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‘We’re creating history’

The fifth-grade Marathon class jumps for joy in front of Olympian Lane, the half-circle on front of Appleby Elementary. The class successfully petitioned to name the street after learning about Marathon's history, and realizing the bus circle was nameless.

During a lesson on Marathon’s history, Appleby Elementary School students created their own. In September, while Christine Brandstadt was teaching her fifth-grade class about how street …

Check your snout

The greater Cortland area faces a 50% to 60% chance of warmer-than-normal weather this summer, as well as increased odds for a wet summer, and one punctuated by wildfire smoke from the west.

Rain is a double-edged sword with allergies; on one end, rain helps keep the pollen count in control, but on the other, it helps the pollen spread more easily. Add heat to the mix, and you could …

Trees to return to Cortland

Volunteers and city workers planted 30 trees across Cortland, including four on River Street that were shooting buds Monday.

Landscaping for new trees on Main Street should be done by Labor Day along with the rest of the street’s redevelopment, more than a year after they were cut for construction. Landscape and …

‘One tool in the toolbox’

No Mow May is being observed in Homer and Cortland, but residents must sign up with their municipality. Not mowing gives the season's first wildflowers a chance to bloom and feed pollinators.

Village of Homer residents are encouraged to stop mowing in May – no citations will be issued to registered properties – to help pollinators as they come out of hibernation. Village …

News

YWCA meeting to discuss housing challenges

YWCA Cortland’s board of directors will have its 2024 annual membership meeting at 6 p.m. May 13. This year’s speaker is Carole Coppens, executive director of YWCA Binghamton and …

Cortland school board plans hearing, meetings

The Cortland Board of Education has the following meetings scheduled at the Kaufman Center, 1 Valley View Drive, Cortland: •Thursday — School board workshop on committee structure at …

Homer school board candidates at forum

The League of Women Voters of Cortland County will host a candidate forum May 8 for Homer Central School District board candidates, the district has announced. Five people seek three board …

Program to mark Holocaust Remembrance Day

Temple Brith Sholom will have an interfaith commemorative program Sunday for Yom Hashoah entitled “Remembrance Through Art, Music and Prayer.” The event will be 5 p.m. at the temple …

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How to turn a simple, hum-drum meal into a simple, tasty one? An herb sauce for the chicken, mashed potatoes made with buttermilk for a bit of tang, and a great carrot soup.

So simple I could do it at 11

My mother would call home from work when I was 11. She had forgotten to take supper out of the freezer, and she needed me to cook. I was 11; I hadn’t learned anything about food except …

Henry Carr, the 6-year-old behind the Youtube channel

Cortland 6-year-old teaches cooking on Youtube channel

Most 6-year-olds can’t pronounce prosciutto, let alone film a cooking video with it that garners thousands of views. But Henry Carr of Scott can. The 6-year-old braved the cold weather and rain Wednesday to film an episode of his Youtube show “Cooking with Henry,” at the Community Learning Garden, 3 South Ave., Cortland.

The Hubble Space Telescope floats in orbit in December 1999, as seen from the space shuttle Discovery.

Before James Webb, there was Hubble

On April 24, 1990, the famous Hubble Space Telescope was launched into orbit. The spacecraft was the first space-based telescope ever built. Development started in 1974, a joint endeavor of NASA …

Syracuse-based sideshow performer Jim Goodrich, who goes by the stage name Russel n' Feathers, will be a

A Cursed Circus is coming to Cortland Repertory Theatre

Jambalaya, like gumbo, is a dish easy to personalize, but keep in mind its roots: West African, Spanish and French flavors incorporated into Cajun or Creole cuisines.

Jambalaya vs. gumbo

Sometimes I can be such a doofus. The spouse and I were negotiating the big meal of the week, the meal that provides us our Sunday dinner then fills our lunches for much of the week. …

Pam Wenck, left, and Robert Zollinger spar at their weekly ludosport class. Classes are 6:30 p.m. Mondays at the Cortland YWCA.

‘It’s more than just a sport’

Lightsaber swooshing noises echoed around the Cortland YWCA each Monday evening, as people worked on their combat skills, and had fun while doing it. Robert Zollinger hosts LudoSport classes at …

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Spring chores and recreation can put your hands at risk for wounds, infection, and repetitive strains, making injury prevention important when you head outdoors. Safety and protection are …

Death notices

Mr. Harlen L. Desotell

Mr. Harlen L. Desotell, 61, of Cortland, passed away on April 28, 2024 Arrangements will be announced by Riccardi Funeral Home when complete.

