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Dryden renews three fire contracts, but not Etna’s

DRYDEN – Six weeks after cutting back to five fire departments serving Dryden by stopping funding for the Brooktondale department, the Dryden town board further shrunk its roster of departments …

Accused: Craig S. Morris, 60, of Champlin Road, Groton Charges: First-degree aggravated unlicensed operation, a felony; driving while intoxicated, a misdemeanor; consuming alcohol in a motor …

DRYDEN — Tompkins Cortland Community College celebrated 123 December graduates at a recent ceremony. Student speaker Kyleigh Golden-Appleton, the Student Government Association president, …

Tompkins County has launched a new website at www.tompkinscountyny.gov following nearly two years of design and development. “The website is our primary public information tool. There are …

Accused: Alexander J.N. Caulfield, 23, of Concord, Massachusetts. Charges: Driving while intoxicated, a misdemeanor. Details: State police stopped Caulfield’s vehicle for speeding …

Heater caused fatal Groton fire

       

Dryden Fiber reports busiest month to date; 150 request service

DRYDEN – Life for the people behind Dryden Fiber grew somewhat more exciting during November: a record 150 new requests for service. More than 50 yard signs have been placed on …

The state Department of Transportation will have an online public meeting Wednesday to outline plans to replace or repair 16 large culverts in Central New York, including four in Cortland County and …

ITHACA — Tompkins County officials have announced they plan to buy a property on Cherry Street in Ithaca to develop a long-term emergency shelter. The Tompkins County Legislature will …

DRYDEN — One person was injured Saturday when a pickup truck crashed into a house on Minea Road in Dryden, Tompkins County sheriff’s deputies said. A 2015 Ford F-350 traveling east …

Enrollment up at TC3, on par at SUNY-Cortland

          Enrollment up at TC3, on par at SUNY-Cortland However, enrollment of people of color below state ratios     …

Tompkins County Whole Health warns of a recall on multiple sizes and brands of organic whole and baby carrots that were sold at Wegmans, Trader Joe’s, Tops and GreenStar Food Co-op. The carrots …

Dryden firefighters head to Orange County for wildfires

DRYDEN — Firefighters from four Tompkins County departments — three of them in the town of Dryden — will deploy to Orange County to fight a brush fire that has already killed one …

Dryden Fiber breaks growth record, reaches 25% of homes

DRYDEN – Dryden Fiber reported another record-setting month in terms of adding customers in September, and now reaches 25% of Dryden’s households and 20% of the town’s addresses. …

The number of flu and flu-like illnesses is rising in Central New York state data show, but overall, the number of cases is only slightly elevated from a year ago. Still, that comes as Tompkins …

Grit on an electric scooter

All Shook Up, Finding Purpose After Traumatic Brain Injury Debra J. White Vine Leaves Press 2024 In 1994, author Debra J. White lived in Freeville, and was walking her dogs one January …

Two different bacterial respiratory illnesses are on the rise in the greater Cortland area, Tompkins County Whole Health warns: pertussis, commonly known as whooping cough, and M. pneumoniae, …

DRYDEN — A re-use and deconstruction professional will discuss how to preserve communities by deconstructing buildings at 7 p.m. Thursday at Dryden Village Hall, sponsored by The Dryden Town …

LANSING — Tompkins County has banned open burning for 30 days following several brush fires, including one that damaged nearly 10 acres and injured three people Friday on East Shore Drive in …

Accused: Jacub J. Hemingway, 21, of Ithaca Charges: Third-degree criminal possession of a weapon, a felony; fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon, a misdemeanor Details: Hemingway …

Dryden switches fire coverage to Varna from Brooktondale

DRYDEN – Dryden’s Town Board has reduced the number of fire departments serving the town from six to five, but doesn’t expect a decline in service when Jan. 1 rolls around. If …

DRYDEN — Tompkins County’s Citizen Preparedness Corps will have a training session at 6 p.m. Nov. 13 at the Dryden Fire Department on North Street. The session, led by New York …

Grant writer, fire department study comes to Dryden in 2025

DRYDEN – Other than $15,000 for a grant writer’s position and $25,000 to fund half the cost of a study of the town’s fire departments in 2025, the town of Dryden’s budget …

Dryden broadband needs old-school phone number

DRYDEN – The effort to make reliable affordable high-speed internet service available at every address in Dryden and Caroline, means that Dryden Fiber intends to do something about its — …

DRYDEN — The Dryden Town Board will have a special meeting at 2 p.m. Friday to consider: •Responses to a request for proposals to prepare plans to develop land behind the town hall …

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