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Opinion

Resilience’ is Shakespeare Club literature topic

Commentary

‘At a recent meeting of the Fredonia Shakespeare Club, Dr. Leanna McMahon presented her paper ‘Resilience In Children’s Literature.” Resilience is the ability to thrive, or at least to cope reasonably well, even in the face of adversity or in the aftermath of trauma. As negative ...

Fredonia board not getting message

Commentary

June 17 is the revote on the failed May school budget. The superintendent and majority of board members continue to double down on their rhetoric of the necessity of assessing Fredonia taxpayers a 1.9% levy increase without delineating any substantive evidence of how and why this is necessary ...

U.S. flag and its pledge far from consistent

Commentary

It certainly is a grand old flag; probably the most recognizable one in the world. And beautiful. 50 stars shining in a dark blue sky. Red stripes symbolizing the blood shed in defense of the nation and white ones symbolizing its ideals, the most important of which appear at the end of the ...

County history this week

Community News

June 10 — 1886 – The Eureka Fire Company was organized in Silver Creek. — 1945 – A tornado struck Jamestown, causing significant damage in the Brooklyn Square area. — 1956 – Lena the elephant arrived in Mayville. She passed away in January 1957. — 1967 – Groundbreaking ...

DUNKIRK: Proud banners are a bright spot

The OBSERVER’s View

Dunkirk’s troubles over the last 15 months have been well documented. Its financial problems have created tension inside City Hall and all the way to Albany. Debate over whether there should be a control board or a $13 million loan will continue to play out in the coming weeks. But there is ...

People’s column

Peoples column

Fredonia has chance to be progressive Editor, OBSERVER: I am writing this letter to my fellow Fredonians. I am sick of the whining, complaining and insulting finger pointing we are currently experiencing. In fact, I am very angry. Why does the old guard need to publicly humiliate our current ...