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Opinion

Assembly Speaker’s Budget Impasse Bill Is Misguided

The OBSERVER’s View

We have finally found a point of agreement with Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie - policy issues don’t need to be included in the state budget. That doesn’t mean we agree with his recent proposal to allow state lawmakers to be paid when the state budget is late because the governor ...

The Great American School Musical

Commentary

It always amazes me when I attend one of these. That local school kids can put on such an exceptional performance combined with all of the choreography and building of stage sets–is a great testament to our system of public education. As a grandparent of kids so involved, it makes me not a ...

Region relies on PBS, NPR

Commentary

This is a letter I sent to U.S. Rep. Nick Langworthy. I cannot believe Congress is considering a bill to defund NPR/PBS (No Partisan Radio Partisan Services Act) Is Congress really going to waste time trying to limit these broadly accessible media outlets that provide preschool children’s ...

Easter: A time for reflection for all

The OBSERVER’s View

This weekend is the culmination of the holiest of weeks in the Christian calendar, with Easter Sunday and the resurrection of Christ it celebrates the most pivotal or defining moment of the liturgical year. We understand and respect that not everyone in our region is a practicing Christian - ...

Best to say no to wind/solar/BESS

Commentary

Given the amount of information available from around the world proving how economically destructive wind/solar/BESS energy is – it seems a bit self-defeating that New York State still pushes it. State politicians and citizens are either ignorant of the economics, or they don’t care because ...