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The OBSERVER’s View

MEDICINE Encouraging signs treating cancer

It is no secret that great strides continue to be made in cancer treatment, but probably the most notable publicized development of 2023 thus far has been evolution of the treatment mind-set that, at least for some cancers, “aggressive” might not necessarily be better. For many cancer ...

Wildlife What’s best when black bears visit

Dunkirk-Fredonia, within recent weeks, has been noticing a different intruder to the region rather than deer. Black bears, normally found in rural areas, are making their way to populated sections near Canadaway Creek and Lake Erie. We’re not sure why more are being seen in villages and the ...

New York State Albany disregards referendum result

New York voters overwhelmingly rejected a 2021 referendum that would have allowed no-excuses absentee voting in New York state. No worries. State Democrats have found a way around that pesky state Constitution to get the no-excuse absentee ballot voting they want so badly whether voters want ...

FOURTH OF JULY Freedom keeps nation independent

Today, we Americans celebrate the Declaration of Independence. Our focus is what the document meant — creation of a new nation, a new set of ideals to form a more perfect union. But what the document itself says about the Founders and about what they intended for us is just as important, in ...

I-86 Bridge Repair Project is a needed inconvenience

There will be times over the next four years when we will be inconvenienced by a $78 million reconstruction of the Chautauqua County Veterans Memorial Bridge over Chautauqua Lake. The alternatives, however, are worse than inconvenience. Not maintaining bridges inevitably leads to ...

New York State Health Dept. changes to Nourish NY go too far

New isolation and quarantine rules and a program to help feed the hungry shouldn’t have much in common. In our view, however, two state Health Department actions on totally unrelated topics have one common thread running through them — that unelected Health Department bureaucrats think ...