Cortland Repertory Theatre presents another “revival” for the third show in its 50th anniversary season, the backstage musical “Kiss Me, Kate.” Last produced at CRT in …
Cortland fair opens July 5 Cortland County Junior Fair takes place Tuesday to July 9 at the Cortland County Junior Fairgrounds in Cortlandville. The public is invited to see agricultural …
Many of us are familiar with the statement “Hospice isn’t about dying, hospice is about living.”But what does that really mean? When I first became involved with hospice, I quickly …
Here's a look at what's happening in Cortland County for the next week:TODAY“Over the River and Through the Woods,” through Friday, Cortland Repertory Theatre, Little York Pavilion, Dwyer …
I was in the kitchen with my husband’s daughter, Rachel, and we were cooking a Father’s Day meal for her dad. She was sautéing green peppers, onions and mushrooms for a steak I …
Matthew 25 Farmseeks volunteersTULLY — Matthew 25 Farm, a nonprofit vegetable farm with a mission to feed the hungry in Central New York, seeks volunteers to help grow vegetables in Tully for …
“Quiet - The Power ofIntroverts in a WorldThat Can’t Stop Talking,”— By Susan Cain,Random House 2013 As children, we are encouraged to make lots of friends. When someone is …
July 4 is approaching and Cortland County has a host of activities to make the most of Independence Day and the summer. Your nation turns 246 only once, so celebrate like it’s 1776. The …
Christian recording artist Sherry Anne will perform July 31 at Cuyler United Methodist Church as part of a free outdoor barbecue and indoor concert.
Carol Healy, 85, of Manhattan is a retired marketing director for Revlon, in its international department. On Friday, she was taking a walk along Main Street, Homer. She has a sister in the village …
In the pause,you hold your breathwaitingto seeif your heartwill decidewhether to go on,whether it will take the next beator if it feelsmuch as you dothat in thiscrazychaoticinscrutableworldchecking …
Softly illuminated by dim morning lightTwo crosses stand along the highway.Two thin, trembling markers,One tall, one small, an unstable shrine,Identifying a sad, tragic split-second -But also, a …
Chestnut, white oak and poplar frame a southwestern sky,their summer leaves mingle with ten knot westerly winds.thus begins - a slow shaking of leaves, dancers waving. imperceptibly leaves change …
There were maybe a dozen stone walkway squares Between an oil and stone road And the steps to the porch of my childhood home A dozen or so average sized strides That I almost never …
Time to make a sore That kept me from the shore I am ready I have stood my ground We can accomplish anything like lions do But how can we make due? If only one of us commits Then …
I was born into a poor familyMy Dad taught me to be honest and free.He raised me gently and taught me to loveSomehow instilling I would be blessed from above. My childhood was dark and the scars …
Moving up the mountaincan cause you pain and stress,but move on up the mountainto find your happiness. Inching up the mountainbut first get through the weeds.While you search for mountaintopsyou …
They’ll serve us coffee when the air raids end. I’ll look down into the hot hole… Resting on my lap, hands cupped I could find a way to live in there forever. This is …
Catastrophe! Calamityas their nests came crashing down;very late, heavy snowfall descendedon ground, trees, and everything beneath;a branch as thick as a manwith many limbs fell to earth;half a dozen …
SometimesIn my mind there is a prairieAnd I stand in tawny grassTo lift my arms to the endless skyIn thanksFor all the crazy thingsThat are going to happenThis day and the next -- Lynn Olcott, …
Down at the Keyshear the ocean breezeIt’s the place to beby the sea — Harvey Neumeister, age 8, of Duluth, Ga.Sent to his grandparents, the Rev. Butch and Connie Neumeister of …
I might just send a candy boxA bouquet made of pretty phloxOr several shares of Apple stocksTo tell her of my love I might just take her out to dineI think it would be very fineAnd she would think …
Cortland Standard readers tackled it all in the latest poetry page. The ideal relationship, Ukraine, a grandparent’s delight, love and struggle — it’s all here. It’s …
Cincinnatus Central School art students won a second place for design in the Olympics of the Visual Arts Competition, said Macksi Warner, art teacher at the school.
ITHACA — The Paleontological Research Institution will host Family Day on Saturday, at its venues, Museum of the Earth and Cayuga Nature Center.
