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Looking back at 2024 in Allegany County ville High School win a high school sports state championship when the Lady Lions softball team brought home the New York State Public High School Athletic Association title and trophy in Class B. The young women knocked off Marcellus out of the state semifinals in Bellport, Long Island, by a score of 6-2 and sealed the deal the next day when they topped Schuylerville, 7-1. Co-coaches and veteran softballers themselves, Shelley Chaffee and Jamie McLaughlin, led the team that included Brazen Beckwith, Sawyer Burke, Makenzie Cowburn, Marissa Ordway Natalie Adams, Teagan Burke, Hailey Cowburn, Makenna Dunbar, Ayla Faulkner, Brynne Hallock, Alexis Ireland, Alexis Irish, Averee Palmatier, Kennedy Perry, Lindsay
BY KATHRYN ROSS
In the middle of the third decade of the 21st century, Wellsville and Allegany County remembered its past and embraced its future. JANUARY started off with big news as the renovation of Jones Memorial Hospital (constructed in the 1950s) concluded, signaling a new era in health care for the community, the county, Western New York and northern Pennsylvania. John Booth was honored as volunteer of the year, Jim Helms, CEO of UR/Jones Memorial Hospital, said it was a “momentous day” as they cut the ribbon to officially open the transformed and modernized medical facility constructed for $19.2 million raised locally and with $17 million in state funding. Construction included a new medical village, new operating rooms, procedure rooms and a permanent stateof-the-art MRI tower. FEBRUARY saw the results of The Salvation Army’s Red Kettle Campaign showing the community’s generosity once again. More than 80 people were in attendance when the head of the Wellsville unit of The Salvation Army, Emily Stothart, thanked volunteers for their help with the 2023 fundraising campaign. A total of $27,600 was raised over
Photos by Kathryn Ross Officials cut the ribbon to officially open new and improved facilities in January at UR/Jones Memorial Hospital in Wellsville.
the six-week Red Kettle Campaign in 2023 — $2,600 over its goal. MARCH saw the second annual Shortest St. Patrick’s Day Parade sponsored by the Ancient Order of Hibernians in Wellsville hold onto its title. With Grand Marshall Rosie O’Grady, hundreds of participants marched or drove the 12-foot-long parade route between From the Hart and the Wellsville Brewing Company. Hundreds braved the blustery day to watch. According to organizer Brian Cannon the parade is more than 75 feet shorter than the most recently advertised Shortest SPDP in the United States in Hot Springs, Ark., and more than 20 feet shorter than another SPDP held in Ireland. APRIL 8 was the day of the solar eclipse in Wellsville — although the village was not in
the path of totality like Belfast, Angelica and Houghton. Those communities saw people gathered on roadsides, hillsides, in public parks and backyards to see the phenomenon. People did spot part of the eclipse when the clouds parted, slightly and briefly, in Wellsville. However, while the eclipse was less than stellar in the village, the opportunity for families to gather, friends to chat and the community to come together made it a celestial event. MAY saw Runnings celebrated as the new Business of the Year and Jones Memorial honored as the Business of the Year as part of the Wellsville Chamber of Commerce’s annual awards. Donald Comstock received the Community Service Award, Julia Davenport received the Caregiver Award, Kristy
McNulty received the Educator of the Year Award, Madelyn “Maddie” Muurisepp recdeived the Youth Service Award, John Fleischman received the First Responder Award and Brent Roberts received the Veteran of the Year Award. JUNE saw, for the first time since 1993, Wells-
On March 15, Rosie O’Grady led the AOH’s second annual Shortest St. Patrick’s Day Parade along the 12-foot parade route.
Stuck and Emily Stuck. Meanwhile, Wellsville’s Kaylee Oswald, a junior, repeated as the state champion in shot put and the Friendship/ Scio softball team made a run to the state semis in Class D, losing to Deposit-Hancock, 8-2. JULY saw the celebration of Independence Day and Andover, established in 1824, celebrated its bicentennial, combining the celebration with the annual Fourth of July activities. The celebration included a variety of family-friendly activities including a carnival with kids’ rides, musical entertainment, pickleball and cornhole tournaments, an ice cream social and movie night, car show, community yard sales and walking tours highlighting historical sites, talks on the history of the town and an ecumenical service. The Fourth of July Committee held its traditional Fourth of July Parade and fireworks display adding to the celebration. AUGUST saw unprecedented destruction when Tropical Storm Debby visited Western New York and left flooding and damages in Steuben County and Northern Pennsylvania in her wake; she also impacted Allegany County, but less dramatically. Early on, flooding was reported in Ando-
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