I noted an announcement about a meeting to discuss a possible closing of the Etna Post Office. I couldn't make it, but the Cortland Standard's Scott Conroe reported on Thursday's meeting. (The article didn't make it to their website, unfortunately.)...
The Ithaca Journal reports this morning on Thursday night's zoning meeting , giving it the ominous headline "Dryden zoning issue spurs death threat". The Cortland Standard also reported, oddly noting the comment that ended with the threat without mentioning the...
I've been slack lately on Dryden, but it's good to see that someone's taken up regular blogging in Cortland. It looks like they just started, but it's a great start! (Thanks to NYCO for pointing it out.)...
Sadly, the Cortland Standard keeps shrinking the amount of news they put on their website. (They did have a piece on TC3 students trying out teaching.) Elsie Gutchess let me know that the Standard had an article on April 21st,...
The Cortland Standard's ever-smaller web version is easier to catch up with, though not entirely happy. There's an article on a missing manager of a Dryden convenience store, who was last seen at her Killawog home Tuesday night. They also...
Finally catching up with a week or so of the Ithaca Journal - Freeville resident Rachel Dickinson reflects on her visit to Tibet in July 2006 in the light of recent riots, concluding sadly: It makes me so sad to...
Last night's Cortland Standard has an extended article on nine TC3 students visiting Guatemala for two weeks over January....
Last night's Cortland Standard had an article on the challenges facing small-town downtowns, including the Village of Dryden. Village Mayor Reba Taylor gets the pull quote in the print version - "I think a thriving downtown is always a good...
The Cortland Standard reports on the Town of Dryden's plans for road repair in 2008....
I'm still catching up from a couple of days in New York City, but Cathy Wakeman wrote yesterday about medical professionals moving from practice to practice. She also notes a grant that helped Southworth Library buy 54 new children's books....
Saturday's Cortland Standard is loaded with Dryden news. There's an article on the opening of the TC3 Learning Commons, an article on the agreement between the Town and Village of Dryden on the Cortland Road Sewer Contract, and an update...
Tonight's Cortland Standard visits a Press Day at Dryden Elementary which gave students a chance to talk about donating their hair, learn about journalism, and find out more about the hair donations....
I've been writing about the Cortland Road Sewer District contract negotiations almost as long as I've been writing this site. The district, north of the Village of Dryden, is administered by the Town but uses the Village sewer plant, which...
Looking back through the past few days of the Cortland Standard, they report on the Dryden Schools' Superintendent search, which hopes to have interviews in March. They also report on Caroline Supervisor Don Barber's raising $125,000 toward a State Senate...
Last night's Cortland Standard reports that Freeville Elementary is on the state's list of underperforming schools, though the school only covers Kindergarten through second grade and testing starts at third grade. They also report on the grant to protect the...
The Cortland Standard reports that Village of Dryden and its police union agreed on a three-year contract....
Last night's Cortland Standard has an article on holiday donations from Dryden Middle School. Two teachers participated in the "Give One, Get One" program of One Laptop Per Child. Another teacher gave a goat to an African village, and another...
Tonight's Cortland Standard takes a look at the $100,000 in SUNY Workforce Development Training Grants that will be applying to training for 400 employees of local businesses. Marietta, Pall, and Borg Warner are among the companies mentioned....
Saturday's Cortland Standard has a more detailed look at a strange problem with TC3 and the Cortland Road Sewer District: TC3 President Carl Haynes said Friday no one noticed the that the college's fifth dorm, completed during the summer, was...
The election pretty well wiped me out, and I haven't kept up with the past few days of either the Ithaca Journal or the Cortland Standard. Here's a quick look at Dryden-related stories in the Journal: Democrats across the county...
The Cortland Standard has a lot of Dryden news in today's issue. There's a long article about preparations to limit school shootings that starts at Dryden Elementary. They also have a report on the benefit for Keith and Nancy Yaeger...
A house on Hickory Circle burned early Sunday morning, sending seven people to the hospital. The Varna Volunteer Fire Company responded to a call about smoke, finding the house catching fire shortly after their arrival. Lack of water meant that...
This morning's Cortland Standard reports on the Village of Dryden. There's an overview of upcoming elections, in which two Democrats (Lisa Valentinelli and Elizabeth Gutchess) and two Republicans (Bob Witty and Randy Sterling) are running for two trustee seats. The...
This evening's Cortland Standard has an article called "Blogosphere gives rise to present-day penny presses", taking a look at the phenomenon of blogging. I talked with them a few times over the past few weeks, and I'm glad to see...
Update - Or not: see the comments. This evening's Cortland Standard reports that State Senator Jim Seward, who represents a strangely-shaped district stretching from Dryden to the Hudson River and up to Old Forge, "has been elevated to the No....
Yesterday's Cortland Standard has more on the perpetually delayed New York State Department of Transportation maintenance facility. Back in February 2004 the Village of Dryden annexed land on its northern edge to accomodate plans for the project, which needed to...
This morning's Cortland Standard has an article on the Lew-Lin dairy farm, looking at the challenges - and excitement - of passing a farm from one generation to the next: Steven Stuttle could have stayed in Pennsylvania after college, but...
I'm delighted to report that the Cortland Standard now has a web site. Their issue on the 12th includes a report on the Dryden 9/11 memorial, and I'm sure there will be more Dryden news to come. I often find...
I wrote about the empty storefronts in the Village of Dryden a couple of days ago, and tonight's Cortland Standard takes a deeper look. Ida Pease talks with store owners who've moved, and with the owner of Googer's Bakery, home...
Last night's Cortland Standard has an article, "Dem seeks Dryden seat", on page 3. Sure enough, the "Dem" is me. I was hoping Paul Lutwak, an independent who ran as a Democrat in November, would apply, but then John Curatolo...
An article in last night's Cortland Standard suggests that the issues I wrote about back in April of last year regarding the Cortland Road Sewer District have yet to be resolved. Ida Pease reports on a Village of Dryden trustees...
I picked up the Cortland Standard last night, and it had the Dryden school budget article I've been watching for in the Journal, with plenty of detail. The current budget plan includes cutting the Director of Technology, the elimination of...
Yesterday's Cortland Standard reported that searchers found the body of a man, an apparent suicide, 100 yards into the Town of Dryden after searches in Cortland County had found nothing. Route 13 was closed yesterday morning at Old Dryden Road...