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For The Times Leader Crews worked last Friday on preparing the 830-foot-long main span of the new Ohio River bridge for its trip down the Ohio River to its future site. Local officials are excited for what that bridge could mean for their respective economies. WELLSBURG — Crews early Monday began the two-day process of lifting into place the 830-foot-long main span of a 1,800-foot link between Brilliant and an area about a mile south of Wellsburg. And local leaders and others are looking toward the future bridge’s impact on their communities. “We’re really excited to see what the futu...

WARREN SCOTT Staff writer Warren Scott PREPARING FOR THE MOVE — On Friday morning crews were preparing the 830-foot-long main span of the new Ohio River bridge for its trip down the Ohio River to its future site. Officials with the West Virginia Department of Transportation and the Flatiron Corp., the contractor for the $131 million project, have made tentative plans to transport the span on four barges Monday morning and lift it onto its piers, using hydraulic jacks, early Tuesday. WELLSBURG — As crews prepare to put in place the 830-foot-long main span of a 1,800-foot link betw...

For The Intelligencer SIMONETTI Sue Simonetti might have been the mayor of Wellsburg, but she never forgot about the area as a whole. “She was a person who looked at things from a regional perspective,” said Mike Paprocki, executive director of the Brooke-Hancock-Jefferson Metropolitan Planning Commission while remembering Simonetti, who died Wednesday at the age of 75. Simonetti, who was Wellsburg’s mayor for 12 years before announcing in November she would not seek re-election, also served as chair of the BHJ board. “She cared deeply about everything that went on,” Paprocki added....

Staff writers Sue Simonetti WELLSBURG — Sue Simonetti might have been the mayor of Wellsburg, but she never forgot about the area as a whole. “She was a person who looked at things from a regional perspective,” said Mike Paprocki, executive director of the Brooke-Hancock-Jefferson Metropolitan Planning Commission while remembering Simonetti, who died Wednesday at the age of 75. Simonetti, who was Wellsburg’s mayor for 12 years before announcing in November she would not seek re-election, also served as chair of the BHJ board. “She cared deeply about everything that went on,” Papr...

According to information provided by the office of Sen. Joe Manchin, local counties and municipalities are set to receive funding from the new COVID relief legi