On Dec. 8, the Ithaca Town Board voted to apply for a new deer damage permit that would allow deer to be harvested in February and March of 2026.
According to the National Weather Service, the heaviest amounts of snow that blanketed the Southern Tier on Tuesday totaled 7 inches in multiple counties.
Barton Highway Superintendent Fred Schweiger said the salt barn is fully stocked.
Improvements to the boardwalk and trail at the Roy H. Park Preserve in Dryden are complete and the north entrance is once again open for public use.
Carter’s Tree Service will remove roughly 50 dead ash trees and stumps in Cortland.
On November 19, after several months of public debate, the Lansing Town Board voted 4-o on a resolution to withdraw the proposed 1-year moratorium.
The Caroline Planning Board will discuss the town’s solar law tonight at 7:30 p.m.
A townhouse development on East Upland Road is under consideration by the Cayuga Heights Planning Board.
On November 14, the Homer Fire Department was called to the Town of Scott for a pickup truck that struck a guardrail.
On November 5, the DEC downgraded 21 counties from a drought warning to a drought watch, citing improvements in streamflow and groundwater.

