DEC talks containment, remediation for hazardous elements on Brighton school property

On Friday afternoon, construction crews were seen outside Brighton High School laying a plastic tarp and top gravel over patches of exposed contaminated soil, containing ...
Opinion

Mamdani’s Office of Community Safety still leaves NYPD on the hook for the city’s most dangerous mental-health calls

Mamdani’s new plan to take mental-health 911 calls off police will do little to curb the real demands on the sworn officers of the NYPD.

NY AG bars correctional health care provider after deaths

NEW YORK — New York Attorney General Letitia James announced Friday a settlement with correctional health care provider NaphCare, LLC and its affiliate Proactive Health Care Medicine, PLLC, following ...

Drinking Raw Milk Is Risky. Should People Be Able to Buy It Anyway?

Several states are considering bills that would expand access to unpasteurized milk. MAHA supporters say consumers should have the right to choose.
Observer Today

Battery storage safety plan OK’d by Dunkirk Fire Department

While the Chautauqua County Board of Health is weighing the safety of Battery Energy Storage Systems, the city of Dunkirk has gone on record saying they believe the BESS proposed in Dunkirk would be ...