A few dozen local students joined with their counterparts across the country to promote literacy and in the process try to set a new world record. Prekindergarten and kindergarten students at Whitehall Elementary School joined millions of students across the country in reading, or in their case, listening to a story about a group of [...]
Soccer splits pair
Four different players scored for Whitehall as the girls rolled to a 4-1 win over Salem on Oct. 2. Rebecca Lavin, Rachel Lavin, Caitlyn Sanford and Cariana Jones each recorded goals for Whitehall and Kelsey Farley made 11 saves. Caroline McKeighan scored a late second-half goal for Salem. Whitehall scored early and often as it [...]
Girls soccer drops pair of league contests
Whitehall’s soccer team opened its Adirondack League season last week with losses to perennial power Lake George and Salem. The Railroaders fell to Lake George 4-1 on Sept. 11 as Kelsey Alfonso scored two goals and an assist. Brittney Putorti tallied Whitehall’s lone goal on a penalty kick after Carianna Jones was fouled near the [...]
Track wraps up season high note
Strong performances by Rebecca Lavin and Zach Diekel led the Whitehall boys’ and girls’ track teams to a pair of fifth-place finishes at last week’s Section II Class C sectionals held in Fort Plain. Diekel captured the boys’ shot put title and finished second in the discus, and Lavin turned in a second-place finish in [...]
Rich wins league pole vault championship
Dave Rich had quite the week for Whitehall’s track team. The senior was crowned a Wasaren League champion in the pole vault last Wednesday after he cleared 11 feet, six inches at the league meet held in Schuylerville. He also finished third in the boys 110 meter hurdles at the same event. He followed up [...]
School honors students
The following are the latest students to be named Railroader of the Day at Whitehall Elementary School. Students received the honor for behaving in a positive way. The students and the teacher who nominated them are: Andrew Genier, Chris Hoagland; Tristan Foote, Sandy Lavin; Rian Thomas, Donna Larson; Jessica Bruce, Beth Williams; Blake Bird, Karen [...]
Whitehall’s field athletes place well again at relays
Zach Diekel and Rebecca Lavin continued to star for Whitehall’s track and field team at the Muse Relays held Saturday at Glens Falls High School. Both placed in two events, including Diekel’s first place finish in the shot put. Diekel’s throw of more than 44 and half feet was one foot and four inches further [...]
Track teams get first wins
Whitehall’s boys and girls track teams picked up their first wins of the season, going 2-1 in a meet against Greenwich, Cambridge, and Waldorf on Tuesday afternoon. Dave Rich led the boys with four top-three finishes, including two wins, and Tyler Perry and Tyler Sweenor each added wins for Whitehall. Rich won the 110-meter hurdles [...]
Hoagland, Rich lead way for track squad
Josh Hoagland placed in three events, including winning the shot put, and Dave Rich won the 100-meter hurdles and the pole vault as Whitehall’s boys track team narrowly lost to Granville and Hoosic Valley Tuesday. Hoagland was second in the 100 and third in [...]







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 [...]