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Opinion

Having quality of life here at home

Commentary

When speaking about an optimal "quality of life," different people can have very dissimilar definitions. It usually depends on each person's individual preferences. These days, we often hear people rave about how perfect they think life is in Middle America. They tend to romanticize the ...

Jackson Center notes silver anniversary

Commentary

NUERNBERG—Stroll into the justice palace in this beautiful city in Mittelfranken, ask to see Courtroom 600, and the nice, polite man at the reception desk will probably decline. “Unfortunately not,” he said, “because it’s a functioning courtroom.” The answer was no surprise, yet ...

Electric equation a real shock for customers

Editor's corner

Once the Sheridan Town Board did its due diligence months ago in approving a new solar farm for 2979 Middle Road, words of encouragement were expressed to the developer, RIC Energy. “I don’t see any problems with it,” Town Board member Colleen Yerico said. “It’s the first one that did ...

HOLIDAY: Delivery rush is coming fast

The OBSERVER’s View

As of today, there are exactly three weeks to Christmas. That means time to shop — and send packages through the mail — is dwindling. Last week, Dunkirk Postmaster Kenneth Harenza offered some advice to those planning to send holiday gifts via delivery. Those items included a list of ...

Big Apple’s new ideals rotten to the core

Commentary

Just because Zohran Mamdani and President Donald Trump in their Oval Office meeting appeared to bury the hatchet, my opinion of communism/socialism has not changed. I believe that if Mamdani introduces hardline Marxist ideas to the running of New York City that they will fail as they have ...

All the comforts of home sweet home

Commentary

Winter won’t officially be here until the 21st of the month. By then most of the Christmas parties will be over and we’ll be deep into present wrapping, food prep, and last-minute stocking stuffers. But with the snow on the ground and that raw westerly wind, I don’t care when the ...