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Recreational therapist: Happiness is a practiced lifestyle

Resilience brings happiness, and happiness reinforces resilience, which is defined by recreational therapist Marty Golub as a person’s ability to recover from misfortune. Golub explained …

Methadone clinic addresses concerns, to provide security

Cayuga Addiction Recovery Services will provide a security guard and other safeguards at a methadone clinic it plans to open on Euclid Avenue in Cortland, even as it continues meetings to address neighbors’ concerns.

To reduce toxic lead paint, homeowners, landlords have to pay

A lack of state or county funding means homeowners and landlords must pay to remove toxic lead paint from their properties – and that could be more than 70% of homes in Cortland County. …

Osteoporosis occurs when your body loses too much bone, makes too little bone, or both. The disease is often described as silent because your bones may weaken over time without causing outward …

CACTC, expands reach, changes its model

The job won’t change for what is now Cortland Area Communities That Care, but its name will as it becomes the Rural Health Institute of New York and expands the area it serves, eventually …

Schools face milk shortage

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 …

Talks between rehab clinic, neighbors, city continue

Conversations between the CEO of a proposed methadone clinic on Euclid Avenue, residents and city officials are continuing, and have made some progress, Cortland Mayor Scott Steve said. Steve …

Cortland County has a lead-poisoning rate nearly four times higher than the rest of the state, the county Health Department announced Thursday as it released its 2023 Cortland County Childhood Lead …

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 …

Seven Valleys to host first food rescue network conference

 Seven Valleys Health Coalition hopes that hosting the state’s first Food Rescue Network conference will help save at least some of the 8.6 billion pounds of food wasted in the state each year, and perhaps connect that food to people who need it.

The League of Women Voters online voter guide, Vote 411, is now live at www.Vote411.org , the organization has announced. It features candidate information on all candidates in Cortland County …

Groton Avenue between Main Street and Monroe Heights in Cortland will be closed 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. through Friday to allow for the installation of sanitary sewer connections, the city announced …

Quest for a new future

Tatiana Kolodych’s life changed – perhaps forever – 597 days ago, the day the first explosions turned her home into a war zone and began a months-long, three-nation odyssey to find …

Community Immunization Ambassadors of Cortland County will host informational sessions to encourage residents to get vaccines from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 26 and Nov. 17 at the Age Well Center, 165 …

The village of Homer has banned hunting at Glenwood Cemetery at routes 90 and 281, the village announced Thursday. The village board voted unanimously Sept. 26 to now allow hunting, to assure …

Cayuga Health System of Ithaca and Arnot Health Inc. of Elmira have announced they are seeking state approval to affiliate, creating a parent company to oversee both health organizations. …

A new generation of mammogram technology at Cayuga Health’s Cayuga Medical Center, its East Campus and Cortland outpatient offices, and Schuyler Hospital is providing more sensitive and …

'You are your environment'

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% …

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 …

The Alvena Avenue entrance to Guthrie Cortland Medical Center in Cortland will be closed to traffic for parts of the afternoons on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday to allow for work on a project to …

The federal government’s announcement Wednesday that it will send free COVID test kits to anyone who asks, starting Monday, comes as Tompkins County’s top public health officials warn of …

Homer workshop to help parents cope with kids’ anxiety

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.

Neighbors, council object to methodone clinic project

About 20 Euclid Avenue neighborhood residents who attended Tuesday night’s Cortland City Common Council meeting, concerned about a proposed methodone clinic planned in a medical complex on …

Legislators back 10.4% insurance increase for county employees

Cortland County legislators recommended Tuesday a 10.4% health insurance rate increase for county employees and retirees, preventing a nearly $1.3 million loss elsewhere in the county budget. …

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