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Opinion

Wetlands challengers need best slingshot

Commentary

CHAUTAUQUA LAKE — Let’s pick up where we left off on Labor Day weekend 2024. As of Jan. 1, New York state Department of Environmental Conservation, or DEC, regulations expand the control of “wetlands.” Those who in 2024 denied that the regulations would lead to any of Chautauqua ...

County history today

Community News

Jan. 24 — 1900: Jamestown Gas Co.announced plans to cease operations as natural gas became the dominant energy source. — 1953: Roger Tory Peterson Day was celebrated in Jamestown, honoring the renowned naturalist and ornithologist. — 2011: The main lodge at Cockaigne ski resort ...

Region appears powerless in plant future

Editor's corner

Along the shivering shores of Dunkirk is a massive landmark and scar. At one time, the imposing facility contained four active generating units that produced approximately 635 megawatts of electricity that powered the northeast and a majority of the Western New York region. Today, as it sits ...

BUFFALO BILLS: Having another shot at the Chiefs

The OBSERVER’s View

For some Buffalo Bills fans, Sunday night cannot get here fast enough. At 6:30 p.m. that evening, the team that so many here attach their emotions to hopes to reach its fifth Super Bowl in franchise history. It will not be easy. Standing in the way is two-time defending champion Kansas City ...

Affordability in our state costs too much

Commentary

I recently received an email from Gov. Kathy Hochul in which she told me and several million others about her Affordability Agenda that she unveiled in her recent State of the State address. In the email she assured New Yorkers of her commitment to every one of us and that our families’ ...

Rounding Third: A place to remember, revere, and reflect

Commentary

That “place” is a sacred site, the final resting place of United Airlines flight 93, its seven crew, and 33 passengers. Their eternity is a field – a wide open, sloping farmer’s field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. I had desired to visit the memorial for years. When Richard asked ...