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Class of 1965 gathers

The Silver Creek Class of 1965 celebrated their 60th reunion on July 25 and 26. The event kicked off Friday evening at the home of Carol and Joe Calarco, where Marty Link led a prayer of thanks. Guests enjoyed cold beverages, pulled pork sandwiches with homemade coleslaw, chicken wings, pizza, ...

Mike and Louise Callahan

Mike and Louise Callahan celebrate their 40th wedding anniversary on Saturday, Aug. 9. The couple were married in the Newman Center by the now Monsignor Patrick Kelleher on Aug. 9, 1985. She is the daughter of the late Samuel and Annette Leone. He is the son of the late John and Esther ...

Wojcinski family celebrates 58th reunion

Perfect weather greeted the members of the Wojcinski Family for the celebration of their 58th Annual Family Reunion at the Brooks Pavillion at Point Gratiot, Dunkirk on Sunday. Once again, the event was hosted by Connie and Bobek Wojcinski and family, daughter Allison and Joshua Richir and ...

County Antique Equipment Association ready for 50th eventEngine that could:

Special to the OBSERVER STOCKTON – Fifty years ago, a small group of local antique tractor enthusiasts came together with a shared passion for preserving the past. They had no formal grounds, no buildings, and certainly no idea that their grassroots gathering would one day become one of ...

History right at home in Forestville

Congratulations to the OBSERVER and staff for their excellent coverage of the Historic Marker ceremony for the Pierce/Adams home at 21 Pearl St. in Forestville. The late Judge Lee Towne Adams, and his wonderful family, would surely wish that the record be corrected as follows: The 1870 ...

The United States needs more thinkers, not followers

An article I published recently about public media received some blowback from a few self described conservatives (whatever that means in today’s world). The arguments stemmed from a report that the people in charge of NPR are exclusively Democrats, thereby discrediting my claim that public media is by and large well-researched and reliable, and by extension, not political. One critic also makes the claim that because the programs on PBS and NPR are not all that popular, why should the government fund them? Hmmm. I was unable to verify or debunk the first of those arguments (I have ...