People’s column

February 1, 2020

Catholic School is engine that can Editor, OBSERVER: As Catholic Schools’ Week draws to a close, the Board of Trustees and the entire Northern Chautauqua Catholic School family would like to thank OBSERVER writer Mary Heyl and Publisher John D’Agostino for highlighting our school in recent articles. NCCS would also like to thank Dunkirk Mayor Wilfred Rosas, Fredonia Mayor Doug Essek and local celebrity Bob Bankoski for being judges at our annual dessert contest. Dessert, YUM! Our extreme gratitude is also extended to Superintendent of Catholic Schools Dr. Michael LaFever, ...

People’s column

January 25, 2020

Save lives, not canals Editor, OBSERVER: I read an article in the OBSERVER earlier this month that Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced $300 million to revamp the Erie Canal. I thought throwing this money around while our local hospitals are closing due to lack of funds is irresponsible. I really think that money would be much better spent on saving lives instead of a canal. Our people need to come first. You have seniors who need help along with children, accident victims who need emergency care without it they will die. Maybe he could also take some of that wasted money spent on ...

People’s column

January 18, 2020

Facility closing an area wound Editor, OBSERVER: I went to TLC three times. I guess there isn’t much demand in Irving. It used to be a big hustle bustle hospital then parts of it became abandoned... people left for better opportunities. I should have left years ago, but my hubris is to blame. I hope my sister, bless her, can get another stable job. It was fun going there but then it got dark, the gift shop closed, many parts closed, it’s almost like an abandoned mental asylum, with all these corridors its spooky. I do have memories of when it was churning but for now, ...

Elected official listening in Arkwright

December 30, 2019

Editor, OBSERVER: In answer to the question: why have school taxes gone up, not down? Sad to say but the people of Arkwright were not paying attention to the Town Board over the past eight years. The Arkwright Wind Farm was all a sham, and destroyer of people and property in Arkwright. Your former board didn’t really care about the people who paid them. Thank God many of them were voted out this November. We need the people of Arkwright to help the incoming board stop the insanity we inherited. Already an official web site is being worked on for open communication. We can only ...

People’s column

December 28, 2019

Rural population being targeted Editor, OBSERVER: Columnist Thomas Kirkpatrick Sr. gets it right. Rural deaths will increase after Lakeshore Hospital closes. This is what some want. To fight climate change, they want most people to live in cities. This segment of the population wants to depopulate the rural areas. Already they are working to ban fracking and pipe lines. Plastic is next. But climate change is a hoax as any chemist knows. Water is the biggest heat trapper in the air. Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy proves carbon dioxide does not trap heat and it ...

People’s column

December 23, 2019

Santa thieves take holiday spirit Editor, OBSERVER: On Dec. 5, our 4-foot plastic Santa disappeared from our front yard on Chestnut Street. He was wired to our light pole and had been in our family for four generations. If you have any information on Santa, please call Fredonia Police or 672-4555. JANE OSBORNE, Fredonia