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The OBSERVER’s View

DUNKIRK Battery facility plans need input of city

City of Dunkirk residents need to be a part of the discussion regarding a recent meeting of the Chautauqua County Planning Board. Last week, board members reviewed initial plans for a 250 megawatt grid-connected battery storage system, to be placed on West Seventh Street in the ...

EDUCATION: Opposition by GOP weak on regional plans

When it comes to state politics Republicans are often a voice of reason. That isn’t the case when it comes to the state Board of Regents emergency order for school districts to submit regionalization plans to the state Education Department. Part of the problem is the state Board of ...

FREDONIA: We need sharing, not new facilities

Sharing has become a way for area schools to continue to offer athletics, especially for the smaller districts with lesser student numbers. You see it with the Clymer-Sherman-Panama football team as well as the Fredonia-Dunkirk-Pine Valley-Forestville-Cassadaga Valley girls swim team. It is a ...

CABINET Smart steps toward energy independence

President-elect Donald Trump’s decisions to nominate Chris Wright for secretary of energy and North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum to serve a dual role as secretary of the interior and chairman of a National Energy Council are reassuring. Wright is the CEO of a company with considerable experience ...

SNOWSTORM: Giving thanks for major rescue

One of the busiest shopping days turned out to be a bust due to the weather. But there was a tremendous gift of life that received the support of area first responders in the middle of heavy snow and whiteout conditions that Friday. A 64-year-old woman from the Rochester area was headed to ...

Snowfall: Some won’t heed storm warnings

There is not much more area forecasters, government officials and emergency responders could do to warn motorists and residents about the impending lake-effect snowstorm that was headed for northern Chautauqua County. Warnings came through media, cell phone alerts and on signs on Interstate ...