A benefit basket party for a local student who will be traveling as a People to People student ambassador will be held later this month at PK Hill in Comstock. The event will benefit Sadie Sheldrick, a fifth grade student at Whitehall Elementary School who will travel to the Canadian west as a People to [...]
Whitehall Food Pantry in need of donations
The Whitehall Food Pantry needs your help. “Donations had started to pick up but now they have fizzled out in the last couple of weeks,” said Mark Koeble, director of the pantry. He said the pantry is in need of a variety of nonperishable food items to help replenish its stock. The items most in [...]
Holiday Train coming to Whitehall
Several days after Thanksgiving, the Canadian Pacific railroad will ring in the holiday season as the company’s Holiday Train makes its annual visit to Whitehall. This year’s train is expected to arrive at the Amtrak station on Main Street at 2:30 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 30. Canadian Pacific’s Holiday Train program is considered the longest [...]
Benefits planned for local man with cancer
Friend and family members of Granville resident John Groesbeck are seeking financial help for the 46-year-old self-employed man, who discovered less than two months ago that he has a form of brain cancer. There is a basket party scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 22, at the Castleton, Vt., American Legion post. Viewing will begin at 11:30 [...]
Benefit basket party Sept. 8
A group of friends and family are organizing a benefit basket party to help one of their own. “Paul’s Pin to Win,” a benefit group for Whitehall resident Paul Wager, are hosting a basket party on Saturday, Sept. 8, at Whitehall High School. Proceeds from the event will benefit Wager and his family. Wager, who [...]
Girl Scouts to host Stuff a Bus Saturday
The Girl Scouts of Northern Washington County will be collecting food for the Granville Food Pantry and the Whitehall Food Pantry during the annual “Stuff A Bus” event Saturday, May 12 at the Price Chopper Plaza in Granville. The event will run from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monetary donations will also be accepted [...]
Thanksgiving tradition continues
For the eighth consecutive year, residents of Whitehall will receive a warm welcome and a hearty Thanksgiving meal at the United Methodist Church. The Companions in Christ Fellowship Committee will be hosting their eighth annual Thanksgiving Dinner from1to3 p.m.at the church onGreenmount Cemetery LaneinWhitehall. Each year the organization comes together and provides local residents an [...]
Donations and participants sought for Toys for Tots train
Members of American Legion Post 83 and volunteers from the Whitehall Volunteer Fire Company are looking for local families who need a little assistance this holiday season. The organizations are gearing for up the Canadian Pacific Rails Toys for Tots Train annual stop in Whitehall at 11:15 a.m. on Dec. 4 and are asking needy [...]
Bank hosting ‘Food Frenzy’
The staff at Community Bank is teaming up with the Whitehall Food Pantry to combat local hunger. The bank will host its second annual food drive, dubbed the Fall Food Frenzy, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 15, outside the bank at the corner of Main and Saunders Streets. Staff will be [...]







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 [...]