Tag Archives: Economy

Schoony’s wins county business prize

By Jaime Thomas Family and community are everything in Bob Schoonmaker’s business. The co-owner of Schoony’s Country Market, who runs the shop with his wife, Dorie, feels he can thank his family, his workers and his patrons for a recent award. “We’re all about family; we try to run this like a family business with [...]

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Mayor looks to the future

  Mayor-elect Brian LaRose took a break from a Sunday afternoon of doing paperwork and sat down for a chat with the Sentinel between phone calls, answering e-mails and reading through a stack of weekly paperwork.     What are you doing right now as mayor-elect? What are you looking at going forward?   “Well [...]

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Supervisors’ Corner: Meeting Jan. 12

By Richard “Geezer” Gordon On Jan.12 the 2011 Town Board organizational meeting will take place at 7  p.m. This should take about a half hour. The regular meeting will begin right after. On the agenda is a vote by the board on the local law for two retirees to be paid a buyout instead of [...]

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Power going out along wall?

The lights may soon go out for those along the Whitehall – Champlain Canal “free wall.” Whitehall Town Supervisor Richard “Geezer” Gordon said he is now willing to bring the matter of the electricity provided along the wall to a vote at the next board meeting. “I think that we are going to have the [...]

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Tom Scott to run for town supervisor

Democrats also nominate Ellingsworth for town board Former Granville Mayor Tom Scott has thrown his hat into a larger ring and is poised for a run at the town supervisor’s seat, Democrats announced Monday. The Granville Democratic Party announced the results of the Saturday caucus as town Democrat Party Chairman Nicholas Silitch confirmed the party [...]

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A marina for the community

Changes are on the way at the Whitehall Marina.  

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you oughta know – not just an Alanice (?) Morrisette song

Thanks A  check out the paper for that info, on news stands now   I’m always on the look out for business news like that, a good sign for GV that despite the economy this company is going forward with its plan now, if we could get something or someone to sell everything else AMES [...]

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Norton vs. Putorti

By Jamie Norton Two vie for Mayoral seat in March 18 election Fra Putorti has the utmost respect for mayor Pat Norton.That doesn’t mean he doesn’t think he could match her performance in the village office.

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Lakes Region Freepress 5/17/13

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Community Calendar 5/16/13

  Thursday May 16   Museum ABCs BENNINGTON The Bank of Bennington will sponsor a free Museum ABCs program for [...]

Enrollment decline continues at WCS

Enrollment continues to decline within the Whitehall Central School District, reflecting what has become a countywide trend. The New York [...]

Town debates charging for waterfront park usage

The town is debating whether it should charge individuals and groups to use facilities at Skenesborough Waterfront Community Park. The [...]

19th century schooner to visit next month

A replica of a 19th century schooner will visit Whitehall next month and detail the events of the War of [...]

Whitehall school budget vote this Tuesday

The Whitehall Board of Education presented its proposed 2013-14 budget to the public and is eyeing a tax increase of [...]

Board approves merger of wrestling teams

Whitehall and Fort Ann’s wrestling teams will be one and the same. The Whitehall Board of Education formally approved a [...]

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