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Opinion

DUNKIRK: ‘22 audit details path to a crisis

The OBSERVER’s View

Give the city of Dunkirk credit for its transparency. Its 2022 audit, that gives insight into the worsening financial plight of the city, is available on its website at this address: https://cms9files.revize.com/dunkirkny/2022%20Audit.pdf What readers will find is a history that portrays a ...

Orders indicate maybe too much power

Commentary

On his first day in office President Donald Trump signed a slew of orders. Everything from Leaving the World Health Organization to renaming the Gulf of Mexico to declaring there are only two genders. A strange mix of declarations and announcements. The World Health Organization tracks ...

Ways to spend less, deliver more

Commentary

By PATTY HAMMOND Many promises were made to cut governmental spending during recent elections. Not only is our federal government facing a huge deficit, more than a few local communities have budgetary hurdles of their own to overcome. While most citizens expect and regularly use many ...

Presidency: Trump showing ambition at start

The OBSERVER’s View

A “golden age,” one in which the United States of America can aim even higher than the moon, was proclaimed Monday during President Donald J. Trump’s inauguration speech. And while Elon Musk may have thrown his hands in the air to cheer the goal to “pursue our manifest destiny into ...

Wetlands challengers need best slingshot

Commentary

CHAUTAUQUA LAKE — Let’s pick up where we left off on Labor Day weekend 2024. As of Jan. 1, New York state Department of Environmental Conservation, or DEC, regulations expand the control of “wetlands.” Those who in 2024 denied that the regulations would lead to any of Chautauqua ...

County history today

Community News

Jan. 24 — 1900: Jamestown Gas Co.announced plans to cease operations as natural gas became the dominant energy source. — 1953: Roger Tory Peterson Day was celebrated in Jamestown, honoring the renowned naturalist and ornithologist. — 2011: The main lodge at Cockaigne ski resort ...