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Opinion

Sabres bring area excitement, energy

The OBSERVER’s View

Pro hockey does not get much more frenetic than it did on Sunday night. With more than 100 penalty minutes tied to fighting and 15 goals scored — with our home team winning 8-7 — the magic keeps appearing for the Buffalo Sabres. In defeating a talented Tampa Bay Lightning team, the Sabres ...

More U.S. troubles start at top

Peoples column

Editor, OBSERVER: If we had abolished the Electoral College years ago we never would have been subjected to President Trump’s first term after he lost by 2.9 million votes. And if we had installed a recall provision for every elective office at the federal level, we could have already begun ...

We should know wars are hard to end

Commentary

It is easy to start a war, but very difficult to end one. That has always been the case and still is. If you are in doubt, just ask Vladamir Putin how things are going in the war he started in Ukraine four years ago. Think about the Iraq War. We invaded Iraq in 2003. Saddam Hussein was ...

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 ...