Volunteers go extra mile for rescue dogs
Paulette Chandler doesn’t mess around when she’s moving a rescue dog from Knoxville, Tennessee, to Homer. The Tennessee woman works with a network of about 20 people — all volunteers — who will drive a […]
By Katie Keyser
Top spellers vie in districtwide bee
This year’s Elementary School Spell Off had a familiar ring, Gabriel ‘Gabby’ Mendiola said. “It seemed like the same test they gave us in the beginning,” said the fifth grader at Barry Elementary School. Teachers […]
Electrifying art at Center
Alison Weld went to see a friend’s artwork at the New York Public Library’s Center for Book Arts Exhibit. There, she saw Stella Waitzkin’s cast-resin sculpture “The Filmmaker” and was struck. “I loved it,” Weld […]
John McGraw’s youth documented in new book
People know about baseball Hall of Famer John McGraw as an adult. But little is known about the Truxton native’s childhood, Tony Kissel said — how he grew up poor and lost his mom and […]
Diving in to help hospice
Jean Hamilton of Cortlandville swam competitively as a teenager, for an 11-year-period. “I am a firm believer that there is no exercise better for us than swimming,” the 70-year-old said. When her husband, Dave Hamilton, […]
Seedstock looking at 10th year
Seedstock is like coming home, said Alex Caminiti. “It’s like pretty much everyone you know in town, all of your friends, literally everyone I know goes there. And all the band friends I have ever […]
Pitbull mix reunion for rescues
Diane Purvis of Homer took care of 10 puppies and their mom, Pepper, as a foster care volunteer, so the dogs would find a good home. She is among a network of volunteers associated with […]
Youth bureau has playwright
Nothing Demmarie Boreland envisions as a playwright ever turns out the same way on the stage. “That’s what’s so exciting about it. You get to see how it’s translated through other people,” said Boreland, 25, […]
‘Rowing saved my life’
This story appeared in the June 30, 2018 edition of the Cortland Standard. Alis Jordan of Clermont, Fla. got a wake-up call after a rowing accident. The former Cortland woman, dealing with a ruptured spleen […]