It’s true. There are two seasons in upstate New York – winter and construction season. Snow and ice season is finally (we hope) behind us and flowers and orange construction cones are beginning to decorate the spring landscape. As the Thruway Authority kicks off another construction ...

It was interesting to observe all of the “hoop-la” surrounding the recent solar eclipse. There were stories of thousands traveling to see the total eclipse, stories about solar eyeglasses being distributed, and, finally, stories about how the skies broke open just as the eclipse was ...

By Fred Larson Last year the paper published my essay titled “Ripley: Believe It Or Not.” At that time the development of a County Industrial Park in Ripley was still a proposal. As a new member in 2024 of the Chautauqua County Legislature’s Economic Development Committee I watched a ...

Recently the OBSERVER’s View (March 27 and April 2) discussed the current situation at SUNY Fredonia. They referenced the recent College Council meeting and after reading the views, I felt encouraged and interested enough to go to the SUNY Fredonia website and listen to the recorded session. ...

With energy policy, settling on the best energy source is more important. An analysis takes a holistic look at America’s eight most important energy sources: natural gas, wind, solar, nuclear, coal, petroleum, geothermal and hydroelectric. Most analyses look only at one or two factors ...

PATH OF TOTALITY—Let’s pick up where we left off last week. The April 8, 2024, eclipse was a moment in—or perhaps out of—the sun for Chautauqua County, for Western New York, and for all of those throughout North America in the path of totality. It was fun, because it was a solar ...