The Whitehall Youth Football fifth- and sixth-grade grade team advanced in the post season tournament with a 19-13 win over Fort Edward under the lights and snow at the Whitehall Recreation Center Saturday night. The win avenged a loss to the Forts the previous week. Whitehall was able to score in the second quarter after [...]
Outdoors in Whitehall with Gene Terry
Opening of the Northeast Duck Season on Oct. 1 turned out to be as busy as possible. We got out of the woods just before all the rain came down and down and down for the whole weekend. It wasn’t very good for the duck hunters. The ducks loved it though. Bow season so far [...]
Rainy opening for duck season
By Gene Terry It stands to reason if it’s going to rain what other day is more appropriate than the first day of duck hunting on Oct. 1. It not only poured, the north wind added to the discomfort of every duck hunter out there. Needless to say we were all good and wet in [...]
Whitehall youth team tops Corinth, 24-6
The Whitehall fifth and sixth grade football team earned its first win of the season on Saturday with a 24-6 victory at the Rec. Center over Corinth. It was the first win for the Railroaders against Corinth in four years. Jimmer Rozell scored twice for Whitehall and Jacob Stoodley went over 100 yards on the [...]
Bardin indicted
A Granville man with a history of trouble with the law relating to drugs has been indicted by a Washington County Grand Jury and now faces a half dozen felony charges tied to a string of burglaries in the early part of the year, officials said. Mark Bardin Jr., 21, faces three felony burglary [...]
Fire report praises effort
By Derek Liebig The Whitehall Police Department and the local fire departments have released their official reports on a fire last month that claimed the life of a local woman and injured a man on Broadway. Police have positively identified the victim as Tina Green, 45, of 120 Broadway. Medical examiners determined the death as [...]
Softball streak ends with loss to Fort Ann
By Derek Liebig After breaking out for 30 runs in the first two games, Whitehall’s softball team was held without a run against Fort Ann Monday evening. The railroaders were only able to manage two hits against Fort Ann as Kindra Monahan a strong game for the Cardinals. Brittney Putorti had four strikeouts in a [...]
Wrestlers defeat Mechanicville
The Golden Horde added an unplanned match to fill the schedule when the highly anticipated match-up with Corinth could not get rescheduled, picking up the Mechanicville Red Raiders and a 54-15 win to end the regular season. Granville reached 13-13 overall with the non-league win. The most significant event of the night was the century [...]
Fourteen students make all-county band
Fourteen Whitehall students will take part in the All-Washington County band show March 11 and 12, and they won’t have to leave town to do it. “It’s going to be three days of non-stop music,” Whitehall band director Marc Pratt said, noting the that school hosts its annual Pops Concert Thursday, March 19, and the [...]
Delays equal busy week for Horde wrestlers
Like all of the sports programs at all of the schools across the North Country, the Granville wrestlers have lost some days of competition due to the frequent recent snowfalls and school closures. Coming into the week the Horde already faced matches Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday before heading into weekend competition at the Shenendahowa Tournament [...]





