Because of the recent digital revolution, we now have much more ready access to digitized archives that reveal details about the first pioneers who settled in what would become Cortland County. This …
SEASONAL EVENTS Jan. 26-28: Homer Winterfest 2024. Fireworks, bonfire, arts challenge and more, many locations. Jan. 26: Tu Bishvat, 6:30 p.m., Temple Brith Sholom, 117 Madison St., …
Part 2 of a 6-part series Historians disagree on where the first pioneers, Joseph and Rhoda Beebe, and her brother Amos Todd, landed in Cortland County in 1791. Another issue is …
On Jan. 4, 2004, NASA’s Spirit rover touched down on Mars — 20 years ago this week. Spirit launched from on board a Delta 7925-9.5 rocket from Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, …
Cortland County has a fascinating pioneer history. However, while reading H.P. Smith’s “History of Cortland County,” I was surprised to find on page 186 that in 1791 the first …
SEASONAL EVENTS Dec. 31: Midnight on Main, Main Street Cortland. Streets will be blocked at 6 p.m. The ball drops at Tompkins and Main streets at midnight. Dec. 31: Dancin’ Thru the …
2023 has been another year of growth for the arts in the Cortland area. From new venues, to new shows to reinventing historical concepts. Duck and Red Octopus Short film fest The Ake …
NORAD’s Eastern Air Defense Sector prepares to track Santa on Christmas Eve ROME — New York Air National Guardsmen assigned to NORAD’s Eastern Air Defense Sector in …
John Hartsock had passed the same memorial boulder on the north side of Homer for years: the one that marks the spot where Cortland County’s first white settlers made their first camp. But …
SEASONAL EVENTS Dec. 21: Santa Claus at Cortland Water Works, 5 to 7 p.m., Cortland Water Works, 75 Broadway Ave., Cortland. CORTLAND REPERTORY THEATRE Dec. 31: Dancin’ Thru the …
My mother, Lisa Byrne, makes more than 1,400 Christmas cookies every holiday season. Every Columbus Day, she bakes her first batch of cookies, and stashes them in one of my dad’s recent …
A recent study on data collected from NASA’s Cassini mission might have found evidence of life on Saturn’s moon Enceladus. A chemical called hydrogen cyanide was detected in water vapor …
The Dairy Dreamers 4H Club completed a community service project Nov. 27 with the Homer Fire Department. The group consists of 17 members based out of Little York, with bi-weekly meetings at New …
SEASONAL EVENTS Dec. 14: Santa Claus at Cortland Water Works, 5 to 7 p.m., Cortland Water Works, 75 Broadway Ave., Cortland. Dec. 15: The Christmas Candles, radio play, 1890 House, 7 p.m. …
The extended family would troop across New Hampshire every Christmas Eve when I was a boy, alighting somewhere between sunset and bedtime to fill the living room with noise and gifts under the tree. …
SEASONAL EVENTS Dec. 7: Christmas in Graceland Dinner Show, noon. Performed by Tom Gilbo, Cortland Country Music Park, Cortlandville. Dec. 9: Holiday Brunch: “A Carpenters …
You deserve a chance to meet Santa Claus, whether you are a child, adult, dog, or lizard. Don’t pout – you have some opportunities. He’ll be in town. Cortland Repertory …
ITHACA — Freeing Your Voice will lead a community song circle at 7 p.m. Dec. 8 at the First Unitarian Society of Ithaca, led by Elisa S. Keeler and guest musicians. The event will be at …
Cortland Arts Connect hopes to host free art workshops, encourage local authors to read their works and other free programs with a state grant. The arts organization recently received a $15,000 …
