A colleague is itching to get in to the woods to do some spring hiking, but the mere thought of encountering ticks in the great outdoors has us itching at our desks. Due to several close encounters …

Our disappointment with the proposed districts for the Cortland County Legislature — which you get to vote on in November — lies not so much with what the districts look like, as how they …

We saw this all through our college years — and we still see it today, living in a college town: Every spring, as the students leave for the summer, the locals, students staying in town and …

Norm Stitzel, a Marine Corps veteran, is known for organizing the Toys for Tots program that distributes gifts to nearly 1,000 children every Christmas. Stitzel has been leading …

Greater Cortland area school districts have started to submit their budgets for the 2023-24 school year, and each district’s voters will have a chance to weigh in during public hearings, and …

This newspaper regularly documents the dedication and heroism of firefighters – they give us a lot of opportunities, after all. Just last week, in fact, Cortland firefighters saved a woman from …

The reconstruction of Cortland’s Main Street is a complicated and expensive project. It became even more so when two utility companies would not cooperate, city officials said. The $12 million …

So No-Mow May begins in six days. If you've signed up in the city of Cortland — or your municipality has agreed not to fine you, as Cortlandville has — you can go an entire month without …

We first grew concerned about trees when we took the first spruce out. Or maybe the cherry that followed. Or it could have been the second, third, fourth and fifth spruces.Then the other cherry. Then …

We were young once. No, really. We were. And while the memories may have become a little hazy with the passing years, we remember what it was like to go out to parties and bars on the weekend. Now, …

The contrast between the two photos printed in this newspaper is stark but telling. One taken Sept. 23 shows a small dock mostly surrounded by weeds extending into Little York Lake, blue plastic …

If you’re homeless in the city of Cortland, a lot of people want tohelp you. But there can be large barriers between people withouthomes and the agencies and the organizations that exist to …

That’s a stark difference on Main Street, isn’t it? For days, we’ve strolled down the now-treeless street watching people pass us by, stunned and incredulous. We’ve noticed …

We were thrilled to learn that a possible mating pair of peregrine falcons had taken up residence in the vicinity of SUNY Cortland. We first read about peregrine falcons when we were adolescents, in …

We smile to think of the basic principles we saw in play as Charlie Bertini won a seven-year trademark battle with Apple over the use of Apple Music and AppleJazz: What’s right isn’t a …

I found a dime on the hallway floor outside the high school band room and I was ecstatic. I knew the technical director for the upcoming stage production kept provisions backstage. For 25 cents, …

Eight-year-old Daryna Kosarieva walked up to the stranger sitting in her living room and asked to give him a hug. It was a rebirth of hope. She’s safe, now. Warm and dry and learning …

Bob Howe, the longtime Republican elections commissioner who died in February, could be quite a character. Howe seemed to relish making provocative statements in otherwise normal conversations, and …

Cortland County’s traffic ticket diversion program sounded like a good idea a couple of years ago when it was first proposed, but we had no idea how successful it would be. Since late 2020, …

We worried about the two gaping holes in the pearly white smile of Cortland’s industrial sector. When Voyant announced last fall it would shut down its Cortland facilities, leaving nearly …

When the town of Dryden began planning a municipal broadband service a few years ago to improve access to internet in rural areas not served by private companies, we thought it was a great idea. …

Late last year, we wrote about Cortlandville firefighter Jonathan Alteri, who was honored by the Cortlandville Town Board for rescuing Gregory Robinson of Cortlandville on Dec. 16 from a vehicle …

Being alone and in need of help is a difficult position to be in, regardless of the cause. Senior citizens and people with drug addictions are two groups of people who can find themselves isolated. …

One of the political difficulties of living in Cortland County is that it’s on the back end of every legislature district that represents it. The 19th Congressional District is a dumbbell …

It’s spring now, and that’s when humans start spending more time in the woods and fields, and when ticks reappear following the ravages of winter.Well, the ravages of winter ain’t …