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Virgil school set to open as housing in two months

The renovation of the former Virgil School, now the Virgil Community Living Center, is in its final stages and should finish this summer, the project developer said.

The developer of a project converting the former Virgil School into part senior apartment complex and part community center expects tenants to start moving in within 60 days. SVR Realty owner …

Cortland legislators to consider child care funds, July recess

Cortland County legislators will consider on Thursday a $450,000 increase from the state to child care funds and a July recess of the legislature. Cortland County will get 50% more in state aid …

Dryden Fiber expects big expansion within 60 days

‘We didn’t do this on our own’

Patricia and David Deckard, married for 26 years in August, were able to move back in together in February. The two lost stable housing after being evicted in April 2022. They spent nights on friends couches, in treatment, on the street, in warming centers and at the Salvation Army.

The stressors built up, little by little, one after the other for David and Patricia Deckard. A sibling died. Then another. Followed by an uncle, then a cousin as close as a brother. …

News

Unemployment rises to 4.1% in Cortland

Unemployment in Cortland County rose to 4.1% in April as 100 more people were without jobs, but the labor force lost 500 workers. The state Department of Labor reported Tuesday that 900 of the …

Welcome to dairy: The industry has changed, but the milk’s the same

On the first warm day of spring every year as a kid, everyone on the school bus would open the windows on the school bus on the way home. On the way past the freshly manured field. I never found …

Dryden Historical Society meets Wednesday

DRYDEN — The Dryden Town Historical Society will have its annual meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Dryden Village Hall, 16 South St., the organization announced Monday. Doors open for the …

Homer school board plans hearing on code of conduct

The Homer Board of Education will have a public hearing at 6:30 p.m. may 28 at the Homer Training and Education Center on the district’s code of conduct, followed by a regular board meeting.

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The cats of Gilligan's Island: The Musical rehearses the song

Sit right back and you’ll hear a tale at Center for the Arts

Gilligan’s Island is not a perfect musical, said Director Jim Coon. But the perfect cast, and perfect execution, can make it a three-hour tour instead of a three-hour ordeal. Center for …

A re-enactor attends the 2023 New Jersey Renaissance Festival. A series of camps will show participants how to make their own costumes -- as renaissance revivalists or super heroes -- as well as dolls, accessories and other fashions.

Need a new hobby this summer? Take up doll-making, or sew your next Halloween costume. This summer, Magpie Custom Creations, in the Cortland Corset Building on East Court Street, is offering …

Ralph Turturro discusses details of a painting he based on the death of Carole Lombard, the star of the 1938 comedy

‘It’s not just marks on paper’

Artist Ralph Turturro sees a split-second moment in a film, and creates an 8-foot-long painting interpreting it, and everything else surrounding it. Turturro’s show, “Excape …

John Warmb perfoms with his folk punk band Rent Strike. Rent Strike will play next week at Cortland ReUse in a concert including Homer Visitor, Home for Bugs and Officious.

DIY concert space

The punk scene is all about D.I.Y., or doing it yourself, said Sawyer Wolak, a performer and show organizer. That makes Cortland ReUse the perfect venue for the genre. Cortland ReUse is hosting …

Bay plants are a tree, but grow well in pots -- just keep them trimmed to a manageable bush. Dollar for dollar, growing herbs is one of the best investments a cook can make in the kitchen.

Herbs can bring a forest of flavors on your back deck

Nobody told me the herb was a tree. Today, the potted bay plants I bought about a decade ago for about $8 at a farmers market are better termed “saplings.” If I stripped every leaf …

Chunky Kitty Flowers will sell its bouquets at the Cortland Farmers Market this season, which opens May 18 on Court Street. A Homer farmers market opens May 25 outside the Center for the Arts of Homer.

Farmers markets reinvented

The Homer Regional Farmers Market has existed in many shapes and sizes before, but this summer, it will be held weekly, and it will be more than just a place to pick up some vegetables. The …

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Protect your hands from injury during warm weather fun and spring chores

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

Margaret J. Neuman

Margaret J. Neuman, 88, of Route 11, Homer, passed away on May 16, 2024. Calling hours will be held on Tuesday, May 21, 2024 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at the Donald L. Barber Funeral Home, …

Miss Lisa DeStefano

Miss Lisa DeStefano, 53, of Cortland passed away on May 12, 2024 Arrangements will be announced by Riccardi Funeral Home when complete.

