SUNY Cortland will address a larger-than-expected budget deficit – $8.6 million – without layoffs of program cuts, the college announced this week. The projected deficit for this …
DRYDEN – Three young cows that were on the lam for a week from an auction house in the village were captured early Wednesday afternoon and returned to Empire Livestock. The company hired a …
DRYDEN – Dryden students were advised this week to leave their red capes at home after three cows went on the lam, school district officials announced. Over Thanksgiving break, Dryden …
DRYDEN – While doing holiday shopping, anyone can go to Walmart or Target and pull something off the shelf, said Jonathan Majka, a graphic design student and peer tutor at Tompkins Cortland …
Homer tenth-grader Loralie Austen’s account for school meals was just in the negatives, she said, but she recently got funds added in, so she can still eat. Starting Dec. 1, she’ll no …
SUNY Cortland has been named among the top 50 colleges in the nation to accommodate people with disabilities, and 2021 graduate Jenny Riekert can explain why. “I almost always received the …
Developer Stephen Terwilliger announced Thursday that he has closed on the purchase of the former Virgil Elementary School, completing a two-year process, and he will convert it to 19 apartments and …
A student’s daily milk carton is no longer a promise at some greater Cortland area schools because of a nationwide shortage of half pint cartons, in which the milk is delivered. Officials …
Ava Armstrong was 11 years old when her mom, Brandy Armstrong, was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2020. “It was a hard conversation,” Ava said, thinking back to before she was told …
The story of Grace Brown of Cortland, who was murdered in 1904 by her boyfriend, Chester Gillette, after she told him she was pregnant, has been used in an opera, two plays, the film “A Place in the Sun” and a novel. Now a new play is being staged, using no fiction, only the letters Brown and Gillette exchanged. The curtain goes up next week at the Lab theater of the Dowd Fine Arts Center at SUNY Cortland.
Homer High School students will take some classes outside next spring. Not for a field trip, or biology demonstration – just to be outdoors. Jason Graves, an earth science teacher and …
The typical introvert may not enjoy the bars, parties or large campus events that many college students typically hang at. But they might still want to make connections in a more controlled …
Homer Junior-High School will have a fall festival from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. The event will include games and activities for children of all ages, the school district announced via social …
Jordan West and Anakin Irwin practiced their carnival barking Friday, but it wasn't all just fun and games – their McGraw fifth-grade classmates had learned about the wildfires in Maui, and …
GROTON - Students in Groton have narrowed the field of potential mascots to three choices: the Groton Red Hawks, the Groton Grizzlies, or the Groton Steamrollers. Groton students researched …
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 …
The Cortland County Legislature and the Area Agency on Aging have approved a funding opportunity for municipalities, community organizations not-for-profits and/or faith-based organizations to …
For first-generation graduate Jahlil Granum, college was a no-brainer. But for some students, going to college isn’t on the map. College enrollment has declined nationally by 9.6% …
The Interfaith Center at SUNY Cortland has been rattling around inside too much space for too long, so it has sold its building and will move into space across the street. The building at …
DRYDEN — Former Tompkins Cortland Community College President Orinthia Montague, died Friday, the college has announced. “Dr. Montague had a tremendous impact on our college, serving …
“In the realm of education, the 21st century has ushered in a wave of innovation and transformation that is reshaping the way we teach and learn. As traditional classrooms give way to …
Maybe it starts with skipping extracurricular activities, then maybe nausea before school starts. Perhaps it progresses to a loss of energy and more absences. However it manifests, students face increased anxiety, the Homer Central School District officials plan a workshop tonight for parents to help their kids cope.
The students sat, hunched over, Tuesday morning watching Brookley Abbate spinning the clay into a bowl. They were contemplating ideas around an ocean theme for the bowls they’ll make, themselves.
DRYDEN – Tompkins Cortland Community College professors will soon create a plan to improve their science, technology, engineering and math program with national experts, following a major …
