The OBSERVER is correct in pointing out in its June 26 View that the village of Fredonia is a leaky vessel. Where the OBSERVER’s comments fall astray is by taking a slap at Trustee Michelle Twichell for anything other than perhaps her choice of words. Time and time again, Trustee Twichell ...

As we all know, the Legislature in our state is one of three co-equal branches of our government; its purpose is to make law. Laws can be good when they flow from the truth, but when “truth” is subjective (your truth or my truth), then laws can be quite destructive. The Legislature’s ...

What are we celebrating this weekend, anyway? The memory of something that occurred in our distant past. The ideas of freedom and liberty so earnestly and dramatically expounded by our founding patriots that seem so distant now. Long ago and far away. We ooh and ahh to the fireworks ...

It’s garden season. All the trees, bushes and pretty flowers in my backyard look so innocent. But I have learned – the hard way – that they are out to get me. They are a well-organized crime family, with covert agents working behind the scenes. I’m out there constantly, hoping to ...

A recent commentary in The Buffalo News caught my attention because it summed up the feelings of many Catholics in the Diocese of Buffalo who have endured the sexual abuse scandal and coverup that resulted in more than 900 verified abuse claims against priests of the diocese. During this ...

As the year grows closer to July of 2026 and we recognize that we have remained a country of democracy and freedom from the oppression of an intolerant king, we can reflect on the events that led to our declaring independence from England in 1776. For several years prior to our signed ...