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The OBSERVER’s View: Labels bring a negative view

Since becoming governor, Kathy Hochul has made a push to increase housing statewide. Earlier this month, she came to the north county to hail The Homesteads at Dunkirk Landing Project, which is being built by Regan Development. Overall, the $37 million project will consist of two new buildings located within two blocks of one another on Washington Avenue and on East Fourth Street. The Washington Avenue building will contain 48 apartments, while the East Fourth Street building will contain 30 apartments. Both sites are located within Dunkirk's Brownfield Opportunity and Downtown ...

The OBSERVER’s View: Labels bring a negative view

Since becoming governor, Kathy Hochul has made a push to increase housing statewide. Earlier this month, she came to the north county to hail The Homesteads at Dunkirk Landing Project, which is being built by Regan Development. Overall, the $37 million project will consist of two new buildings located within two blocks of one another on Washington Avenue and on East Fourth Street. The Washington Avenue building will contain 48 apartments, while the East Fourth Street building will contain 30 apartments. Both sites are located within Dunkirk's Brownfield Opportunity and Downtown ...

The OBSERVER’s View: Fraud numbers show county troubles

It is shocking, though not surprising, that two county Social Services Department employees have been charged in the theft of money from the people they were supposed to be helping. Amounts weren't disclosed during a news conference earlier this month and neither was the name of a second person allegedly involved in the alleged theft, but we've seen enough thefts of public money in the past to know that where there are large sums of money being passed around someone will eventually try to take some for themselves. We've been through this a time or two over the past couple of ...

The OBSERVER’s View

We'd say New York should throw out its recycling data, but we're not sure if the paper would be recycled or end up in a landfill. Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli's office found the state DEC lacks reliable information on how much material is recycled across the state. Part of the problem is recycling facilities have submitted only about two-thirds of the required annual reports from January 2021 through December 2023. The facilities that did submit reports couldn't always verify the information they did report. And, perhaps most troubling, of the reports that were submitted, nearly ...

Housing effort brings proven partner

In a Dunkirk-Fredonia region, where the poverty rate is nearly 25%, we cannot understand the criticism that comes with the affordable housing projects. One of the most recent to be announced is tied to the Downtown Revitalization Initiative that offered the city of Dunkirk $10 million to build up its business district. Earlier this month, Gov. Kathy Hochul was in town to boost the Homesteads at Dunkirk Landing $38 million projects — one that will be built near the Save A-Lot plaza on Fourth Street and another on Washington Avenue. Regan Development Corp., which is handling the ...

The OBSERVER’s View: P-TECH proving its worth with Westfield firm

A major $3.2 million upgrade to a Westfield manufacturer is worthy of plenty of praise. Besides the company investment with state assistance, there also is an effort to maintain a younger generation within the region. According to an article in last weekend’s edition, Renold Westfield at 100 Bourne St. is actively marketing itself to prospective hires. The company has hosted factory tours for students enrolled in P-TECH, an Erie 2-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus BOCES program for high school students that offers career and technical education and certifications in skilled trades, engineering ...