Melania Trump Supports Abortion Rights in New Memoir, Contradicting Husband’s Stance

Melania Trump Supports Abortion Rights in New Memoir, Contradicting Husband’s Stance

Melania Trump Advocates for Abortion Rights in New Memoir Melania Trump, the former first lady, has publicly expressed her support for abortion rights in her upcoming memoir, fueling discussions surrounding reproductive rights in the wake of political controversy. In a video shared on social media platform X (formerly Twitter), she read excerpts from her self-titled … Read more

Iran’s president has died in a helicopter crash, state media studies

Iran’s president has died in a helicopter crash, state media studies

On this photograph offered by Moj Information Company, rescue groups are seen on Sunday close to the location of the incident of the helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in Varzaghan in northwestern Iran. (Azin Haghighi/AP) Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, the nation’s overseas minister and different officers had been declared lifeless from a helicopter crash, … Read more

Injunction lifted that blocked some New York cannabis licenses

Injunction lifted that blocked some New York cannabis licenses

An injunction blocking progress for New York state’s recreational marijuana industry is lifted as a judge signs off on a settlement agreement between the Office of Cannabis Management and four veterans. The state had been blocked from issuing, processing or reviewing Conditional Adult Use Retail Dispensary Licenses, known as the CAURD program, since Aug. 7, … Read more

Lawmakers want oil companies to pay for New York climate projects

Lawmakers want oil companies to pay for New York climate projects

Environmental advocates rallied in support of state legislation that would make big oil companies pay for climate change projects in New York. “The climate damages are too staggering, the costs are too enormous. too much to be born by taxpayers alone,” said Blair Horner, director of New York Public Interest Research Group. “When you make … Read more

City Clerk Edwin Ramos Requests $20,000 for Digital Records Scanner – Dunkirk Common Council Budget Meeting

City Clerk Edwin Ramos Requests ,000 for Digital Records Scanner – Dunkirk Common Council Budget Meeting

OBSERVER Photo by M.J. Stafford City Clerk Edwin Ramos makes a point during a Dunkirk Common Council 2024 budget meeting Tuesday. He’s flanked by Councilwoman Natalie Luczkowiak and Councilman-at-large David Damico. Dunkirk City Clerk Edwin Ramos wants to hire scanners of records and do a modernized computer interface. The cost: About $20,000. Ramos tried to … Read more

Dunkirk Intermediate School Class of 2024 Socktober Sock Drive Success

Dunkirk Intermediate School Class of 2024 Socktober Sock Drive Success

Elizabeth Rich’s class at Dunkirk Intermediate School raised 407 pairs of socks to contribute to the Dunkirk High School Class of 2024 Socktober Sock Drive. The students leading the way for their class were Jacob Symans, middle left, and Emersyn Krzyzanowicz, middle right Zentz and his fellow leaders of the Class of 2024 participated in … Read more

SUNY Fredonia Veterans Remembrance Ceremony Honors Brave Heroes and Scholarship Recipients

SUNY Fredonia Veterans Remembrance Ceremony Honors Brave Heroes and Scholarship Recipients

‘Brave heroes’ SUNY ceremony is tribute to veterans By M.J. STAFFORD [email protected] State University of New York at Fredonia held its annual Veterans Remembrance Ceremony in the Williams Center Multipurpose Room on Friday afternoon. “It isn’t what we say today, it’s about how we honor these brave heroes every day of the year,” said Jeffrey … Read more

Chautauqua County Election Results: Absentee Ballots and Close Races

Chautauqua County Election Results: Absentee Ballots and Close Races

OBSERVER Photo by M.J. Stafford Election results go up as Dunkirk Republicans gather at the Exempt Firemen’s club Tuesday. There are seven election races in Chautauqua County that are either being reviewed because of how close they were or haven’t been finalized due to the number of absentee ballots out. On Wednesday, county Republican Election … Read more