Thursday May 16 Museum ABCs BENNINGTON The Bank of Bennington will sponsor a free Museum ABCs program for ages 3 to 5, “The ABCs of Architecture,” at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 16, at the Bennington Museum, 75 Main Street, Route 9. This story hour will include a monthly topic, visits to galleries [...]
Community Calendar 3/21/13
Thursday March 21 Skidmore Symposium SARATOGA SPRINGS A “Pop Art, Printmaking & Protest” symposium will be held on Thursday and Friday, March 21 and 22, at Skidmore College’s Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery in Saratoga Springs. Information: www.skidmore.edu/tang. Preschool Play MANCHESTER A free Preschool Playtime will be offered from 11 to [...]
Abraham leaves with no explanation
By Jaime Thomas Hartford Superintendent Thomas Abraham, who was slated to retire at the end of June, has left early, seemingly with no explanation. “The Hartford Central School District Board of Education hereby acknowledges that Superintendent of Schools Thomas Abraham will take a leave of absence from his position effective Feb. 28 until the time [...]
Community Calendar 2/28/13
Thursday February 28 Starting a Business RUTLAND The Vermont Small Business Development Center will offer a “Starting Your Own Small Business” workshop from noon to 4 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 28, at the Rutland Economic Development Corp., 112 Quality Lane in Rutland. Finding market information, writing a business plan, and more will be [...]
Faith and friendship the key
By Jaime Thomas For almost 65 years, Burt and Christine Thompson have enjoyed each other’s company. The two attended Hartford Central School together, and Burt, who is six years her senior, worked on Christine’s father’s farm. But it wasn’t until he returned from serving with the army in the South Pacific during World War II [...]
Haff: County owes us money, it’s not complicated
By Jaime Thomas As far as Dana Haff is concerned, the matter is cut and dry. The town of Hartford and Washington County made an agreement nearly two decades ago, and it still stands. However, due to lack of communication on the part of the county and insufficient payments in Hartford’s eyes, Supervisor Dana Haff [...]
Community Calendar 1/17/13
Thursday January 17 Tax Preparation WASHINGTON COUNTY Trained community volunteers who are certified by the IRS are scheduling appointments for free Income Tax Preparation at various locations in the tri-county region. This service is for families and individuals with income of $49,000 or less and individuals who cannot prepare their own tax returns. [...]
Community Calendar 11/15/12
Thursday November 15 Reptile Program GRANVILLE John Dolyak, a rehabilitator with Reptile Rescue of the United States, will present a program on “Cold-blooded Animals” from 3:30 to 4 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 15, at the Pember Museum of Natural History, 33 W. Main Street in Granville. Following the program, the museum will present [...]
Granville, Whitehall schools receive failing grade
By Jaime Thomas and Derek Liebig A Buffalo business journal has ranked Granville and Whitehall school districts as among the poorest performing districts in Washington County, and in the bottom 10 to 20 percent in upstate New York. Buffalo Business First ranked 430 school districts across 48 counties in upstate New York (districts in New [...]






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 [...]