To the Editor: As the attorney representing over 120 (and growing) Cortland County retirees who now have to sue their former employer just to stop the theft of their federal Medicare benefits …

To the Editor: In 2020, the community of Satartia, Mississippi was unprepared for the calamity that was about to hit, as fog enveloped the area, fog caused by carbon dioxide emissions (also …

Lime Hollow at 30 years — some reflections Charles Yaple     William Shakespeare once observed that “All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women …

To the Editor: The phrase “All politics is theater, and all theater is political’’ is hardly tongue-in-cheek. It aptly describes the newest trend among political candidates in 2023 — …

To the Editor: Elected federal representatives know their responsibility is to run our government. Being aware of timelines doesn’t even give them incentive to do that. Keeping government …

To the Editor: Regarding the future of Parker School: there will be a Ward 2 meeting in the Parker School gym from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday. Although this meeting is for Ward 2, all are welcome. I …

To the Editor: I’d like to respond to your editorial on the Cortland area opioid problem. I am not an expert, nor am I a representative of any organization addressing this matter. I am …

Football. Anyone? Karla Alwes     With the arrival of September come school, autumn, and for some, the obsession of football. I watched my token game of football …

To the Editor: A history professor from Cornell University said that The Central New York Living History Museum is “The best little museum in America, and it is not so little.” …

To the Editor: Despite the fact that I will be 63 at the end of the year, I can still vividly remember when I was three years old, my sole sibling patiently teaching me how to read. My big …

To the Editor: Concerning the Cortland County retiree health plan switch to the United Healthcare Medicare Advantage plan: Just the facts, as this retiree understands them to be. Speaking …

To the Editor: Once again the complete idiocy of a Hitch cartoon pollutes the pages of the Cortland Standard (Sept. 7). Hitch depicts John Kerry holding two signs: “Save the Planet” and …

To the Editor: There are two lessons to be learned from the Albany Times Union editorial on future heat waves, published in the Cortland Standard Aug. 29. The first is on the issue of …

To the Editor: I speak only for myself, though I think I’m joined by more county retirees than I may know. To say I’m beyond disgusted with the county Legislature is an understatement. …

To the Editor: Real numbers for city of Cortland finances are not being shared with the public, and this is concerning. The 2021 audit should have been completed and released over a year ago, …

      Not long ago, while strolling through Homer’s Glenwood Cemetery, my eye caught sight of an intriguing gravestone. What attracted me was that it was clearly a …

To the Editor: When Cortland County retirees were invited to a meeting about health insurance, they were assured during the session and repeatedly thereafter that the Advantage plan was being …

To the Editor: The American healthcare system is a broken one. Compared with other major industrialized countries, we spend twice as much per capita on health services and pay nearly three times …

To the Editor: In response to Marathon Central School having the electric bus proposal shot down, I would like to know how many people that think this is a great idea were at the meeting.? I …

To the Editor: The city of Cortland is pleased to offer a beautiful new tree for the planting in the city’s right of way. The choice of trees is now available on the city’s web page …

Retired Cortland County employees have for decades retired under a contract that promised them they would, upon becoming age-eligible for Medicare, be provided with secondary health insurance to …

Thomas Lickona The sexual revolution normalized pornography. The Internet made it ubiquitous. In The New York Times (Sept. 6, 2021), Catharine MacKinnon, a feminist scholar and University …

Valerie Patridge No matter who we are or where we come from, we all know at least one person affected by opioid use disorder. OUD is a medical disorder characterized by an inability to stop …

To the Editor: News reports of horrifying climate change destruction are almost a daily occurrence. It’s like being in a war. In fact we are in a war — a war with nature. The media lists …

To the Editor: How did we allow the governments of the United States of America to become disgraceful? Do you remember anything like what is going on in the last few years happening before? …