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Opinion

Surviving Olympic glories of past

Commentary

The Olympics have barely begun and I’m almost comatose. Coverage from Milan and Cortina during the afternoon, prime time, and late night have my eyeballs operating in the glued position. Holy biathlon. I’d forgotten how many events are covered. For the first time though, while watching ...

PINK THE RINK: A hockey team’s winning tradition

The OBSERVER’s View

From the beginning, Pink the Rink at the State University of New York at Fredonia was special. On the day after the inaugural event in 2008, the pink-clad Blue Devil hockey team was featured on ESPN during its top plays segment. Since then, the event remains a significant date in the ...

Minnesota quite culpable for current mess

Commentary

Minnesota — a state that has given America outstanding personages like movie legend Judy Garland, authors F. Scott Fitzgerald and Sinclair Lewis, 2024 Baseball Hall of Fame inductee Joe Mauer, Charles Schulz the creator of Peanuts and influential vice presidents and senators Hubert Humphry ...

COUNTY: DMV closings set to bring benefits

The OBSERVER’s View

For those needing the assistance of the Department of Motor Vehicles in the coming days, this is an important reminder: the office will be closed Friday until Feb. 18. It is not just in Chautauqua County, it is statewide as a new, modernized DMV software system known as DRIVES is ...

Show God’s love, not your judgment

Peoples column

Editor, OBSERVER: This is an open letter of response to a commentary published in The Post-Journal and the OBSERVER “Finding clarity in protests over ICE.” The writer taunts “Play stupid games, win stupid prizes” Really? What an immature response to the fatal “prize” awarded by ...

Heritage closing needs some compassion

Commentary

I hope that if you are reading this, you or your loved ones never need to live in a nursing home. I hope you are never forced to make that agonizing decision for your mom or dad, or find yourself in a hospital bed waiting for a skilled nursing bed to open up while the world feels like it is ...