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Cooperative spirit reaps rewards in county

As anyone watching what happened recently in the United Kingdom knows, Brexit has not been an enormous success. There are many lessons to be learned from Brexit and the disastrous 44-day reign of Liz Truss, the shortest-serving prime minister in British history. As she put it, she “… set out a vision for a low-tax, high-growth economy that would take advantage of the freedoms of Brexit.” Like the toddler screaming, “I do it by myself!” those embracing isolationist policies, like Brexit, are far more likely to find themselves dealing with more significant problems, not better ...

Events tied to violence, drugs headline ‘22

By M.J. STAFFORD mstafford@observertoday.com Violence and drugs. We sometimes think of them as things that are bigger problems in urban areas than in northern Chautauqua County. However, this area had some notable violent and drug-related crimes in 2022. There were stabbings and shootings. ...

Nichols moves to have school driveway named for Coach Jagoda

At the suggestion of Councilwoman Nancy Nichols, the city of Dunkirk will ask the school district to name a driveway on its secondary school campus after Frank Jagoda. Eric Gloss wrote to the city government recently asking that a street be named after Jagoda, the Dunkirk High School varsity baseball head coach since 1993. Nichols said, after talking about the suggestion with Department of Public Works Director Randy Woodbury, she came up with an alternate plan. “We don’t want to start precedents,” she said of renaming a city public street. “We don’t want to be disrespectful ...

Fredonia school, SUNY Fredonia partnership ‘awesome’

As part of a partnership between SUNY Fredonia and Fredonia Central School District, students from SUNY Fredonia have played a major role with editing the Fredonia Forum newsletter. At a recent Fredonia Board of Education meeting, students from SUNY Fredonia spoke to their experience working ...

Cassadaga welcomes new Village Trustee

CASSADAGA — A seat on the Cassadaga Village Board of Trustees is no longer vacant. At the most recent meeting of the Village Board of Trustees, Cathy Cruver was officially sworn in to serve the remainder of the four-year term of Village Trustee left vacant by Rachyl Krupa, who resigned in ...