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Opinion

FREDONIA Festival’s revival a team effort

The OBSERVER’s View

Northern Chautauqua County needed some good news. It came on Thursday afternoon when a number of businesses and the village of Fredonia announced plans to hold the 56th Farm Festival. In a news release on Thursday, officials announced the event will take place Saturday, Aug. 24, and Sunday, ...

Nation’s constant conflict discourages solutions

Commentary

The Make America Great Again Republicans are not interested in the actual work of governing. They refuse to bring forward legislation or even pass a budget. The country needs people to work together. So many of our problems are made worse by the unyielding opposition of the Trump Republicans. ...

Voices from past village leaders: Take stand for reservoir, future

Commentary

Editor, OBSERVER: The signatures at the end of this letter represent a combined total of many decades of service to the government of the village of Fredonia in various capacities. We are all from different backgrounds, experiences, education and age levels but we all have something in common ...

Retrospective

Retrospective

Thirty years ago — 1994 Waste generated from out-of-county sources continues to “contribute significantly to the overall financial success” of the Chautauqua County landfill. Solid Waste Director Richard Johnson today issued a report for January which shows that the pattern of operating ...

POLITICS: Good at performance, bad with solutions

The OBSERVER’s View

FROM CHINA DAILY: Michael Fakhri, UN special rapporteur on the right to food, has hit the nail on the head. Speaking of the United States’ recent food aid measures for the Palestinians in Gaza at a meeting of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva last week, he said they were a ...

A mother’s extraordinary life

Commentary

Today’s column has excerpts from my January 27, 2024, eulogy for my mother and is published for her 94th birthday. This eulogy refers to sister Carolyn, nephew Collin, wife Hilary, and children Ryan and Margaret. It followed Collin’s eulogy: It’s no secret, Mom, that our goal was to keep ...