We normally take lists of the best places, and worst places and whatever places with more than a grain of salt. We’ve seen bogus metrics, concocted data and stretches of the imagination that …

Farmers operate within an interesting paradox. In many ways, the rhythms of their lives are much the same as those of farmers 10,000 years ago — wake up early, tend to the animals, plant in the …

Apparently not satisfied after having priced themselves out of relevance, Cortland County legislators will consider on Thursday yet another way to sabotage the introduction of solar energy to the …

We know the winter holiday season gets a lot of attention, but there is clearly a lot to celebrate during this time of year. Schools are celebrating their graduating seniors, with Cortland and …

The former Parker Elementary School will not reopen as a school. It will not be filled with child-care programs. Despite the wishes of neighbors of the Madison Street building and others in the wider …

This week, after the Cortland community began to settle into springtime with the departure of SUNY Cortland students following graduation ceremonies, the greater Cortland area is full of activity as …

So, Cortland County has decided to let its month-old ban in asylum seekers lapse. County leaders say the decision to lift the ban enacted May 12 on largely Latino asylum seekers expected to enter …

After being awarded a $10 million state Downtown Revitalization Initiative grant in February, the hard work now begins as Homer village officials and business owners met last week with state economic …

The last couple of days have been decidedly weird. The sunlight is the wrong color. What began Tuesday morning as a light smell of smoke, like a newly-lit campfire, is now an omnipresent, …

Following the defeat of the first proposed Cortland city schools budget last month, the district has drafted a new proposal that is $1 million less and it will be sent to a new vote June …

Since even before the Cortland Enlarged City School district closed Parker Elementary School in July 2019, a lot of people have worked very hard to prevent the property from being converted into low- …

In our dreams, we see a tunnel of green — often ramrod straight, sometimes it wends along rivers and streams or along leafy city streets, but the trail goes ever on, extending from the village of …

While leaders of the Center for the Arts of Homer mark 20 years this month since the entertainment and arts venue was founded, it’s both looking back on accomplishments and toward goals for the …

Somewhere between the logistics of planning a stroll down Main Street in Cortland, the never-ending dust that seems to fill our nostrils, and the window-rattling, conversation-ending, …

There is a long weekend coming up, the first of the summer. While we enjoy getting together with family and friends for picnicking, boating and other pleasures, we are obliged to take a moment to …

Governments, non-profit organizations, even libraries are doing what they can to help the greater Cortland area’s expanding population of homeless people — 50% more than just before the …

The Cortland County Legislature formed a committee Monday night to plan for a potential influx of asylum seekers coming from New York City — a week and a half after Legislature Chairman Kevin Fitch …

The Cortland Enlarged City School District’s proposed 2023-24 budget was one of only nine defeated statewide in May 16 referendums and the cause could not have been more obvious. The $54.5 …

The Cornell University study was mesmerizing in how little actually new information it provided, but how validating that information was. It seems that a large chunk of upstate New Yorkers …

We can’t imagine a life without music. We remember the lullabies of our infancy, the popular music of our teen years, the first dance with our new spouse and the songs that lifted our spirits when …

What emergency? It’s an interesting juxtaposition: Cortland County will welcome, with open arms, people in dire straits and who need help — if they’re white people from Europe, perhaps …

A colleague told us about his experiences house hunting in the greater Cortland area about 25 years ago, and how he and his wife passed on buying an otherwise lovely home …

One of the greatest hoaxes in American history has a link to the village of Homer and is seeing renewed attention more than 150 years after it drew worldwide notoriety. The village Zoning Board …

It’s called pothole politics. It’s not necessarily a bad idea: Everyday problems that make life in a community harder need to be dealt with. The pothole at the end of your driveway needs …

If today’s high school seniors are anything like we were all those many years ago, their emotions are in high gear right now. The end of the school year is fast approaching, the weather is nice …