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Opinion

COUNTY Boat-fee plan is another money grab

The OBSERVER’s View

As Chautauqua County officials investigate possible fees for boaters on Chautauqua Lake, we hope they don’t make the same mistakes as were made during the investigation of a taxing district around the lake. Taxing district talks went on for years and eventually felt exhausting as the ...

Foolishness, hypocrisy, the GOP and IRS

Commentary

Take your pick from two definitions of modern-day Republicans: foolish hypocrites or hypocritical fools. When it comes to America’s $32 trillion federal deficit, each one is as fitting as the other. They’re hypocrites for saying one thing and doing another. They’re fools because the ...

Retrospective

Retrospective

Thirty years ago — 1993 The management of AL Tech Specialty Steel Corp. announced the appointment of Rocco Teta to the position of plant manager of the Dunkirk plant. A native of Troy, he began his career with AL Tech in 1953 at the Watervliet Plant of Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corp. His most ...

DUNKIRK Good proposals, no clear vision

The OBSERVER’s View

Proposals to be a part of Dunkirk’s $10 million Downtown Revitalization Initiative award last week were fairly impressive. In all, 22 projects were discussed to build up downtown and Central Avenue. Requests for DRI funding totaled $27.4 million for potential projects costing more than $138 ...

Bridge work a necessary headache

Commentary

By ROLLAND KIDDER One day this summer, local officials were invited on relatively short notice to an announcement by the governor that the state Department of Transportation had awarded a contract to rehabilitate the I-86 Chautauqua Lake Bridge. What caught my eye was the amount of the ...

Retrospective

Retrospective

Thirty years ago — 1993 Copy Boy Instant Printing recently held ribbon-cutting ceremonies to celebrate the opening of its new permanent location in Dunkirk at 13 West Third St. Fredonia Copy Boy, 70Water St., joined the Dunkirk store for Grand Opening Week. A 19-inch color television was ...