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WELLSVILLE — The shortest Saint Patrick's Day parade is getting bigger.

WELLSVILLE — The Village of Wellsville is preparing for a major bridge replacement project set for this summer.  The arched Madison Street bridge over the Western NY & Pennsylvania Railroad will be torn down and replaced during the construction season. Allegany County first approved design work for the new bridge in 2018 and the project is coming to fruition this year.  Village DPW Superintendent Bill Whitfield said the county is expected to award the bid for construction work this spring in March or April. The county has estimated the project will cost just over $2.5 million.  "Someti...

WELLSVILLE — As Village Mayor Randy Shayler opened the village board’s last meeting of 2020 Monday night, he took time to remember former police chief Tim Walsh, who passed away Dec. 21. Saying, “Wellsville has another ambassador in heaven,” in reference to the death earlier this year of former police chief Jim Cicirello, Shayler continued, “Our condolences go out to Tim’s wife, Margaret, his sons, Robert, Michael and Bryan, his brother, Shaun, and his sister, Mary Kate Cole, and the entire Walsh family. Walsh, 62, was a native of Wellsville. He started a 42-year...