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Opinion

Staying interested in the weather

Commentary

It started with me at an early age. Our farm was located on top of a hill, and we could see the weather coming from the west and then view it to the east as it descended upon Frewsburg and then into the hills around Frew Run and Bone Run. Weather became even more a part of my life when I ...

Honor and support educators, pray for our children

Commentary

I wish to share some thoughts as we come together once again to embrace, guide, and support our young people at the start of a new school year. Indeed, the education of our youth, and in the context of a faith community, remains among the most essential ministries of the Church, and the ...

FREDONIA: Can village walk the consolidation walk?

The OBSERVER’s View

Fredonia Mayor Mike Ferguson is saying all the right things when it comes to consolidation and sharing of services. The mayor said during a recent Fredonia Village Board work session that consolidation is a necessary effort to keep village government financially viable in the wake of a ...

Honor and privilege to work with immigrants

Commentary

I read the Sept. 2 letter to the editor entitled “Settlers, not immigrants, built country” with considerable dismay. First, the writer extols the settlers to the U.S., as if they came to an uninhabited country. He then goes on to reference the “now” immigrants with the absurd ...

No one upset over Trump’s defunding

Commentary

I think this time I will let the experts do most of the talking. They can best describe the dangerous situation that our country is in right now. We have been moving toward a coup of our established democratic republic – slowly for several decades and now Project 2025 and Trump’s insatiable ...