Kayla Smith focused on the purple flag as she wrote precisely: “Cheryl Smith.” The name was underlined and a heart punctuated it. Cheryl Smith has missed many milestones since she died of an opioid overdose in 2021, her daughter said Thursday at a vigil marking International Overdose Awareness Day at Courthouse Park in Cortland.
The Cortland Retired Nurses will meet at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday at Perkins Restaurant in Cortland. All retired medical professionals are welcome. Tompkins offers preparedness training The next …
Dr. Philip Heavner’s favorite part of being a pediatrician: the babies. “Oh, it's the babies,” Heavner said. “Babies are interesting. Some medical providers are really …
GROTON – Groton firefighters have been discussing a new fire station since 1990. By next summer, they’ll have it. And new offices for village administration, too. The $4.2 …
Accused: Albert M. Thompson, 66, of McGraw Marathon Road, Cortlandville Charges: Criminal obstruction of breathing, a misdemeanor Details: Thompson was arrested at 7:38 p.m. Wednesday after a victim …
GROTON — Old Chatham Creamery in Groton won two gold medals, a silver and an award of excellence for its dairy products at the New York State Fair, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Wednesday. …
Snak: kconlon@cortlandstandard.com About two months ago, just up Route 13 from the Truxton Fire Station, a man was trying …
DRYDEN – Fire departments often assist each other with putting out fires. The Town of Dryden fire departments have taken mutual aid to another level - applying for and winning a $400,000 grant. …
Accused: Ereik R. Alexander, 27, of Forest Drive, Cortlandville Charges: Second-degree criminal contempt, a misdemeanor Details: Alexander violated an order of protection about 3:11 p.m. Tuesday at …
A Pennsylvania-based company has acquired the Cortland-based Ames Linen, which has been working and locally owned for more than a century, the two companies announced Wednesday. ImageFIRST of …
A man convicted raping a child in 2018 argued Tuesday in Cortland County Court that his conviction should be thrown out because his lawyer did a poor job. Matthew Price, 37, of Marathon, was …
Passers-by can count them Thursday evening: 296 purple flags at Courthouse Park in Cortland. One for each person lost each day to overdose in America – 108,000 deaths a year.
The Pall Cortland plant in Cortlandville has announced layoffs and an early retirement incentive program effective Saturday to reduce staffing by up to 90 workers in response to months of reduced …
Every addiction has its cost. For smokers, that goes up $1 per pack, starting Friday, when the tax per pack of cigarettes rises to $5.35.
ITHACA — Ten people have been charged with kidnapping and killing an Ithaca man from behind a Lowes in Ithaca, an area known as the “Jungle,” state police said Monday A hundred …
Crews will connect new water services today to the existing main on West Court Street in Cortland, the city announced Monday, bringing water disruptions between Main Street and Monroe Heights. …
Accused: Valkyrie Niles, 36, of Sutton Road in Cincinnatus Charges: Third-degree grand larceny, third-degree welfare fraud, four counts of first-degree offering a false instrument for filing, …
It’s not every town that you can trade farm animals, attend a horse pull, enter vegetables in competitions and ride a buggy down the street, but at Marathon’s 1890 Union Fair it’s all possible.
The writing coach at the journalism seminar all those years ago was insistent: “If you want to be a good writer, read good writing.” Seems pretty simple, and it works. But all this …
Cortland County farmers – and the businesses that support them – could see a harvest of profit as the state enacts a requirement that state agencies that buy food must buy 30% of it from …
Homer students this year won’t face a long list of supplies getting checked off after a pricey Walmart run, and kids won’t have to fight over whose Spider-Man notebook is cooler. …
A woman in her 60s died Saturday afternoon in a motorcycle crash on Interstate 81 in Cortlandville, state police reported. Four motorcycles were headed north about 3:21 p.m. when one of the …
Betty Ann Pitman has played hardball and softball; she’s led children and saved lives – and for this, Pitman was named Cortland County 2023 Senior Citizen of the Year. The …
The man arrested following a 3 1/2-hour standoff Aug. 11 faces another appearance in September in Cortland City Court, where he stands accused of breaking into a neighbor’s apartment in his …
When Rebecca Vliet’s twin daughters were born six weeks early, she needed a pediatrician – immediately. The search began. Sixteen years later, following a couple of retirements and …
