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Opinion

People’s column

Peoples column

‘Nasty’ politics continue in village Editor, OBSERVER: When I retired from SUNY Fredonia in December 2015; my wife and I decided to stay in Fredonia. We continue to like that the village is friendly, has relatively low local taxes, and the very good entertainment provided by the ...

Editorial overlooks ‘reasonable’ water options

Commentary

Without question, the OBSERVER’s View, published (Aug. 16-17), is a classic example of muddled writing. As a journalism teacher and high school student newspaper adviser for more than 40 years, I often challenged students to read carefully and seek the truth when we know adult writers ...

More sour politics in our region

Commentary

GENESEO—No one could have reasonably anticipated that at 5 p.m. on summer of 2025 Fridays, supporters of Rev. Jason McGuire would gather with him near the Livingston County jail entrance just before his surrender for weekend-long incarceration. Yet that’s what has ...

Senior care site viability a growing crisis

Editor's corner

WESTFIELD — Shortly after celebrating the birth of her fourth child, Becky Shioleno learned her life would be undergoing another major change. As a licensed practical nurse, she has worked at the Westfield Absolut location at 26 Cass St. for 13 years. Come Oct. 20, Shioleno will be one of ...

New York State: Keep politics out of fragile grid

The OBSERVER’s View

Injecting politics into the redistricting process — a process already governed by politics — is unfortunate but ultimately harms no one but politicians. It’s irksome when Texas Republicans and New York and California Democrats play shenanigans with congressional district lines because of ...