Here are a few things that caught my attention recently. — I am not an expert on water treatment and water treatment plants, and I don’t even live in Fredonia. However, if I were a taxpayer and read the recent OBSERVER story on the Health department’s survey of the village’s water ...

A strong and resilient law enforcement sector is vital to ensuring the health, well-being and safety of our families and our communities. Policing in America is rooted in community, and mutual trust between police agencies and the communities they serve are critical to maintaining public ...

This is an old saying which essentially means that things which are foreseeable and need to be fixed but are not...will, sooner or later, eventually need to be dealt with. In Chautauqua County, right now, two municipalities seem to be in the forefront as to this situation — Dunkirk and ...

By KENNETH KAUS This is in response to the commentary “Quick cuts hurt needy the most” (March 10). There’s no definitive evidence that $880 billion is being taken directly from Medicare to fund tax cuts for the wealthiest in 2025, based on available data up to March 10. However, the ...

Despite the toxic whirlwind out of Washington, I must begin with kudos to some very courageous Republican federal prosecutors, Danielle Sassoon and Hagen Scotten, who both refused to sign a document asking for dismissal of federal felony charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams. ...

Informed policy debate takes a back seat to special interest politics until reality finally threatens the plausible deniability of the politicians. The only question is how much damage politicians will do before reality forces their hand. Such is the battle in New York state between those ...