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Opinion

Silver Creek: Even small village sees higher costs

The OBSERVER’s View

Even smaller entities are facing troubling times when it comes to costs. Last week, Silver Creek Village Board presented its budget proposal for 2025-26. Its tentative plan showed an increase of approximately 65 cents per $1,000 of assessed value. That exceeds the tax cap of $1,145,000 by ...

There’s a slant in NPR coverage

Commentary

I found that in reading Pete Howard’s article of April 5, there are some real discrepancies with reality. His claims that NPR and PBS are these semi-government entities are the “most fact-checked, researched, and thereby reliable sources of information America has at its disposal” ...

County history today

Community News

APRIL 16 1836 – Jamestown Academy was chartered as a private secondary school. 1878 – Fredonia Grange #1 was organized, becoming the first Grange in New York State. 1900 – Charles Matteson opened a meat market in Busti. 1948 – The Busti Baptist (Federated) church house ...

POMFRET: Sharing offer full of benefits

The OBSERVER’s View

Pomfret’s purchase of a former church on Chestnut Road is not something we would normally praise. Government — already too encompassing in our county and region — needs to get smaller, not bigger. But Pomfret has a vision for the location: a potential to share it with the town of ...

Can the U.S. go it alone?

Commentary

There has always been an isolationist streak in American politics. Among others, our first President, George Washington, in his farewell address, cautioned the new nation about becoming entangled in the affairs of other nations. But, the history of our country and the world changed. Whether ...

County History Today

Community News

APRIL 15 1791 – Col. Thomas Proctor, a federal Indian negotiator, visited Kiantone. 1814 – New York State's common school system was formally established by law. 1853 – Kiantone's "Spiritualist Springs" was officially dedicated. 1870 – Bathing in the Chautauqua Lake Outlet, geese ...