Because of the impending midterm elections, Gov. Kathy Hochul has not missed an opportunity to condemn the Trump administration’s federal healthcare policies, claiming they will strip health insurance from over one million New Yorkers, cost the state billions in funding, and spike ...
Marcy is not my real name. I’ve been Marcy for 67 years and I have no plans for going back to the original. My parents gave me the name Marcia, (pronounced like Marsha) which was a perfectly nice name – until I was in my mid-teens. In 1951 Stan Freberg made a record entitled ...
Having family in the Dunkirk area, I read the OBSERVER news item: "Mulholland takes oath for Fredonia Village Board" (July 22). I certainly wish Timothy Mulholland the best of good luck in serving in his new position. I was pleased to see the accompanying picture of Mr. Mulholland reciting the Oath-of-Office with his hand upon the Holy Bible. This is much more than a mere gesture. Placing one's hand on a Holy Book is a tangible showing that you will honor your solemn pledges, promises, obligations and commitments to the best of your ability. However, there is an added element: ...
Nin Privitera, former Fredonia resident, offers some offbeat takes on recent headlines: – New York State Assemblywoman Emily Gallagher recently took the position that shoplifting biological products that are necessities shouldn’t be a crime, you know, like brain food for some assemblywomen. – It was recently announced that Prince Harry and his wife Meghan are leaving California to move back to England. And the line of Americans volunteering to help with the move already stretches to Chicago. – President Trump says that he may declare the Strait of Hormuz U.S. territory. ...
This past week, a ribbon was cut and the county officially announced that the Sewer Extension Phase II for the West Side of Chautauqua Lake is now ready for hook-ups. If this had been a church setting, you might have been tempted to shout “Hallelujah!” or “Amen!” but, in any event, it was an important occasion. I don’t think that the general public realizes what it takes to bring such a large project of this type to fruition. A Sewer District expansion requires the approval of the municipalities involved. It also requires the creation of or expansion of sewer district ...
Chautauqua County is about to lose another piece of history and nobody except County Historian Norman Carlson seems to know about. The 21st Century history of voting winds through western New York and most specifically Chautauqua County’s Jamestown where the world headquarters for the now defunct Automatic Voting Machine (AVM) was once located. An erected historic marker on the city’s Jones & Gifford Ave. states, “At this site from 1895 to 1993, Jamestown-based companies pioneered in developing, manufacturing and servicing of mechanical-lever voting machines and electronic ...
