The sun broke through the clouds just as the Homer High School marching band began pacing down Main Street in Homer. “That’s good luck, isn’t it?” asked Paula Senno of …
On-and-off rain throughout the day on Saturday left Yaman Beach empty on Saturday afternoon, a day that was the first the beach opened for the season. The lifeguard chairs sat empty and rain …
Richard Small gestured to a framed black-and–white photo of William Phelps, a strongly built man smiling in his Air Force uniform and bomber jacket. The picture was surrounded by medals, …
Josh Pratt walked his two puppies at a Preble rest area on Interstate 81 on his way from Boston in Western New York to Oneida Lake. He was one of the 35 million people the American Automobile …
A Cortland woman has been indicted on a charge of criminally negligent homicide, accused of failing to administer medication to an 8-year-old child, leading to the child's death, Cortland police reported.
Prayer, song, candlelight, and mourning people filled a Cortland chapel Thursday during a vigil for victims of mass shootings in a Buffalo supermarket and a Texas elementary school. “We …
Helen Haldane walked so people with mental illness don’t feel ashamed, and so they get help. She was among almost 100 people, wearing shirts that read “Mental Health Heroes” …
Two cats were rescued, and no injuries were reported in a fire Wednesday morning that heavily damaged Reilly’s Cafe on Main Street in the village of Marathon. Firefighters extinguished the …
Maryrose Livingston was 9 years old on a trip to Ireland with her family when she realized she wanted to become a farmer. “I saw a guy milk a cow and I just thought that was the coolest …
Year after year – 34 of them, in fact – 5- and 6-year-olds filled Kelly Reppenhagen’s classroom at Homer Elementary School. Dozens of excited, curious, enthusiastic, and probably …
The village of Homer is set this year to spend $130,000 to repave streets, some of which will be closed to traffic while work is underway, said village Highway Superintendent Phil Stockton. …
The city of Cortland is asking residents how to improve its trash collection system — funded by blue bags. Make it cheaper, a pair of residents said Monday. “We don’t use the …
Gary St. John adjusted the pad, kneeled down and scrubbed the gravestone.A splash of water, a switch to a smaller brush to clean a year’s worth of dirt, dust and grass from the engraved …
Ragtime music filled the air Saturday at Rose Hall in Cortland as Jazz Happens Band lew horns, plucked banjos and jammed keyboards before more than 30 people. In front of the stage, organizations …
SUNY Cortland donned a Hollywood feel Saturday for the Blackbird Film Festival: staged photos, VIP passes, people mingling with filmmakers, artists, producers and actors. The films weren’t …
Jason Noble waited at a Dryden gas station about 5:15 p.m Thursday, as usual, about the time route 6 from Cortland to Dryden would arrive. He knew it would get there, eventually. “At noon, I …
Greater Cortland area food pantry officials report a program to help people — regardless of income — is seeing increased use as the prices of food escalate across the nation. Food …
RICHLAND — An 80-year-old Tully man was charged Wednesday following reports of shots fired and an afternoon-long standoff in the town of Richland, in Oswego County. Robert G. Bailey, 80, of …
Sitting in her new office, Andrea Piedigrossi is excited, even though she has worked in the same place for 18 years. She could not have imagined herself as the head of the Cortland Youth Bureau …
The historic East River Crossing Road bridge, built in 1913 over the East Branch of the Tioughnioga River in Homer, is set to be moved to Cinncinatus in 2024 to be used as a snowmobile bridge. …
