The state Department of Transportation has decided to close both lanes of Route 4 in Comstock as they remove additional rock from the area near last month’s rock slide. The department has initially planned to keep one lane open for the duration of the six- to eight-week project, which began Monday. But it was determined [...]
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Route 4 down to single lane
The state Department of Transportation will reduce traffic to one lane between Kelsey Pond Road and Route 22 in Comstock. The lane closure will be effective through Friday (Nov. 8 and 9) as crews complete repairs to the roadway, which was damaged last month when thousands of tons of rock fell into the road. For [...]
Portion of Route 4 to be paved
A section of highway in Whitehall will receive repairs after it was included in a multi-million contract awarded by the New York State Department of Transportation as part of a New York Works project. The DOT announced last week that Route 4 between Ryder Road and Seventh Avenue in the village of Whitehall was one [...]
$1 million to rebuild track: New York gives grant to Vermont Rail System
By Derek Liebig A section of rail line in Whitehall, which has been abandoned for three decades, will be replaced thanks to a grant of more than $1 million from the New York Capital Region Economic Development Council. Dave Wulfson, president of Vermont Rail System, estimated those improvements would result in an 18-minute reduction [...]
Police Beat
Compiled by Derek Liebig Nov. 1 7:30 a.m. Police investigated reports of a false alarm at aMain Streetbusiness. 10:04 a.m. Officers responded to complaints of endangering the welfare of a child at theWhitehallRec.Center. Matter is under investigation. 3:59 p.m. Police responded to the scene of anEMScall onQueen Streetinvolving an incident of [...]
Bridge Theatre may be torn down
The Clinton Street Bridge and the theater that rests upon its trusses may be removed after the village declined to take responsibility for the structure. The village was given the opportunity last month to assume all responsibilities for the bridge, including ownership and maintenance of the 100 year old structure but declined given the financial [...]
Attorney rules in favor of coin drops
By Derek Liebig The Whitehall Volunteer Fire Company is expected to be able to hold a coin drop later this summer after the village attorneydetermined the practice was legal. Mayor Peter Telisky said he received a response from Tony Jordan Tuesday afternoon who saidhe believes that coin drops are permissible. “Tony can find nothing [...]
Youth League forced to raise fees
By Bill Toscano Local families will have to pay more for their children to participate in baseball and softball and will also be required to sell a specific number of raffle tickets as well. Whitehall Youth League President John Hoagland said the changes are a result of the elimination of coin-drop collections, which accounted for [...]
Youth League seeks fund-raising ideas
By Bill Toscano The Whitehall Youth League, which provides more than 225 youths in grades 3-6 the chance to play baseball and offers football and cheerleading to about 70, has lost one-third of its funding because of the ban on coin drops. “If you add everything up, we probably spend about $20,000, and about one-third [...]
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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 [...]