The Washington County Local Development Corporation, Warren County LDC along with SUNY Adirondack Continuing Education, will be conducting the Fall 2013 series of the Microenterprise Assistance Small Business Program beginning Sept. 9, at the SUNY Adirondack campus in Washington Hall. The Course is held Monday nights from 6 to 8 p.m. This 10-week course is […]
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Enerjazz to perform Friday
The sounds of Benny Goodman, Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie, Tommy Dorsey, and others will fill the air in Riverside Veterans Memorial Park at 7 p.m. on Friday evening, Aug. 16, as Enerjazz performs as part of the Music in the Park summer concert series. The group, which describes itself as Vermont’s high-energy big band, performs […]
Bow hunting safety courses offered
Cornell Cooperative Extension of Washington County is offering two Home Study Bow Hunter Safety Education Courses next month. One course will be held from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 7, at the Hudson Falls Fish and Game Club. Anybody interested in taking the course must pre-register and pick up a manual from […]
Comptroller finds local towns not stressed fiscally
By Jaime Thomas Area towns scored well on a recent fiscal stress test conducted by the New York State Comptroller’s Office. None of the towns in Washington County were found to be susceptible to stress, with most scoring well below the threshold. Hartford came in with what Town Supervisor Dana Haff described as a “very […]
Whitehall fares well on fiscal stress test
Communities in Washington County are not stressed fiscally according to a report released by the state comptroller’s office earlier this summer. Of the 14 towns that filed end-of-the-year reports with the state, none were classified as stressed on a new Fiscal Stress Monitoring System developed by the state Comptroller’s Office. The Town of Hampton received […]
Dept. of public safety honors Zinn
By Jaime Thomas Ashlee Zinn deals with life and death situations on a daily basis. The Granville native works as a communications officer for the Washington County Department of Public Safety and handles emergency calls during every shift. So what was recently a routine part of her day was a crucial, life-saving moment for one […]
Rizzo remembered for serving others
By Jaime Thomas There’s no question about it that Salvatore Rizzo liked to help out. He was dedicated, handy and knew how to make people laugh. Still active in the fire department and the community, he died last week at his home. He was 77. Originally from Hawthorne, N.Y., Rizzo started his 60 years of […]
Talegatorz to perform Friday night
It’s time for some “talegating” in RiversideVeteransMemorial 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. 2. The band performs old time and traditional jazz from the turn of the 20th century through […]
Jury indicts 6 in robbery that led to shooting
A Washington County grand jury has indicted six people in connection with a robbery that fueled a shooting at a local trailer park in April. Three men from New York City, two women from Whitehall, and a woman from Vermont, were all charged in connection with the robbery, which occurred about four hours before the […]
USS Ticonderoga weedy no more
Supervisor George Armstrong couldn’t justify paying a private company to remove the weeds growing around the U.S.S. Ticonderoga, so he decided to do it himself. Armstrong, with some help from his nephew, Michael Wade, and two local high school students interning at his farm, removed weeds and other vegetation that had become entangled in the […]
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