By NORMAN P. GREEN I had to shake my head a hard no reading Dunkirk Town Councilman Phil Leone’s quote opposing government consolidation in a recent OBSERVER write up. “We seem to be the only fiscally responsible town…,” said Leone in taking his neighboring communities to task and ...

During the course of World War II, the United States sent over 16 million of its citizens to fight overseas. Some in Europe against the onslaught of the Nazi regime, and some in Africa; some in the Mediterranean against the Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini, and some in the Pacific against the ...

South Carolina has prevailed in the Equal Protection Clause challenge to the Palmetto State’s congressional-redistricting plan after the 2020 census. There can be no dissecting of the whole U.S. Supreme Court in one column. Yet it’s possible to look at part of it. ≤ ≤ ≤ The ...

A recent Associated Press Story that appeared in the OBSERVER concerned the possibility that the Catholic Church in the U.S. is becoming more conservative. The story did not indicate how widespread this movement is or where it is occurring. However, I know that some conservative Catholics ...

“New York Thruway Authority. What is your emergency?” When I left for Massachusetts two weeks ago, those words weren’t on my radar. I definitely didn’t plan on calling 911 from the highway. A few years back, Dear Richard and I decided to split up the 525-mile trek to Boston. We had ...

Recently, in discussing our local economy, a person versed in that subject told me that “all businesses in the area are facing a declining labor force. They just can’t find people to hire.” In asking around with a few business people that I know, this was confirmed. Then it struck me ...