Editor, OBSERVER: I love to see the young adults in our community enjoying the newly available electric scooters. However, the riders I have seen are not wearing helmets. Helmet use is generally recognized as an important safety consideration for bicycle use. The same should be required on ...

Use your head with scooters Editor, OBSERVER: I love to see the young adults in our community enjoying the newly available electric scooters. However, the riders I have seen are not wearing helmets. Helmet use is generally recognized as an important safety consideration for bicycle use. ...

Senior citizens like us dream a lot. It must be from all that napping. And winning the lottery is strictly the stuff of dreams for us members of the fixed-income crowd. Often, Dear Richard or I will spot an over-the-top wonderful goody on the TV screen or the computer, and comment, “Wow. ...

Editor, OBSERVER: We constantly hear “gun control,” which has now evolved into “we need to take illegal guns off the streets.” When you actually think about these statements – what are they saying? Or to be more precise, what are they not saying about personal responsibility. A ...

Editor, OBSERVER: The discussion of what will happen with Brooks Memorial Hospital goes on, and on, and on. The Board of Directors have shown they have not done a good job of managing. Their total mismanagement of the resources has brought the situation at Brooks Hospital to what it is ...

Editor, OBSERVER: School districts across New York and the entire country are in jeopardy of losing crucial funding that allows all students to have equitable access to school meals. Without immediate action from Congress and the White House, school meals are in jeopardy and thousands of ...