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Opinion

Spilling concerns on village water

Commentary

Fredonia Mayor Michael Ferguson’s recent Facebook post as published in the OBSERVER (Feb. 11) raises some important questions. The post promised that Fredonia is “in the midst of our last water study to determine our direction. One that after a lot of hard work cost our taxpayers nothing to ...

GOVERNMENT: Fly-car operations can be expanded

The OBSERVER’s View

Chautauqua County started its fly-car system in 2017 with a focus on nontransporting emergency medical service vehicles that respond to and provide emergency medical services without the ability to transport patients. Municipalities who have their own responders — including Dunkirk and ...

Reasons for fear are creeping into our freedom

Commentary

Think of the excellence of the system we have now. Anyone can go to the local council or the County Legislature and say their piece without fear. I have never worried the police will come to my door because of something I wrote in the paper. I have never been afraid to call my representative ...

Partnerships create impact in region

Commentary

Anyone living in or visiting Chautauqua County at the beginning of 2025 can’t miss hearing about all the wonderful economic development underway here. Cities, towns, and villages are seeing improved infrastructure; new, upgraded, or expanded businesses and industries; and lots of planning ...

Other voices: Trump could learn from Washington

The OBSERVER’s View

Though rarely honored these days exactly on Feb. 22, his actual birth date, “Presidents Day” is officially still Washington’s birthday. And that’s entirely right and proper, as every American should happily honor our first chief executive. Washington was a man for the ages. Born a ...

Battery farms will add to energy costs

Commentary

Do New York state citizens understand why Wind/Solar/Battery installations are being rammed down our throats? Are they even aware of the deceptively named Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act of 2019 (CLCPA) that mandates impossible Net-Zero electricity generation by 2040? ...