Half a dozen local organizations that were the beneficiaries of a generous posthumous gift honored the donor at a ceremony held Sunday afternoon at the Skene Manor. Family, friends and benefactors remembered Ed Scott as a charitable man who never forgot his hometown. The recipients said his gift will help their organizations remain solvent during [...]
School board faces change, challenges
By Bill Toscano For schools and boards of education, the new year didn’t start in January, but rather on July 1. In Granville, that meant a new principal at Granville Elementary School, a veteran principal moving from GES to Mary J. Tanner, a new director of special education and two new Board of Education [...]
Windfall: Local man leaves $822,000 to six Whitehall non-profits
Six local non-profit organizations are the benefactors of a generous posthumous gift left by a former graduate of Whitehall High School. Ed Scott, a former resident of Whitehall and a 1954 graduate of Whitehall High, donated over $822,000 to six organizations within the community. Recognizing the difficult economic times which lie ahead, Scott established an [...]
Wild win for unbeaten Railroaders
First-year Whitehall football coach Josh Culligan is going to have to find something new to worry about. During the preseason, Culligan preached to his players about the importance of responding to and overcoming adversity. Through two games, adversity was never an issue as the team outscored Salem and Lake George by combined scores of 50-0. [...]
Millett out as football coach
By Bill Toscano John Millett, who has coached three generations of Whitehall Central School football players, and has won 195 games, will not be back to coach the Railroaders this fall. Millett, who has had three separate runs as head coach, said Monday that he had met with Superintendent James Watson last week and was [...]
New GCS Principal Appointed
Pronounce it “Bee-on-itch” after July 1, New principal hired The students at Granville have some summer homework after the Granville Board of Education approved a contract with a new high school principal.







