46 Elm St. Cortland NY 13045 (607) 428-0497
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The East End Community Center operates in conjunction with the following organizations:
The Cortland City Police Department
State University of College at Cortland
In Loving Memory
Jim (Parge)
Partigianoni
April 21, 1929 - Mar 14, 2008
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Photo Credit: Bob Ellis
The History of Firefighting
The History of Firefighting in Cortland County, from the old bucket brigades to present day firefighting tactics, is the topic of the upcoming lecture at the East End Community Center. Come and share in this fascinating story of the people who bravely risk their lives to keep us alive when fire strikes.
Sponsored by the East End Center, the Cortland County Historical Society and the Cortland County Bicentennial Committee, the “200 Years of Firefighting in Cortland County” will take place at the Center, 46 Elm Street, Cortland, on Sunday, May 18th beginning at 2pm. Presenters include Duke Glover, Cortland Fire Department Historian, Charles L. Greenman, McGraw Fire Department Historian, Mary Ann Kane, City of Cortland Historian and former Cortland County Historical Society Historian, and Jeremy Boylan, Cortland County Historian and Bicentennial Committee Chairperson.
After the presentation, be sure to visit the community room at the East End Center, which is filled with photographs and memorabilia, spanning the 200year history of the various fire departments in Cortland County, including Virgil, McGraw, Homer, Cortland and Marathon.
To reserve your seat, or for more information about the presentation, please call the Cortland Youth Bureau at (607) 753-3021, or via email at Cecile@cortland.org For more information about Cortland County’s Bicentennial celebration, call Jeremy Boylan at (607) 753-5360 or jboylan@cortland-co.org
Photo attached: This photo was taken outside the old Fireman’s Hall at 38 Main Street in Cortland in April of 1914. The fire truck in the photo is the Cortland Fire Department’s brand new Brockway Model “U” combination chemical and hose truck, price $2,750.00 “fully equipped.” Pictured with the new fire truck are Earl Hollenbeck, the department chauffeur, at the wheel, and Franklin Pierce, beside him. In the rear of the truck are: “Pete” O’Brien, Charles Oltz, Henry L. Peck, and Charles C. Kinney. Photo provided by Duke Glover.
Habitat For Humanity of Tompkins and Cortland Counties has, as its mission, the elimination of homelessness and substandard housing throughout Tompkins and Cortland Counties. With volunteer labor and tax-deductible donation of money and materials, we work together to rehabilitate existing homes and construct new ones for families in need. The result is a modest home, a zero percent interest mortgage, and a brighter future.
The Tompkins/Cortland chapter of Habitat for Humanity is currently in dire need of community members to step up and help us fill the following positions:
- Volunteer Coordinator
- Church Relations Committee Member
- Fund Raising Coordinator
- Large Donation Fund Raising Coordinator
- PR/Media Relations
- Family Support Committee Member
- Family Partner
If you or someone you know is interested in more information about any of these positions, please call or send an email to Phil Allmendinger at (607) 220-3947 or
VolunteerforTCHFH@habitatnys.org
We Need Your Photos!
Could some of Cortland’s history be hiding in your attic or basement? Cortland County residents are being asked to check their attics and basements for memorabilia, including old photographs, depicting firefighting and/or famous fires that took place in the county over the last 200 years. If you do come across anything that would be of interest to share, please stop by the Cortland Youth Bureau at 35 Port Watson Street in Cortland. Photos and memorabilia can either be donated or loaned to the Bureau, for an upcoming display on firefighting. The Youth Bureau, the East End Community Center, The Cortland County Historical Society and the Cortland County Bicentennial Committee are co-sponsoring a “History of Firefighting in Cortland County” display that will be open to the public for the months of April and May at the East End Community Center, 46 Elm Street in Cortland.
So, please take a peak in those old boxes in the attic, you never know what you might find. Your discoveries can become a part of the Bicentennial Celebration! For more information, call Cortland County Historian, Jeremy Boylan at 607-753- 5360 or jboylan@cortland-co.org. And, mark Sunday, May 18th on your calendar for the program “Two Hundred Years of Firefighting in Cortland County” which will take place at 2:00pm at the East End Community Center. Come and learn more about the wonderful history of your community.
Photo: Attached photo provided by the Cortland Co. Historical Society
(Description) The Emerald Hose Company: Irish immigrants comprised the membership of this volunteer fire company, formed in 1878. The building housing the fire company, decorated in the appropriate fire fighting symbols, stands at the corner of Central Ave and Church Street. In competitions against other fire companies throughout the Northeast, Emerald Hose members held the world’s record for 13 consecutive years, for speed in laying and attaching hose to a hydrant. Their silver parade carriage (shown here) won many honors for the Emeralds and Cortland village.
Quilt Raffle
To benefit the East End Community Center
Tickets are $2 each or $5 for 3
“What Was She Thinking,” pieced and quilted by the Virgil Quilt Divas
The story of the quilt begins in Ludlow, Massachusetts in the summer of 2007. The fabric and some partially pieced blocks for the quilt had been donated to the local Senior Center in that town by the family of an elderly woman who was an avid quilter. It was unclear if she had been admitted to a nursing home or had passed away. Having learned about the materials for the quilt from her mother, who volunteers at the Center, one of the Divas made a donation to the Center and acquired the fabric. Although a diagram and pattern were included with the materials, there were variations in the color scheme that did not allow for a straightforward layout. "What was she thinking?" wondered the Divas, as they tried to divine the intent of the original quilter. At that initial planning session, the decision was made to donate the finished quilt to the Youth Bureau to raise funds for the East End Community Center where the Divas occasionally work on quilt projects.
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"English as a Second Language" Classes
Classes are held Monday through Thursday from 9:00am until noon at the East end Community Center. This beginner English course is open to all local area residents.
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