By Matthew Saari Whitehall’s football team may boast an undefeated record for the season but the Railroaders’ mettle is going to be put the test on Saturday. The Railroaders are scheduled to square off against the defending New York state Class D champions, the Cambridge Indians, for a 1 p.m. kickoff. On top of […]
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Champlain Beef seeking to buy McDonald’s site
By Matthew Saari After standing vacant for more than two years, the site that formerly housed a McDonald’s fast-food shop on Broadway may have a new owner. Rumors circulated recently that Josh Cuomo, general manager of Champlain Beef Co., purchased the Broadway property. “I bid on it and I won it,” Cuomo confirmed – but […]
Putorti’s Market turns 90
By Matthew Saari It’s a name that requires no introduction to anyone who lives in Whitehall. It’s not so much a business or small-town market as it is an institution – a keystone of the foundation of Whitehall’s identity. It is Putorti’s Market on Broadway. In a few days Putorti’s will be celebrating its 90th […]
Harvey relief: Region rallies to provide help
By Krystle S. Morey When 6-year-old Jacob Terry saw on TV the devastation caused by Hurricane Harvey in Texas, he thought: “We need to help them.” Terry and his mother, Tabitha Terry, of Whitehall, watched news coverage of the hurricane on television and online. “He was extremely touched,” Terry said of her son’s reaction the […]
County adds surcharge to pay-as-you-go phones
By Matthew Saari The Washington County Board of Supervisors has enacted a local law that will add a wireless surcharge to non-contract cellular phones, more commonly known as pay-as-you-go phones. Local Law A of 2017 will take effect on Dec. 1 and will supersede Article Six of the County Law of the State of New […]
Whitehall romps in season opener
By Matthew Saari The Whitehall Railroaders’ non-league game to kick off the 2017 football season last Saturday may have appeared, on paper at least, a lopsided matchup with Cohoes, a Class B school, hosting Class D Whitehall. The game did prove to be one-sided: in favor of Whitehall, which won, 54-0. “We knew going in […]
Food pantry faces eviction
By Matthew Saari The Whitehall Food Pantry, a not-for-profit effort that has been operating for decades in space provided free by the Whitehall United Methodist Church, has been informed that the church intends to start requiring $1,000 a month in rent for the operation to continue. Volunteers who organize and administer the food pantry received […]
Garage steals headlines…again
By Matthew Saari The garage located at 45 Poultney St. is proving to be akin to a bad penny for the Whitehall Village Board. Once they think they’ve gotten rid of it, it shows back up. Steve St. Clair approached the board last week asking the trustees to revisit enacting a local law that would […]
Students’ graffiti defended
By Matthew Saari A Whitehall “tradition” came under heavy fire from an irritated resident at a town board meeting last Wednesday. The meeting opened with resident Catherine Tobin standing before the board asking that action be taken against Whitehall High School students who spray-paint their names on the blacktop of Buckley Road. “Two weekends ago […]
Fire Company, village resolving their quarrel
By Matthew Saari The months-long feud between the Whitehall Volunteer Fire Company and the village of Whitehall may soon come to an agreeable close. Negotiations were rekindled when Fire Chief Bryan Brooks Jr. approached the village board Tuesday night to ask if any decision had been made regarding whether the village would sell the parcel […]
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