The honor roll for the first quarter from Putnam Central School. Sixth Grade High Honors: Jassiva Bruce, Nicholas Granger, Scott Ryan. Honors: Adam Kerr. Fifth Grade High Honors: Carter Visicaro. Honors: Brett Moore, Emily Purkey. Fourth Grade High Honors: Ethan Kerr.
Bascue wins twice in junior bobsleds
Codie Bascue took another step toward his dream of Olympic gold. Bascue, a senior at Whitehall High School, teamed with Jake Peterson of Princeton, Minn. to win a pair of gold medals at Winter Youth Olympic Games qualifying races held in Park City, Utah Nov. 9-10. Bascue and Peterson, both 17, competed in [...]
Toys for Tots deadline Nov. 22
The Marine Corps Reserve Dunkin’ Donuts Toys For Tots train won’t arrive in Whitehall until Sunday, Dec. 4, but families which want to register their children for toys must do it by Tuesday, Nov. 22. Organized nationally by the Reserve and locally by the American Legion and the Whitehall Volunteer Fire Company, the program [...]
Haunted Halloween Parade
Students from Mary J. Tanner and Granville Elementary schools showed off their spooky finest Oct. 31.
Horace Greeley Writer’s Conference
Here’s what’s inside…over view of conference by Catherine Oliverio, news stories by attendees on talk by Mickey Rapkin and video of Ann Duncan and a picture of Mickey Rapkin with Linda Nye Knowlton
Mickey Rapkin by Linda Nye Knowlton
“Take a leap of faith” is what Mickey Rapkin, keyote speaker at the Horace Greeley Writers’ Conference told the group on Saturday! Having a job as Senior Editor of GQ Magazine was prestigious, but did not totally fulfill his dream as a successful writer. Mickey, who is from New York City, graduated cum laude from [...]
Cowboy Church moves on
A local house of worship has packed its bags and left town. The founders of Cowboy Church of the North, which was formerly located at the corner of Williams and Saunders Streets, have shut down the church and moved to Granville. Maureen Monroe confirmed that she and her husband, LeRoy, had held their final service [...]
Whitehall Police get new cars
By Derek Liebig The Whitehall Police Department has a few new weapons in its fight against crime. The department recently purchased and received two cruisers-one new and one used to replace the departments older vehicles. Three of the department’s previous vehicles were in poor condition and one hadn’t been used in nearly two years. [...]





