By Derek Liebig Voters in the Whitehall Central School District overwhelmingly passed the 2011-12 budget earlier this week. Tuesday’s final tally saw 175 residents of the school district vote in favor of the budget, while 58 residents voted against the spending plan. Voters also returned incumbents Virginia Rivette and George Armstrong to the Board of [...]
Niles won’t seek new term
Granville will have a new mayor in the spring following a surprise announcement at the village board meeting Monday night. Mayor Jay Niles closed the Jan. 3 meeting by announcing he will not seek re-election when the village holds elections in March. The mayor, two board members and the village judge all come up [...]
wrestling thoughts
Check out the video that goes along with this post. Happy holidays and Merry Christmas to all and especially to Granville 145-pounder Kurt Ehntholt for being such a good boy. I’m not being sarcastic, either. After the Lions’ tourney Saturday Santa should be bringing Kurt everything he wants because he’s been very, very good. In [...]
Whitehall tax rate up 13-percent
The news did not get any better for the Whitehall town budget in the past week. At the public hearing on the preliminary 2011 spending plan on Nov. 4, town budget officer Kathy Jones said there was an increase to the tax rate due to new figures. “We got new information about retirement figures,” said [...]
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 [...]
Tree cutting soon?
The decision on logging the Pine Lake watershed property will continue to be discussed by the village board next week.
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.
Firm, Fair, Consistent
Local residents took time to remember Village Justice William Redmond this week. Redmond, who served as the Whitehall Village Justice since 1988, passed away on Sunday, Jan. 11.






