The election of village officials will be held Tuesday but voters will find the ballot offers little intrigue. Tuesday’s ballot will feature five names for four positions but one of those candidates has already dropped out of the race and is asking voters not to select her name on Election Day. Donna Filomio, who received [...]
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Work may begin next month on Truthville Bridge
Work on the Lower Turnpike Bridge might finish sooner than expected. A construction worker onsite said work might be done as soon as the third week in April, if all goes according to plan. And as the one-lane bridge reopens, it will be time to close off the Truthville Bridge and work on that. In [...]
Town awaits Burke’s reply
Jaime Thomas Granville Town Supervisor Matt Hicks said he has not heard back from Tom Burke as of Monday after sending him a letter about two weeks ago. On behalf of concerned historians and citizens, Hicks sent Burke a request to donate the piece of land the Quaker meeting house sits on from the plot [...]
Letter sent, response awaited
By Jaime Thomas The ball is in Tom Burke’s court. Local historians and concerned citizens, however, are hoping that isn’t a wrecking ball. At a meeting two weeks ago, they asked Town Supervisor Matt Hicks to write a letter to Burke, who owns the property that holds the old Quaker meeting house and two other [...]
Hebron Town Board considering property reevaluation
By Jaime Thomas Hebron residents might soon notice that someone’s looking at their properties with a critical eye. That’s because the town is mulling over a reevaluation, which hasn’t been done in five years. Town supervisor Brian Campbell said the process is something the town usually undergoes when a new assessor is appointed, as was [...]
Whitehall Elks announce essay contest winners
America’s most recognizable and patriotic song was the topic of the Whitehall Elks’ American Essay contest. Fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth grade students from Whitehall and Fair Haven were asked to answer the question, “What the National Anthem Means to Me,” all in 250 words or less. “It was quite a history lesson to read [...]
Board passes post office resolution
With a unanimous vote, the Hartford Town Board made a resolution on Nov. 13 requesting the new hours for the post office be from 2 to 6 p.m. The board said this will allow the most people to be able to use the office. Town Supervisor Dana Haff points out that the Hartford school is [...]
Local supervisors, Rotary lend hand
As Nov. 22 approached, Diane Roy was facing the end of her insurance coverage instead of looking forward to a day of holiday feasting. The Hartford resident and single mother of three was recently warned that her insurance would be canceled if she did not get railings installed on her porch by Thanksgiving. After the [...]
Bedlam Corners to reopen
By Jaime Thomas The day after she bought the remains of the Bedlam Corners general store in August, Virginia Curran started renovating it. Since then, she has spent a lot of time reinforcing the structure in West Hebron, which burned down nearly two years ago from a chimney fire. “It took 10 dumpster loads to [...]
Sour Deal? Buyer says county misled him on real estate purchase
By Jaime Thomas What is there to do with five acres of golf course land and half of a clubhouse? It’s the question James Tomkiewicz is asking himself after he purchased said parcel under what he believes to be unfair terms from the county. Tomkiewicz bought the lot from Washington County at an auction in [...]
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