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Opinion

Retrospective

Retrospective

Thirty years ago — 1994 Following a heated public hearing, the Sheridan Town Board voted unanimously to deny a special use permit for a compost operation on New Road. The action will keep responsibility for regulating the compost operation within the town. Angry residents spoke out at the ...

TEACHER Residents can support educator

The OBSERVER’s View

Northern Chautauqua County can show support for an area teacher that is part of a national contest. Silver Creek’s Janet Decker is a finalist in the Reader’s Digest contest to name America’s Favorite Teacher. Decker said she was thrilled when she received an email stating she would be ...

Slowing down saves lives in work zones

Commentary

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 ...

Retrospective

Retrospective

Thirty years ago — 1994 David Goodworth of Fredonia, a teacher’s aide at Fredonia Elementary School, composed the song “Dare,” which was recently declared the county DARE theme song, right at home on his electronic keyboard/synthesizer. The recording in audio and video form is one of ...

COUNTY Lessons learned from the eclipse

The OBSERVER’s View

It will be decades before Chautauqua County is in the path of totality for a solar eclipse again. But the lessons we learned from the county’s handling of the influx of visitors from last week’s event can provide some lessons the county, its residents and its businesses can learn from ...

Remembering our common humanity

Commentary

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 ...