The village has taken steps to clarify and update a 45-year-old law governing its water system. The Village of Whitehall Water System Local Law delineates the rights and responsibilities of any person or business that uses municipal water, and gives the village authority to shut off a person’s water for noncompliance. If approved, the law [...]
Village tightens trash rules
The Village Board took an important step in its ongoing mission to clean up the community Tuesday evening when it passed a law regarding the proper storage and disposal of solid waste within the village. The law, which has been discussed and revised several times over the last two to three months, received the unanimous [...]
Garbage Laws
By Derek Liebig The village of Whitehall has begun the process of drawing up a new set of laws and legal definitions governing the collection and disposal of solid waste in the village that they hope will add some teeth to current laws and compel local residents to clean up their properties. Officials hope [...]
Coin drops coming back?
The Whitehall Volunteer Fire Company wants to have a coin drop and is hoping the village will allow them to do so. WVFC president Brian Brooks asked the village to give the department permission to host the fundraiser, which have been banned in Whitehall since three American Legion members were arrested for holding such an [...]
Granville turns tables on police training bill
and Keith Lobdell Granville turns table on officer claim After considering a municipal law regarding a bill from Whitehall for police officer training expenses, the Granville Village Board has voted to seek its own claims.
Still waiting for a meeting
The meeting has yet to happen. Whitehall Mayor Francis “Fra” Putorti and his Granville counterpart, Jay Niles, said in August they planned to meet together sometime after the Labor Day holiday to discuss the situation regarding monies owed to Whitehall.





