The village board of trustees approved a 1.5 percent tax increase as it ratified its 2013-14 budget on Monday. The increase raises the tax rate from $17.87 per $1,000 of assessed value to $18.13 per $1,000. That means a taxpayer whose home is assessed for $100,000 will pay an additional $26 in village taxes. Some [...]
Town, village work toward relocating police department
The town and village have agreed to a contract that lays the groundwork for the police department’s relocation to the Whitehall Municipal Center. The two sides have been working on a contract for the past few months and Mayor Peter Telisky and Supervisor George Armstrong have each applied their John Hancock to the document in [...]
Money available to replace sewer lines
Financial assistance may be available for village residents who can’t afford the cost of having a sewer line replaced. The village still has money available from a $400,000 grant awarded by the Office of Community Development to assist residents in replacing sewer laterals. Scott LaMountain, a project manager with Shelter Planning and Development, a Queensbury-based [...]
Candidate profile: Jim Putorti
What is your occupation? Retired from Finch Paper company. Past political experience or community involvement? Three years as a town councilman. What qualities do you possess that would you make an ideal candidate for his position? I’m dedicated to assigned tasks and I’m always available in the village. What are the biggest [...]
Rail Trail will get deck
The Rail Trail will have a platform overlooking the Mettowee River– that is if the weather decides to cooperate, village officials said. Regular Rail Trail users might have noticed some pressure-treated planking set up along the area where the rail trail bridge came to rest before it was put in place, just off of the [...]
Meet your Granville Village Candidates
Brian LaRose Occupation: Production Management / Supervisor Position Sought: Mayor Why do you want to hold this office? I have been a life long resident of Granville, raised my family here, and have always loved its small town ambiance, local history and heritage. As Mayor, I want to help preserve what makes Granville [...]
Tractor Supply coming
Granville received some good news just in time for Christmas as plans for a national retail location in the village were revealed late last week. Plans for a Tractor Supply Co. store, a Brentwood, Tenn.-based store chain, arrived at the village offices on the afternoon of Friday, Dec. 10. The plans became public when received [...]
2009-10 village budget finalized
The village of Whitehall is set for the 2009-10 fiscal year. Members of the village board of trustees voted to adopt the 2009-10 budget as well as the sewer and water budgets on April 13, with a 3.45-percent increase in tax rate for the general fund and 10-percent rate increases in the water and sewer [...]





