Thursday June 9 Croquet League BENNINGTON A registration party for the Summer Croquet League will be held on Thursday, June 9, at the Park McCullough House in Bennington. Information/time: Joann Erenhouse, Bennington Area Chamber of Commerce, 802-447-3311. Veterans Services FORT ANN The nonprofit DAV Mobile Service Office will visit McDermott’s Harley Davidson at [...]
Community Calendar 6/2/11
Thursday June 2 Pies Sale SALEM The Salem United Methodist Church on W. Broadway is selling 10-inch, deep-dish frozen pies in apple, blueberry, cherry-veryberry, raspberry, strawberry and rhubarb, in regular and sugar-free. Cost: $12. The deadline to order is June 2, with pies ready to pick up on Wednesday, June 15. Orders: Arlene Coldwell, [...]
Community Calendar 5/19/11
Thursday May 19 Concert, Baking BENNINGTON Bennington Project Independence will host a Patriotic Trumpet Concert on Thursday, May 19, and a Baking with Rhubarb program on Friday, May 20. Times/location: 442-8136. Facebook Seminar RUTLAND The Rutland Region Chamber of Commerce will offer “Facebook 101 & More” seminars with Katye Munger from 8 to [...]
Marion Flower, 99
Marion Flower, age 99, passed away on April 15, 2011. Marion was born on October 9, 1911 in Fort Ann, New York the daughter of Thomas and Belle (Gillett) Owens. Marion attended Fort Ann schools. She was a member of Slate Valley Senior Citizens and the United Methodist Church of Granville. Marion always enjoyed Sunday [...]
Community Calendar 3/31/11
Thursday March 31 Art Entries STILLWATER Entries are requested by Thursday, March 31, for the Recycled Art Show from April 15 to 17 at Saratoga National Historical Park, 648 Route 32 in Stillwater. This event is being held in support of Earth Week 2011. Information/entry forms: www.hudsoncrossingpark.org/artshow. Bag Sale SALEM The Shoppe Off [...]
Frances Holt Carpenter Roberts, 83
Ticonderoga. Frances Holt Carpenter Roberts, 83, of Ticonderoga, passed away on Monday, March 7, 2011, at the Heritage Commons Residential Healthcare of Ticonderoga. Born in Hazelton, PA, December 21, 1927, she was the daughter of the late Frances Kenyon and Charles A. Carpenter of Whitehall. Frances met her husband, Ralph Edgar Roberts, while attending Allegheny [...]
Robert Henry Swinton, 87,
Robert Henry Swinton, 87, died peacefully at his home with loving family members present at his side on Tuesday February 22, 2011. Robert (Bob) was born on July 19, 1923 to Henry T. and Elsie (Kingsley) Swinton in Whitehall, NY. He was a graduate of Whitehall High School. He began his railroad career with the [...]
Vacation Bible school scheduled
The town’s five churches will come together for a vacation Bible school Feb. 20 to 22 at the Whitehall United Methodist Church on Greenmount Cemetery Road. “We’ve worked together before, and this is just an extension of that,” said UMC Pastor the Rev. Ginny Deyo, who noted the churches have worked together on summer Bible [...]
‘Winter Festival on the Hill’ Saturday
The Whitehall United Methodist Church has long been open for sledding and other snow sports during the annual Winter Festival. This year, the church on the hill on Greenmount Cemetery Road is the center of it all. When the Rev. Ginny Deyo got word that the festival committee had decided to take a year off [...]





