The company seeking to acquire Washington County’s public nursing home signed a binding purchase agreement last week. Centers for Specialty Care signed a $2.4 million agreement to purchase Pleasant Valley Infirmary, more than three months after the county Board of Supervisors approved the contract. The agreement ensures that the 122-bed public nursing home, which is [...]
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Community Calendar 1/31/13
Thursday January 31 Photography, More SARATOGA SPRINGS Thursday, Jan. 31, is the deadline to register for with The Arts Center in Saratoga Springs for a Professional Photography Apprenticeship with Lawrence White that will run Friday through Sunday, Feb. 15 to 17, at the Dance Flurry 2013 event. Cost: $375; $350 members. The Arts [...]
Student starts ‘Friday Fun Club’
Michael Kalanquin spends a lot of time in school doing his homework and by Friday afternoon, he’s ready to unwind. But until recently there wasn’t much to do so Kalanquin decided to take things into his own hands. Kalanquin, a middle school student at Whitehall High School, recently organized a new club designed specifically to [...]
Village OKs sewer work
The village board approved the expenditure of $51,000 to address a problem in the village’s troubled sewer system during a special meeting on Friday afternoon. The money will be used to drill a hole horizontally and install nearly 250 feet of new sewer pipe near the corner of Williams and Saunders Streets. While installing sewer [...]
Baseball wins three straight
Whitehall’s baseball team is rounding into form. The team has won its last three games, and none were bigger than Monday’s 19-8 win over Adirondack League East division rival Hartford. The Railroaders recorded 22 hits in the game and avenged a loss to Hartford earlier in the [...]
Tennis loses pair of matches
The effort has been there, but so far the results have not for Whitehall’s tennis team. The Railroaders failed to win a match in two contests against Granville and Corinth. The Tomahawks defeated Whitehall 7-0 on Monday afternoon. Corinth’s second, third, and fourth singles surrendered a total of [...]
Baseball squad goes 1-2 vs. league’s best
Whitehall’s baseball team squared off against three of the top teams in the Adirondack League during the past week, picking up a win and two losses. On Monday afternoon, Whitehall traveled to Fort Ann to face a Cardinals team that defeated them 29-3 in the second game of the season, and while the final result [...]
Softball squad wins three
If Brittney Putorti keeps pitching the way she has, Whitehall will be tough to beat. The Railroaders won their last three games behind the strong pitching of Putorti, who limiting opposing batters to six runs on six hits in three games. On Tuesday, Whitehall defeated previously unbeaten Argyle [...]
Students get aboard Lois McClure, Urger for lessons
A group of third- and fourth-grade students was given the opportunity last week to learn more about the New York State Canal System and life aboard a 19th century schooner. Several dozen students fromWhitehallandFortAnntook approximately an hour out of their school day on Friday afternoon to visit crews aboard the Urger and Lois McClure, which [...]
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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 [...]