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The OBSERVER’s View

SPORTS UB football takes big step with win

Today’s discussion on Buffalo sports is likely to center around Monday night’s Bills-Jacksonville Jaguars game. But there is a collegiate team that is aiming to do some big things this year. On Saturday the University at Buffalo Bulls upset No. 23 Northern Illinois University — on the ...

LAKES: DEC needs to delay watershed plans

It’s time, in our opinion, for everyone to take a deep breath and regroup on the subject of new state watershed regulations. We’re not entirely sure the state Legislature intended the lakes to be included in the watershed regulations. It’s not clear that the regulations considered ...

DUNKIRK Council still blind to its poor choices

We actually agree with the consoling — and often confused — Dunkirk Councilman James Stoyle with his endorsement and support for Ellen Luczkowiak, the city’s fiscal affairs officer who has been on the job since January. March’s rude awakening regarding the $18 million deficit is far ...

SCHOOLS As classes return, bullying follows

Young people’s return to their classrooms each fall usually is a routine, uneventful exercise, even for young men and women transitioning from high school to a college environment. They’ve gone through the proverbial ritual of clothes-buying over the latter part of the summer, as well as ...

ARKWRIGHT Kinks in big project upsets small town

Be careful with what you wish for — and in the town of Arkwright’s case, they had hoped for some major overhauls after a windfall of cash from the developers who constructed 36 turbines. They did get a bit of that, but the final product has officials disappointed. During this month’s ...

FREDONIA Ringing approval with phone limits

It is still early, but the results are encouraging — at least at the Fredonia Central School district. During a board meeting this month, High School Principal Darrin Paschke noted how he was “pleasantly surprised” by how the students were coping with cell-phone restrictions. Paschke ...