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Opinion

Schools: Smooth start for merger talks

The OBSERVER’s View

After almost a year of kicking the tires on a potential merger, support for a combined Clymer, Sherman and Panama school district remains strong among those who are engaging in the process early. Voters on the 2025 school budgets in the districts approved starting the discussion process with ...

Sitting Democrats damaged party

Peoples column

Editor, OBSERVER: President Donald Trump walked in strong, clear, disciplined, not tired, not wandering, to deliver his State of The Union Address. The opening statistics were overwhelming, rapid fire, border, inflation, energy, jobs. There was a rhythm to his speech and he was commanding as ...

Go slow on battery storage city site

Commentary

An article in the OBSERVER and another in The Buffalo News has brought information about a battery storage facility meant for an area off Brigham Road across the street from the entire west side of Dunkirk. Less than a mile away sits the Dunkirk Junior-High School, and the School 5. I’m ...

Heaven is even better than you can imagine

Commentary

Father Dan Walsh and Father Bob Owczarczak are the two best priests I have ever known. They are both huge Bills fans. So I will put it this way. Father Dan is like the Jim Kelly of priests. A wise, old, retired superstar. Father Bob is like Josh Allen. The new, young, dynamic superstar. ...

FREDONIA: A need for law, financial order

The OBSERVER’s View

We all know it takes forever to get things done — in New York state and in Chautauqua County. Change never comes easy. For decades the old Fredonia police station has been a source of frustration. It is antiquated, outdated and built for the 19th century. There is no question officers and ...

Money driving Fredonia water talks

Peoples column

Editor, OBSERVER: Don’t be misled my friends, we are the prey: the water customers in the village of Fredonia. We are being pushed by wildly misguided people to spend a fortune switching our water supply over to an architecture with far more opportunities for service interruptions and ...