A year after the city of Cortland bought the former Parker Elementary School from the Cortland Enlarged City School District for $91 to help create a early childhood education center, it’s …
This Christmas, don’t give an unwanted gift to a loved one.No, we don’t mean socks, although the older we get, the more we appreciate a good pair of socks. Influenza, COVID-19 and …
The details of the Maccabean revolt of 168 to 164 BCE are, of course, clouded by nearly 2,200 years, but the themes it inspires remain: the story of indomitable will; of light following a long …
We don’t have anything against the Independence Party, but we’re glad it will have to choose a new name in the coming year. New York is prohibiting political parties from using the words …
Ten years ago this week, 20 children and six staff members died in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Connecticut. Since then, the event has remained in the news. It’s frequently …
We asked ourselves this question several times over the past few weeks: Is there any way a school district’s mascot could respectfully and tastefully represent indigenous imagery? Could a …
The town of Cortlandville needed nearly 45 years to develop a comprehensive plan, unveiled a year ago with the promise that the requisite zoning and code changes to enact it would be completed in …
Crime was down in Cortland County from 2020 to 2021, state data show. You’d never imagine that from all the breast-beating and fear-mongering of last fall’s election campaigns in an …
We recall a time when mental health wasn’t a topic of polite conversation — when people wouldn’t feel comfortable discussing their visits to a counselor, or openly discuss dealing …
How does one preserve a 19th Century aesthetic in a village with 21st Century technology? Yeah, we haven’t quite figured it out, either, but that’s the position the village of Homer …
Pregnancy and childbirth are a … complicated time, to put it lightly. The emotions and situations vary from mother to mother and from pregnancy to pregnancy, but two lives hang in the balance …
The last two years were difficult on everyone as the COVID-19 pandemic kept people apart to protect us from a potentially deadly virus that has killed more than 1 million Americans so far. The sense …
Some of us can remember the excitement of the space race of the 1960s that stretched into the early 1970s, as America and the then-Soviet Union competed to put a man on the moon first.It was …
The stumps and trunks lay along the side of Church Street in Cortland: a pair of once-majestic trees that shaded Courthouse Park’s western edge.We’re sorry to see them go, and we …
This holiday season, we encourage you to shop local when you’re looking for the right gift. With an ever-expanding roster of retailers and other small businesses in the greater Cortland area, …
This will be the third holiday season we’ve been nervous to get together with friends. We’re vaccinated and boosted — at least against COVID-19 — but there’s more to …
A new drug court in Cortland City Court is aimed at pressing for treatment, rather than punishment, an effort so pressing that a judge is moving to begin work even before state funding is released …
We’ll be spending all day tomorrow telling our loved ones how much we appreciate them, but today we want to thank you, our readers, for being a part of this community’s newspaper. It is …
A vacant property off South Pendleton Street stands as a reminder of both the city’s manufacturing glory days and lingering environmental troubles that some companies left behind.The property …
Our favorite contribution to a drive, bucket or container to supply a food pantry is dried beans. They’re a nutritious protein source. They require no refrigeration — which until recently …
Following the announcement last month of a major technology company setting up shop in Onondaga County, community leaders were quick to point out that we had opportunities to capitalize locally. …
The name sounds so innocuous: bath salts. As if they’re something you’d sprinkle in a warm tub. In reality, they’re a category of designer drugs that mimic the effects of LSD, PCP, …
We were glad to see construction crews working in recent months off Route 13 in Cortlandville just outside the city of Cortland, a sign of efforts to fulfill a significant community need for senior …
Despite a little drizzle, families were able to celebrate Halloween by trick-or treating without the customary parkas and snowboots that usually ruin our costumes. We’ve actually worn shorts …
Americans have just finished exercising their most important duty, and right, as citizens — electing political leaders. Regardless of whether a favored candidate was elected, the outcome has to …
