Warm weather, crowds greet opening day of Little League The kickoff to the 2011 Little League featured endings and beginnings under bright sunshine on what might have been the nicest day of the year thus far Sunday. Retiring Little League President Ernie Bassett received a rousing round of applause as he was recognized [...]
Putorti leads final meeting
Francis “Fra” Putorti presided over his final Whitehall Village Board meeting Monday, received applause from the board and the audience and summed up his two years as mayor. “We saved a lot of money by going to a voucher system, we have made great progress on our sewer lines, and we’ve got the three new [...]
Corsetti presents armory plans
Businessman Richard Corsetti received applause both before and after he presented his plan for creating a community cultural center in the Whitehall Armory to the town board at its Jan. 12 meeting. Despite it being a very snowy day, more than 15 people turned out for the presentation in which Corsetti laid out the details [...]
Horde grapplers close in on League crown
A series of pins in the middle weight classes delivered a third Wasaren League victory and the inside track to the league title on Jan. 13 as the Granville Golden Horde beat the Hoosick Falls Panthers, 43-37. Granville converted wins from Hayden Miller (140), Kurt Ehntholt (145), Brad Perry (152) and Karl Palmer, who bumped [...]
Tatko to vote ‘No’ on 3 percent budget
Although transfer stations have been restored in the county budget, residents continued to give members of the Washington County Board of Supervisors an earful about trash during a public hearing on Nov. 12. Since the closure of the county transfer stations was proposed last month as a part of an effort to reduce a [...]





