Our Christmas tree finally went up last Sunday. This year, a large flock of early-bird decorators decided to trot out Christmas w-a-a-a-y before Advent. During an evening drive a few weeks before Thanksgiving, I saw lit trees in many living rooms, bright windows, and outdoor lights on the ...
For the last few months, I have been reading stories in the OBSERVER about how area schools are dealing with student cell phone usage during the school day. When I was in school cell phones didn’t exist, so students were essentially incommunicado during the school day, allowing us to ...
December 12 — 1832: Heman Bush secured a 999-year lease on the Busti Mill tail race, ensuring water rights for the mill’s operation. — 1947: The Torch Club of Jamestown, an intellectual society, was formed. — 1997: Weather radio relay station WXL 52 went live near ...
It is not only the lack of oversight with city budgets that has been troubling the city of Dunkirk in recent years. During this week’s Finance Committee meeting, another revelation came to light: the city is not properly keeping track of overtime. What other disaster is on the ...
Fredonia project due to lack of action Editor, OBSERVER: After having read the OBSERVER’s View article (Dec. 7-8) covering the upcoming vote on Fredonia’s capital project, I felt the need to respond to shed light on several items the article conveniently didn’t mention. First, the ...
City of Dunkirk residents need to be a part of the discussion regarding a recent meeting of the Chautauqua County Planning Board. Last week, board members reviewed initial plans for a 250 megawatt grid-connected battery storage system, to be placed on West Seventh Street in the ...