The familiar rumble of a train passing through the village will be joined by the sounds of joyous children, the ho-ho-ho of Santa Claus, and the melodic strumming of acoustic guitars as the Canadian Pacific Holiday Train returns to the community to support the Whitehall Food Pantry. The train has hit the rails to raise [...]
Whitehall Food Pantry in need of donations
The Whitehall Food Pantry needs your help. “Donations had started to pick up but now they have fizzled out in the last couple of weeks,” said Mark Koeble, director of the pantry. He said the pantry is in need of a variety of nonperishable food items to help replenish its stock. The items most in [...]
Food Shelf Needs Help This Weekend
The Poultney Chamber of Commerce is working in cooperation with the Poultney Food Shelf to re-stock the food shelf in time for the busy holiday season. Members of the Chamber of Commerce will be collecting non-perishable food items from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday Nov. 13, and 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on [...]
Food Shelf Needs Help
The Poultney Food Shelf is trying to make sure the area’s residents don’t go hungry during the upcoming holiday season and organizers are hoping to enlist the help of local citizens as they seek to re-stock their pantry. The Poultney Area Chamber of Commerce in cooperation with the Poultney Food Shelf will hold a weekend [...]
Demand for food surges
“This community is amazingly generous and warm,” said JoAnn Holland, a volunteer at the Granville Area Ecumenical Council Food Pantry, which is coping with a surge in demand for assistance these days.







VPR commentator entertains at Slate Valley Museum
By Jaime Thomas About 75 people gathered at the Slate Valley Museum Thursday evening to listen to Vermont Public Radio [...]