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New Wellsville village mayor, trustee approved WELLSVILLE — The village board has approved a new mayor as well as a new trustee to fill a vacant seat. Ed Fahs took the helm as mayor and Tim Colligan stepped on board to fill the trustee position Fahs vacated. Both were approved unanimously Sept. 22 by the board and will serve until the reorganizational meeting in early December. Fahs has been on the board for six years and has served as deputy mayor several times during his tenure. The mayor’s post was open because former mayor Randy
Shayler announced earlier in September he was stepping down officially on Sept. 12. Colligan, celebrating his birthday, served as a trustee from 1984 to 1992 and again from 1994 to 2002 after an attempt at running for mayor. He said that he will seek the trustee seat, passing petitions this spring and running in the 2026 election. “I’m ready to do it again,” he said after determining the chair he was seated in was his old chair from the boardroom in the old Municipal Building. Fahs, who thanked the board for their
approval as mayor, said, “Tim is the epitome of Wellsville. When you think of who serves the village, you think of him.” Colligan is an active member of the Republican Party, the Immaculate Conception Church and the Elks Club and he is co-chair of the Babcock Movie Theater Preservation Society. Shayler served as a village board member for two years before winning the 2016 mayoral election. He was most recently reelected with 82% of the vote in November for a new
Photo by Kathryn Ross New Wellsville Mayor Ed Fahs welcomes former trustee Tim Colligan back to the village board — with a bottle of ibuprofen — during the last meeting in September.
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Ballots available for November elections Election season is well under way with some ballots already in the hands of voters. The state Board of Elections reported that early voting and absentee ballots are available for voters looking to avoid going to the polls on Nov. 4 — two of four ways to vote. There are four ways to vote: In-person early voting, mail-based early voting, absentee ballots and visiting the polling booth on Election Day. Several deadlines are approaching in October that affect those looking to register or access mail-based voting options.
The last day for a registered voter to change their address is Oct. 20. The last day to visit the Board of Elections to register to vote, or for mailed registration requests to arrive at the county board’s office, is Oct. 25. The last day for the Board of Elections to receive a mailed or electronic application for an early vote by mail or absentee ballot is Oct. 25. The last day to apply in person for an early or absentee ballot is Nov. 3. The last day to postmark any mailed-in ballot is Nov. 4, and the ballots must be received by Nov. 12 to count.
The last day for the Board of Elections to receive an application for non-registered military, overseas or Uniformed And Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act-eligible voters is Oct. 25. The last day for an application to arrive for such voters if already registered to vote is Oct. 28. The last day to apply in person for a military ballot is Nov. 3. All such ballots must be postmarked by Nov. 4 and received by Nov. 17. To register to vote in New York state, a voter must be a U.S. citizen, at least 18 years old, not claim the right to vote elsewhere, and a
resident of the state and municipality where they wish to vote for at least thirty days prior to the election. Voting is not open to those incarcerated for a felony conviction or adjudicated to be mentally incompetent by a court. Lastly, the individual may not claim the right to vote elsewhere. Pre-registration is available to 16- and 17-year-olds, but they are unable to vote until they turn 18. To register to vote, visit the state Board of Elections’ online voter registration portal, visit your county Board of Elections or a state agen-
cy designated as a National Voter Registration Act site — including the Department of Motor Vehicles or county health department — or via mail. At the state level, a single ballot initiative will appear. The proposal amends the state Constitution to allow the use of 323 acres of the Adirondack Forest Preserve to create new Nordic ski and biathlon trails at the Olympic Sports Complex in North Elba, Essex County. An additional 2,500 acres are to be added to the preserve to offset the usage. State Supreme Court
justices are to be elected. The Eighth Judicial district covers Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Niagara, Orleans and Wyoming counties. Candidates on the ballot in all of those counties include Jorge deRosas on the Democratic, Republican and Conservative lines; and Shannon Heneghan on the Democratic, Republican, Conservative and Working Families lines.
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In countywide races, Jenna Kelley is running as a Republican and
November Elections continued on PAGE 4
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