During the summer months, there is a lot to like about living near a Great Lake. Not only can the waters be refreshing, it also can help keep the region a bit cooler when the summer heat is nearly unbearable. Along the western border of Chautauqua County, Lake Erie has an average depth of ...
Before the Declaration was penned, a 17-year-old fought for the American cause in the Continental Army at the Battle of Bunker Hill. He continued serving throughout the Revolutionary War, including at Saratoga, Trenton, and Princeton. At Oriskany, his courage—alongside that of a fellow ...
Complaints regarding governments often go straight to the top. Albany and Washington are usually the culprits when funding decreases or someone disagrees with new laws. That is because it is easier to blame someone who is not your neighbor that is elected to serve you. In South Dayton, an ...
Editor, OBSERVER: Why do you publish opinions that contain inaccuracies and untruths? I am referring to the commentary about Social Democrats who the writer claims are Marxist or communists, which is not even close. We should not be confused with Democratic Socialist. We strongly support ...
I was thinking the other day about how all living beings are creatures of habit. I remember, as a kid, bringing the cows in for milking. We would open the back door of the barn, and most of those cows would head right for their stall. There were 30 or 40 cows, but each knew which stall was ...
New York’s power grid spent last week in the spotlight as a four-day heat wave brought requests to moderate power usage – including requests by Gov. Kathy Hochul and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s for air conditioners to be set to 78 degrees and for as many electric devices as ...