SUNY Cortland investigating students' 'Freshman Daughter Drop-Off' sign

Just days after a frat at Old Dominion University got suspended for an offensive sign welcoming new students, students at SUNY Cortland stirred their own controversy. The Cortland Voice reports an off-campus house on Groton Avenue in Cortland, located just a few blocks from the Central New York college campus, raised a large banner that said "Freshman Daughter Drop Off" on Friday.
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SUNY Cortland students display repugnant welcome for freshman women

An incident at Old Dominion University last week drew lots of negative attention, but some SUNY Cortland students must've thought it wasn't that offensive. Students arriving on campus today were greeted by a banner at an off-campus house that read, "Freshman Daughter Drop-Off."
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Destination bike shop a landmark in Endicott

... Babcock's Bicycles remains a destination store today for customers as far west as Athens and as far north as Cortland, who faithfully make the trip into town to visit "The Bike Shop," said owner Kevin Babcock, who bought the shop in 2004. Outside ...
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Jody Manning on leadership: True leaders create more leaders

Jody Manning is superintendent and CEO of the Onondaga Cortland Madison Boards Of Cooperative Educational Services. He previously was superintendent of the Solvay school district.
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Kalamazoo named one of the least expensive college towns in the U.S.

... which was ranked the No. 5 least expensive college town in the country. Just behind Kalamazoo at No. 7 was Cortland, N.Y., home of the State University of New York at Cortland. "Kalamazoo boasts four higher education institutions, with the most ...
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Robert G. Silvernail

Mr. Robert G. Silvernail, 86, a prominent retired businessman and a former lifelong resident of Dolgeville and Canada Lake, died Friday, August 21, 2015, at the Crown Home in Cortland, New York of natural causes. Bob was born in Utica, on April 4, 1929, the son of the late Glen and Mary Silvernail and was a graduate of Dolgeville High School.
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Trained dogs from Montana sniff CNY countryside for evidence of wild boar

... accompanied by handlers from Working Dogs for Conservation , were in parts of southern Onondaga County and northern Cortland recently, checking out former wild boar hot spots -- particularly around the towns of Scott and Spafford. After five days of ...
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