As it turned out, 2011 was a news-worthy year in Whitehall, and some stories – most notably the still-pending move of the Town Hall – provided news at least twice a month, sometimes more. Voters elected new political leadership in the village and town and residents saw the town’s most notable landmark – the armory, [...]
Free fun for all at festival Saturday
Whitehall’s business community is coming together to offer local residents an evening of autumn fun, and it’s completely free. The second annual Fall Free Festival will be held from4to7 p.m.on Saturday in theSkenesboroughParkand will feature entertainment, children’s activities, food and several thousand dollars in giveaways. “The focus is on the music and local not-for-profit groups,” [...]
Armory Sold
An Orange County businessman and entrepreneur who owns an historic ski lodge in Vermont and property on Gray Lane along the Mettowee River secured the winning bid for the Whitehall Armory during a public auction held at the Canal Corp. Visitors Center Tuesday afternoon. Gregory Gross put forward a winning bid of $165,000 and beat [...]
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 [...]
Town office move could be affected
By Bill Toscano The renewal of interest in the town purchasing the Whitehall Armory has the potential to delay – or even derail – the planned move of the Whitehall town offices from the New York State Canal Corp. building to the Skenesborough Volunteer Fire Company building.Just as it appeared the town and village [...]
Businessman’s aim is to help town
By Bill Toscano Richard Corsetti knows his name is unfamiliar to residents of Whitehall, but he also wants to them to know that he has the skills and desire to help preserve the Whitehall Armory and turn it into an asset for the town and the region. “This is not my hometown,” said Corsetti, who [...]
watchin tv
someone wants it Noticed recently in the news, concern/ handwringing about the Obama daughters getting so much media attention. Sort of an extension of the papparazi talk re celebrities, I think. No one seems to be willing to admit to eating this stuff up, but someone clearly does, or it wouldn’t happen beacuse it wouldn’t [...]
An ‘ordinary, extraordinary’ man
Student. Soldier. Businessman. Husband. Father.These are just some of the roles that Henry Vanderminden III, or Hank to his friends, Papa to his family, filled in his more than eight decades on this earth.






