Publisher’s notebook
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Dunkirk Mayor Richard Frey says things in the city are “coming alive.”
Dunkirk Mayor Richard Frey had heard enough. During my last appearance Nov. 9 on WDOE’s “Viewpoint,” news director Dave Rowley asked whether a change in the council would matter to city voters after the election. My response, noting the Democrats now had the 3-2 majority, was our newspaper had issues with both parties. Neither truly backed spending cuts, tax reductions or consolidation efforts. Democrats talked about transparency, but they never really made it an issue until four months before the vote. But the point Frey took issue with was when I questioned the city and its development efforts. The Boardwalk is a taxpayer-funded structure, the SUNY Fredonia incubator has a lot of hope, but it is not adding to the city’s tax base and the Chadwick Bay Lofts, which looks great on the inside and outside, was done with more than $1 million in state funding.
» Full StoryGood times
Anybody that knows me knows I’ve been an avid fan of the Buffalo Bill for years. We go way back. Remember when the Bills had summer camp in Fredonia? Well, some of them came to Mar Val’s to have their hair cut.
» Full StoryIt’s not too early to consider winter
By STEPHEN J. COOLEY
Don’t let the “bad weather blues” immobilize you this winter — at least not in areas where your postal letter carrier delivers your mail.
A serious concern
Around this Hearth
I hope will flow
A great deal of love
And a friendly glow.
So Welcome to this fireside
And share with us
Who here abide.
AARP?thanks officials for health care support
Recently, the U.S. House of Representatives passed critical health care reform legislation that would strengthen Medicare for seniors and end discrimination by insurance companies that prices millions of Americans out of affordable health covera.
» Full StoryA wonderful, simple exercise
Walking. A simple exercise that most of us have pretty well mastered by the time that we’re one year old or so. In my case, I had accomplished the feat, for the first time, when I was nine months old.
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