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Three Cortland County seniors have won the Zonta Club’s 2024 Education Award: •Hannah Wilson, a senior at McGraw High School, won the Jean M. Coon Humanitarian Education Award. She …

Flags at half staff for slain Onondaga police

Flags in Cortland County will fly at half-staff today to honor two Onondaga County police officers who were killed Sunday night in a shootout. “The bravery and dedication exhibited by …

Tapping the tradition

The temperature was 38 degrees. When it wasn't raining, it was snowing. But people still focused on Marathon and the Central New York Maple Festival. People crowded the Maple Museum to buy syrup …

Cortland methadone clinic awaits OK to open in May

A methadone clinic set to open in Cortland expects to start operating next month, pending approvals from state and federal agencies, clinic director Grace Kelley said Friday. Kelley said the …

Cortland County updates its website, domain name

To look at the new Cortland County website means seeing a new visual scheme and some updated images. The real change is in the line above it: its domain name. The new address: …

Library, county and more collecting eclipse glasses

Unless you plan to head to South America in October for the coming annular eclipse, or maybe to Greenland on Aug. 12, 2026, for the next total eclipse, odds are you won’t really need the pair …

Dryden approves local law governing solar PILOTs

DRYDEN — The Dryden Town Board on Thursday adopted a local law governing solar-energy developments. Board members also learned fire coordinator Chris O’Connor continues to pursue …

A Canastota man has been charged with in appropriate sexual contact with a person at least four times in 2010 and 2011 in the Cortland, Cortland County sheriff’s officers said. Nicholas R. …

A new Taco Bell restaurant will break ground at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at 860 Route 13, Cortlandville, in front of the Price Chopper grocery, the Cortland Area Chamber of Commerce has announced. The …

The Cortland Free Library has announced that Kay Zaharis and Priscilla Berggren-Thomas will become interim co-directors of the library as it seeks a permanent position. They begin April 22. …

The village of Homer will work on water mains from 9 a.m. to noon Wednesday on James Street between Bartlett and and Route 281, the village announced Friday. The road will be closed and …

Accused: Heather S. Gee, 43, Penguin Drive, Cortlandville Charges: Seventh-degree possession of a controlled substance, driving while ability impaired by drugs, misdemeanors; no headlights, no …

Neighbors wonder how to use railroad to nowhere

The rattling of a train makes lifelong Cortland resident April Martin feel at home. Twenty years ago, she would listen to the sound of the train passing her house, comforted. “I miss the …

‘We want to learn by doing’

‘We want to learn by doing’ Groton school district to host Summer Career Academy By LILY BYRNE Staff Reporter lbyrne@cortlandstandard.com GROTON – Think of …

Cortland legislators recommend new sheriff’s boat

The Cortland County Sheriff’s Office boat wouldn’t float. And it was 30 years old – county legislators recommended Thursday it be replaced. The county Legislature’s …

Figure skaters shows their ‘True Colors’ this weekend

The ice will be white. The skating show this weekend will be many colors. And it’s all to prepare for a national competition in California where the color scheme will be painted in gold, silver …

Accused: Timothy B. Ritchie, Jr., 44, of Glen Aubrey Charges: Driving while intoxicated, driving with 0.08% or more blood alcohol content, misdemeanors; failure to keep right and driving across …

MORAVIA — Alnye Trucking of Moravia received a Fleet Safety Award from the Trucking Association of New York the association has announced. The awards recognize association members with the …

The United Way for Cortland County has announced it will help food and shelter programs access funding allocated to Cortland County from the federal government through the Emergency Food and Shelter …

The YWCA of Cortland has announced that representatives of state Sen. Lea Webb (D-Binghamton_ will have offers hours from 1 to 4 p.m. the third Monday of the month at the YWCA on Clayton Avenue in …

ITHACA — Tompkins County Administrator Lisa Holmes has announced she will retire at the end of the year. Holmes has been the county’s top administrator since March 22, after having …

Zonta Club of Cortland will be presented Lisa Hoeschele with its 2024 Woman of Achievement at a May 5 event. Hoeschle is the chief executive officer of Family and Children’s Counseling …

Homer board votes next month on billboard development

The town of Homer will decide next month whether it will continue pursuing zoning changes and a local law to allow billboards. “Next month, the town board needs to vote to move ahead or …

Trash costs more but saves on blue bags, private haulers

Cortland is collecting more than twice the trash now than when it used a blue-bag system through 2022, city records show. That means a greater cost to property tax payers, but a savings in neither …

Cortland Mayor Scott Steve said the city will more aggressively enforce its curbside trash, and there are recycling disposal rules to follow as well. The city has been having trouble with some …

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