Chances are good that if you’ve attended an event in Whitehall you’ve probably met, or at the very least, seen a member of Boy Scout Troop 83. During an era when Scouts can earn merit badges in areas such as video gaming, nuclear science, cinematography and robotics, the small, tight- knit group has continued to [...]
Airtight to close concert series
The final concert of the 2012 Whitehall summer “Music in the Park” concert series will be held tomorrow night at Riverside Veterans Memorial Park. For the past seven weeks local and regional performers have been entertaining audiences with sounds ranging from rock ‘n’ roll to old-time jazz and this week the band Airtight will put [...]
Talegatorz come to concert series
It’s time for some talegating in Riverside Veterans Memorial Park. The Talegatorz Old Time Jazz Band is the next act on the Music in the Park summer concert series and will take the stage at 7 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 24. The band performs old time and traditional jazz from the turn of the 20th [...]
Rutland City Band up next in Friday night concert series
One of the area’s oldest municipal bands will take the Whitehall stage this Friday. The Rutland City Band will perform at 7 p.m. on Aug. 17 on the bandstand at the Riverside Veterans Memorial Park on Main Street. In the tradition of American town bands, the group plays a variety of music for all [...]
Adirondack Fiddlers to perform
The Whitehall Music in the Park summer concert series is kicking into full gear as the Adirondack Fiddlers prepare to grace the Whitehall stage Friday evening. The concert will begin at 7 p.m., July 27. The group, which is made up of fiddlers ranging in age from 50 to 80, performs old jigs, reels, and [...]
Mother arrested for leaving children unattended in park
A local woman has been accused of leaving her two young children unattended as they played in the park. Jessica L. Hawkins, 22, of Williams Street, was arrested last Wednesday and charged with endangering the welfare of a child, a misdemeanor. At approximately 5 p.m. on July 11, police were dispatched to Riverside Veterans Memorial [...]
Hartford community band to play Friday
The Whitehall Music in the Park summer concert series gets off to its official start tomorrow night as the Hartford Community Band returns to the newly renovated bandstand in Riverside Veterans Memorial Park. The concert will begin at 7 p.m. Formed over 20 years ago by Hartford Central School alumni, the band boasts an impressive [...]
Bandstand gets new lease on life
The Whitehall bandstand is undergoing renovations that will return it to its original grandeur. Work began last week and is expected to be finished in time for the Hartford Community Band’s opening performance of the Whitehall Music in the Park summer concert series on Friday, July 20. The [...]








