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Opinion

ELECTIONS: Local contests fill the ballot

The OBSERVER’s View

Tuesday is Election Day. While there are hundreds of county residents who have taken part in either early voting or cast an absentee ballot, Tuesday is the day when the majority of local residents will go to the polls to cast their ballot for town, city and county offices. Precisely because ...

Village leaders pour on blame game

Commentary

Village of Fredonia Mayor Michael Ferguson recently stated on local media sources that a small group of Fredonia citizens are holding up his administration’s plan to decommission Fredonia’s water treatment plant and reservoir in order to purchase water from the North County Water District. ...

Coming up …

Commentary

MONDAY, NOV. 3 Wellness Initiative for Senior Education program (WISE) Sinclairville Fire Hall, 30 Main St., 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Register at NY Connects 716 753-4582, ask for WISE class. See https://chqgov.com/office-aging for programs, services. This week’s topic: Valuing Cultural, ...

ENDORSEMENT: Our slim choices for council seats

The OBSERVER’s View

As Dunkirk’s fiscal troubles continue, one thing is evident in this year’s election: Republicans appear to have abandoned their efforts to be part of the process to fix the problems they had a role in creating over the last six years. Even though budgets may have been proposed by Democratic ...

People’s column

Peoples column

Worry about mayor, not treasurer post Editor, OBSERVER: There is no monetary benefit to the taxpayers of the City of Dunkirk by making the change in the charter as put forth on the ballot in November. Moving the position of treasurer from elected to under the auspices of the finance dept ...

Speeding technologies: It’s time to put the brakes on AI

Commentary

When 50 state attorneys general warn that Artificial Intelligence is a danger -- we should take notice. The areas of concern expressed by attorneys general include AI generated data related to law enforcement, healthcare, employment, educational content, election results, sexual ...