Highs and Lows
Here are some of the best — and worst — of the week BEST • QUEST INVITATION — Recently, Steve and Susan Cobb with the Fredonia Central School District extended an invitation to Brocton’s eighth grade students to join in the annual multi-day, 50-mile backpacking trek — called The Quest. The Quest is a wonderful event for eighth graders and by the Cobbs inviting Brocton to participate, it could help students get to know one another better, should a merger, in fact, take place. • INCUBATOR PROGRESS — Although the official ribbon-cutting hasn’t taken place, the contractors have begun work to construct the SUNY Fredonia incubator in the city of Dunkirk. This project has been on the drawing board for a long time. We’re glad to finally see some dirt being turned. • ROBLIN STEEL — On Oct. 23, the final demolition of the former Roblin Steel site in Dunkirk will take place. It’s kind of a sad chapter. Roblin Steel closed in 1986 and at that time employed 200 people in Dunkirk. It was the f
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Bailout
We doubt that a single member of the Senate could provide an accurate synopsis of the “bailout bill” that body approved, by a 74-25 vote, last week.
The document is 451 pages long. It contains hundreds of sections on everything from under
Crisis
Leaders of several foreign governments are placing blame for a global financial crisis squarely on the United States. They are demanding that our country take action to resolve not just the current crisis, but also to avoid another one in the future.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai has proven that while he is no puppet whose strings are pulled in Washington, he is a staunch, fearless opponent of Islamic terrorists. Good. That is precisely the type of ally the United States needs.
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The OBSERVER’s View
It is time for Fredonia to end a longtime and ridiculous tradition: the mandatory bundling of branches with twine when it is time for the Department of Public Works to pick them up at the curb.
For years, the village has asked residents t
WATER
Meetings regarding a regional water district seem to be showing positive results.
Last month, community leaders met again to discuss options for the regional project and hear support for the idea. Before this meeting, we knew Dunkirk May