.S. Navy fighter airplanes, such as Avenger torpedo bombers and carrier-based Wildcats and Hellcats, proved …
Life gets life-y and it can knock anyone down hard – out of a job, out of a home. That’s what happened to Jared Drake, a 38-year area resident now living homeless, and he wants people to …
Nodding toward his sons Wednesday, Evan Souzas couldn’t say for certain when any one, or perhaps all four, would take over ownership of the restaurant he took over from his father. And as …
The Corn Ducky Derby broke records last year with nearly 8,900 ducks – a goal organizers hope to replicate Saturday. “We could have up to 1,000 people there,” said Tom …
The main entrance of Guthrie Cortland Medical Center will be closed to all vehicle and foot traffic for four to six weeks starting Monday as a project to rebuild the hospital’s parking lot …
During a lesson on Marathon’s history, Appleby Elementary School students created their own. In September, while Christine Brandstadt was teaching her fifth-grade class about how street …
Landscaping for new trees on Main Street should be done by Labor Day along with the rest of the street’s redevelopment, more than a year after they were cut for construction. Landscape and …
Village of Homer residents are encouraged to stop mowing in May – no citations will be issued to registered properties – to help pollinators as they come out of hibernation. Village …
It has changed names several times, ownership has passed from business partners to a local family to younger members of the same family, but one thing has not changed: The Community Restaurant at 10 …
Lisa Hoeschele always had a passion for helping people, but when her daughter Margaret was born 10 weeks premature, she saw first-hand how important community supports can be. “We …
Cortland has tried and failed twice to get state funding to build 53 units of affordable senior housing – and come late summer, it will try again. The Cortland Housing Assistance Council, …
DRYDEN – The town of Dryden wants 2,000 customers to use its high-speed broadband service, Dryden Fiber. It has about 40 so far. To expand its customer base – and perhaps win a …
Oswego County Opportunities leads the effort to make sure everyone in the county has a safe place to lay their head at night. Clinton County, meanwhile, has a nightly rotation of professionals …
An outdoor kitchen, of sorts, where kids can create concoctions of mud and grass – and likely whatever else they can get their hands on – is called a mud kitchen. And soon, the one …
Cortland Rural Cemetery seeking volunteers for clean-up By LILY BYRNE Staff Reporter lbyrne@cortlandstandard.com More than 18,000 people are buried at Cortland Rural Cemetery, …
The new rules at Cortland Free Library aren’t meant to target homeless people, library leaders say, but starting this week, sleeping, shaving, eating and drinking are prohibited. And the …
People experiencing homelessness are drawn to warm, dry, public spaces. But when those public spaces don’t allow them, where can they go?
The rate of children abused in Cortland County was nearly double the state rate in 2019 – 2010, too. Local organizations hope to reduce this through education. The Cortland County Child Advocacy Center will host an arts and awareness family event from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Homer Center for the Arts, 72 S. Main St.
Today is the last 4/20 you can buy bongs or other cannabis-smoking supplies in most areas in the city of Cortland, and it marks about the halfway point until businesses must comply with the ban. …