Arthur “Butch” C. Brown, Jr.

Arthur “Butch” C. Brown, Jr., 76, of Lincklaen, NY, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, April 24, 2024, at Wilson Memorial Hospital, Johnson City, NY. Arrangements are incomplete and will be …

Gloria McQuilkin

Gloria McQuilkin, 79, of Cortland, NY passed away on Thursday April 25, 2024. There are no services. The Wright-Beard Funeral Home is assisting the family.

Beverly J. Vaber

Beverly J. Vaber, 89, of Homer, passed away on April 24, 2024 Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by the Donald L. Barber Funeral Home.

Sports

Cortland boys lacrosse's season ends early with loss

Cortland's Wyatt Tinker, left, squares up to defend Chittenango's Brendon Barnard Tuesday night at Cortland Junior-Senior High School.

The Cortland boys lacrosse team trailed 6-5 with 8:28 left Tuesday night at Cortland Junior-Senior High School, but Chittenango ripped off five straight goals to win 11-5 in Cortland’s season …

Cortland's Aubree Larkin, left, battles a Cazenovia defender to get the ball up the field Tuesday at Cortland Junior-Senior High School.

Gambitta gets 100th point in Cortland girls lacrosse loss

Valerosa Gambitta went for five goals and earned her 100th career point in an 18-11 Cortland loss to Cazenovia/Hamilton Tuesday at Cortland Junior-Senior High School. Gambitta’s big moment …

Cortland's Caden Albright gets into a defensive stance against Mexico Tuesday at NBT Bank Stadium in Syracuse.

Cortland baseball's bats come alive late, hold on for win over Mexico

SYRACUSE –– It took five innings for the Cortland baseball team’s offense to get on the board, then the Purple Tigers came alive, took the lead and held on for a 7-2 win over Mexico …

McGraw's Blair Mulcahy takes a pitch in the dirt Monday at Gutchess Lumber Sports Complex. Mulcahy went 3-for-3 with a triple in the Eagles' 9-6 win.

McGraw baseball holds on for CCL win

The McGraw baseball team held up against a late surge from Stockbridge Valley to win 9-6 Monday at Gutchess Lumber Sports Complex. The Eagles are now 7-1 and had not played since April 16. …

Living & Leisure

Clouds eclipse the solar eclipse in Cortland area

The Moon's shadow covering portions of Canada and the U.S. during a total solar eclipse as seen from the International Space Station on Monday, Aug. 8. This is a better view than what Cortland got.

That was disappointing. After weeks of hype leading up to the eclipse last week, as the complete solar eclipse was expected April 8, I was standing on the roof of the Cortland Standard building …

Solar eclipses and what you saw (or almost saw) April 8

Alder Finlay-Morrison, 7, of Brattleboro, Vt., looks through a special telescope that was set up by Emily Zervas, the director of the Putney, Vt., Library, during an event at the Putney Central School as part of the solar eclipse on Monday, April 8.

A solar eclipse, like the one that upstate New Yorkers almost got to see April 8, occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun. The Moon casts a shadow that blocks out the Sun from our …

Cortland poet delivers gentle messages on harsh changes

While the call-to-action to stop climate change is urgent, poetry, as a vessel, can deliver the important message in a gentle way, said author Nancy Avery Dafoe. Cortland native Dafoe has …

How not to spoil kids: Teach responsibility

If you want responsible adults, give them chores as kids, developmental psychologist Thomas Lickona says.

A single mother who works full time says that when she gets home from work and asks her 16- and 14-year-old daughters for help with dinner, they respond, “That’s your job.” A …

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If you want responsible adults, give them chores as kids, developmental psychologist Thomas Lickona says.

If you want responsible adults, give them chores as kids, developmental psychologist Thomas Lickona says.

If you want responsible adults, give them chores as kids, developmental psychologist Thomas Lickona says.

If you want responsible adults, give them chores as kids, developmental psychologist Thomas Lickona says.

If you want responsible adults, give them chores as kids, developmental psychologist Thomas Lickona says.

If you want responsible adults, give them chores as kids, developmental psychologist Thomas Lickona says.