It may not rival the grandeur of the original, but it looks like Cortland County will move ahead next year to build a new dock on Little York Lake in Dwyer Memorial Park. The county Legislature …
To the Editor: In his Sept. 9 letter (“Woe is me”), John Carroll lists three persons to criticize: 1) President Joe Biden 2) NYS Governor Kathy Hochul, and 3) Jim Weiss — for his …
To the Editor: This letter is in response to the recent remarks made by the decrepit old geezer in the White House. I am a MAGA Republican and proud of it! He has said that we are extremists, well if …
To the Editor: I find the paper’s recent opinion piece about the Clinton Avenue bioretention areas a disappointment. It described two separate issues with the work done along Clinton Avenue and …
To the Editor: It was wonderful to see the article in Monday’s paper featuring the work that Mary Kimberly has done to share the history of McGraw’s remarkable New York Central College. …
To the Editor: Brad Moses was the only candidate endorsed to be Madison County Judge but on July 30 he overdosed on fentanyl. A few days later, he resigned as an Assistant DA. Despite a blood test …
To the Editor: A Republican senator tweeted in response to President Biden’s speech in Philadelphia, “With all due respect, Mr. President, there is nothing wrong with Americas …
You were warned. When the YWCA of Cortland and CAPCO announced a plan to have the city acquire the former Parker Elementary School to be renovated as an early childhood education center — a …
A simple handyman project — say, replacing a fixture in the bathroom — shouldn't take too long, right? We bought the replacement part at the hardware store. We collected the tools we …
Although there's probably never a good time for a community to lose a major employer, this is probably about as good as it gets. Ask nearly any local business, and they'll tell you how difficult …
The legacy may appear unusual: a giant woodchuck outfit; a collection of costumes of The Simpsons; photos of a large, hand-made nuclear power plant, then set on fire. Unusual. Silly, even. But …
Wherever you fall on the spectrum of gun control/gun rights, there is no doubt firearms have played an important role throughout history and shaped our world in many ways, ranging from feeding …
With summer now fading into fall, we know many people are dreading the onset of the cold and dark of winter. Feelings of gloom are bubbling, aided and abetted by the oft-gloomy news of our times …
To the Editor: I’d like to respond to John Carroll’s and Chris Kabat’s letters to the Editor in Friday’s newspaper. I’m tired of people complaining about President …
This week in 1972, Grand Way in Cortland advertised a pork chop combo for 79 cents a pound. Today, in inflation-adjusted dollars, that would be $5.56 a pound. Instead, you can get that same combo for …
The city of Cortland is completing a report justifying how it spent American Rescue Plan funds, a daunting task as the Common Council last year failed to lay the foundation for the spending. The …
To the Editor:Well, I guess it was bound to happen, an EDF representative getting a guest column in the paper, having to defend what his company is doing. Having to have an editorial in the paper has …
We’re optimistic about the transformations taking place in the city of Cortland. It was time for an upgrade, and the gateways to the city and its downtown will benefit from the improvements to …
To the Editor:The city of Cortland’s Landscape & Design Commission is now accepting applications for the planting of trees in the city’s right of way. The choice of trees is now …
A community has two valid reasons to institute a user fee for trash removal, such as Cortland's blue bag: to push the cost of the service to the users in proportion to how much they use the service; …
In the worst times of our lives, when we are at our lowest points, there is no way we can express how much it helps to have support to help us through. It seems even more so when it is total …
In 1920, workers at Endicott-Johnson Shoe Corp. in the town of Union in Broome County raised money to erect two stone arches: one at the very eastern edge of the village of Johnson City; the other at …
Children are returning to school this week, with all of the attendant excitement, nervousness and backpacks stuffed full of school supplies. It also means there will be school buses picking up …
If we had to guess, we would predict that the incumbent legislators constitute the majority of people in Cortland County who want the county Legislature to continue at its current size of 17 seats. …
We have been proud of our community’s tenacity in fighting back against opioid addiction. Health agencies have aggressively trained residents in the use of and distributed naloxone, an …
