http://www.observertoday.comTop Headlinesen-usWed, 9 Jul 2008 00:09:36 EDTWed, 9 Jul 2008 00:09:36 EDThttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rsshttp://www.observertoday.com/page/content.detail/id/505238.htmlA public hearing scheduled by the town of Sheridan's Zoning Board of Appeals was not held Monday, but the ZBA still did plenty of listening. The Sheridan Town Hall was filled to capacity with people on hand to voice opposition to what was supposed to be the subject of the hearing, a proposed motocross racing/riding track for motorcycles and all-terrain vehicles. After the regular business of appMon, 7 Jul 2008 23:41:09 EDThttp://www.observertoday.com/page/content.detail/id/505237.htmlLILY DALE - It was an era of bustles and bonnets, of parlor teas and picnics. The Leolyn Inn offered running hot and cold water, and platform speakers Susan B. Anthony and her cohort, Elizabeth Cady Stanton rallied Lily Dale feminists to the cause - the right of women to vote. Those years will be revisited this weekend at Lily Dale Assembly. From an old-fashioned strawberry social and antiqMon, 7 Jul 2008 23:39:55 EDThttp://www.observertoday.com/page/content.detail/id/505239.htmlFORESTVILLE - This year marks the village of Forestville's 200th year in existence and the entire community is celebrating. The village was originally founded as "Walnut Falls," and later changed to "Forestville," in 1808. This summer, village residents will be recognizing 200 years of heritage with three days of activities and events from July 11 to 13 as part of the villagewide bicentennial basMon, 7 Jul 2008 23:41:58 EDThttp://www.observertoday.com/page/content.detail/id/505240.htmlMAYVILLE - The new county housing committee set up to build private and public funds to help residents renovate their homes will meet for the first time Friday in Mayville. In May, the County Legislature passed a resolution to set up the committee, which will investigate the possibility of setting up a housing fund, mostly with donations from private sector donations, that will be used throughouMon, 7 Jul 2008 23:42:50 EDThttp://www.observertoday.com/page/content.detail/id/505241.htmlCHAUTAUQUA - If poetry could take on a human persona, it would be a mild-mannered accountant by day and a psychopath at night in the eyes of Billy Collins. ''It's basically taking a little premise and pushing it to see how nutty it becomes, how insane,'' Collins, the former United States and New York state poet laureate, said of his poetry while speaking to an audience at the Chautauqua InstitutiMon, 7 Jul 2008 23:44:27 EDT