Shirley M. Smith King

Shirley M. Smith King, 88, of Cincinnatus, NY, passed away at her home on Tuesday, May 14, 2024. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by the K.L. Sharp Funeral Home, Cincinnatus, NY.

Rollin R Dimick

Rollin R Dimick, 59 of Ithaca died May 9, 2024 at home. Funeral services 11 am Thursday, May 16, 2024. Visitation 4-6 pm Wednesday, May 15, 2024 all at Perkins Funeral Home. Burial in McLean …

Sports

Homer girls lacrosse secures dominant sectional win

Homer's Izzy Tutino, center, breaks toward the goal off a restart Monday night at Homer High School. Tutino scored her firts goal of the season in the Trojans' 19-2 win over Watertown IHC in the first round of the Section III Class D tournament.

The No. 6 Homer girls lacrosse team overwhelmed an inferior and undermanned No. 11 Watertown IHC side to win 19-2 in the first round of the Section III Class D playoffs Monday night at Homer High …

Four local teams set to compete in Section III baseball postseason

The Section III baseball postseason stage is set with Cortland and Homer competing in the Class A tournament, Tully in Class C and McGraw in Class D. All four teams begin postseason play today. …

Cincy softball earns top seed in Section III Class D postseason

Four local teams are competing in the Section III softball postseason, with Cincinnatus earning the top seed in Class D and McGraw the No. 4 seed, Tully earning the No. 6 seed in Class C and Cortland …

Dryden falls in sectional quarterfinals

ELMIRA –– The No. 5 Dryden boys lacrosse team could not keep up with a strong offensive showing from No. 4 Elmira Notre Dame and fell 14-4 in the quarterfinals of the Section IV Class D …

Living & Leisure

3-D printer turns out art

Area 51 owner Fran Crowe poses with a crow that he 3D-printed.

Fran Crowe, owner of gaming store Area 51, was always interested in video games and technology growing up. But when the 3D printer was invented, he thought it was the most sci-fi technological …

NASA launches first space station -- Skylab

Skylab orbits the Earth in 1974. The converted rocket booster orbited the planet as a laboratory for five years.

On May 14, 1973, the United States launched its first space station through NASA. Launched from pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Skylab repurposed unused hardware from the Apollo …

Homer takes ‘The Outsiders’ from the book to the stage

Remy Jensen, Ruthalina Caravella and Emma Robideau run through a scene from the Homer Thespian Society's production of

It’s been a staple of high school English classes for generations. Now it’s on stage in Homer. Homer students of all grades, genders and levels of acting experience will perform …

A student of the world, one dish at a time

Shrimp and swai white fillet ceviche from The Lomo Truck in Woodland Park, N.J. Ceviches has any number of variants throughout the Spanish-speaking world; the best is the one you grew up with.

I grew up in a community with so little cultural diversity that if you looked at it from orbit, you’d go blind. No Asian people; no Hispanic people; no Jewish people and few (if any) …

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Shrimp and swai white fillet ceviche from The Lomo Truck in Woodland Park, N.J. Ceviches has any number of variants throughout the Spanish-speaking world; the best is the one you grew up with.

Shrimp and swai white fillet ceviche from The Lomo Truck in Woodland Park, N.J. Ceviches has any number of variants throughout the Spanish-speaking world; the best is the one you grew up with.

Shrimp and swai white fillet ceviche from The Lomo Truck in Woodland Park, N.J. Ceviches has any number of variants throughout the Spanish-speaking world; the best is the one you grew up with.

Shrimp and swai white fillet ceviche from The Lomo Truck in Woodland Park, N.J. Ceviches has any number of variants throughout the Spanish-speaking world; the best is the one you grew up with.

Shrimp and swai white fillet ceviche from The Lomo Truck in Woodland Park, N.J. Ceviches has any number of variants throughout the Spanish-speaking world; the best is the one you grew up with.

Shrimp and swai white fillet ceviche from The Lomo Truck in Woodland Park, N.J. Ceviches has any number of variants throughout the Spanish-speaking world; the best is the one you grew up with.