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Opinion

Technology takes away personal touch

Commentary

Sixty years ago, the popular TV show The Jetsons amused audiences by cartooning a futuristic society. The light-hearted show featured a likable family – George, Judy, Jane, and Elroy – along with a host of tentacled gadgets (including the robot maid Rosy) that served to make life easier for ...

DUNKIRK: Expansion worth break from IDA

The OBSERVER’s View

North county residents have to be impressed with the activity at Wells Enterprises. From miles away, you can see the signs of construction activity taking place at the manufacturer. Another phase of that major expansion was approved last week by the Chautauqua County Industrial Development ...

After election, environmental priorities will get lost

Commentary

Think of the excellence of the system we have right now. Anyone can write a letter to the editor, get it printed and not fear official consequences. I can go to the Village Board meeting or the County Legislature and talk about whatever I want. The police will not come to my door. Even if I ...

Residents must rally to save forest

Commentary

Technically, the state Department of Environmental Conservation is correct with their white-knuckled, redundant rebuttal: “We’re not cutting old-growth trees.” For the damage the old growth will suffer on their behalf, they might as well be. For those just joining us, here’s a quick ...

To succeed, air service must be good

Commentary

Some say commercial-air service at the Chautauqua County Airport ended because the passenger count plummeted. Yet that misses the point. What’s worse is that it misstates the problem. The real cause wasn’t that the passenger count plummeted. Rather, the real cause was that the quality of ...