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Your Town Cortland: Hop back into the '60s at one of New York's last A&W drive-ins
CORTLAND, N.Y. — The next time you’re in Cortland, drive into the past at one of only a handful of A&W restaurants left in New York. The A&W Restaurant in Cortland was opened in the early '60s by the family of current owner Jimmy Souza. "My family has...
Ithaca Common Council to consider bird-friendly building regulations
ITHACA, N.Y. — The Ithaca Common Council will discuss a new piece of proposed environmental legislation that aims to protect birds from untimely deaths. The Ithaca Common Council’s proposed ordinance, sponsored by Fourth Ward Alderperson Patrick Kuehl, would require all new buildings to meet the standard set by US Green Buildings Council’s Leed rating system to receive the Reducing Bird Collisions Credit. The credit outlines requirements for the use of predominantly bird-friendly materials, particularly in the lower floors of buildings.
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