Editor, OBSERVER: A big thank you to the people who donated yarn to the Thursday Knitting Group that meets at St. Joseph’s Church in Fredonia. This past year more than 700 items were hand knit and crocheted, including hats, scarves, mittens, baby items and afghans, etc. These items ...

Editor, OBSERVER: Industrial scale solar developers are targeting Chautauqua County towns making promises of riches and “green” bragging rights. New York state is careening towards energy policies that mimic California and Texas —- but those two states do not have winters like ours. ...

Editor, OBSERVER: I had to chuckle reading the editorial (Feb. 19) and the justification for this new idea to buffer impacts of wave action in the Dunkirk harbor. Seriously, the biggest impact is in the winter months when there are no boats to be found in said harbor. This money needs to ...

Editor, OBSERVER: I’m currently working on an internship tasked with promoting environmental awareness along with the hopes of creating as large a wildlife refuge as possible. I believe I have a possible solution to the obsolete dam problem in Brocton that should be brought to light. All ...

Editor, OBSERVER: I found the statements made by Tremaine Wright of Brooklyn, the chair of the state’s cannabis control board in the Jan. 29 article “Conversation on cannabis plots next steps” quite disturbing. Wright tells us it will be run with “equity, inclusion and justice at the ...

Editor, OBSERVER: The recent commentary “Mixed messages on ‘best’ COVID practices” (Jan. 29) needs to be challenged. The writer makes the comment “The COVID vaccine does not prevent infection or transmission.” This is true but it is incomplete. The function of a vaccine is to ...