The following students were named Railroader of the Day at Whitehall Elementary School for the period of Dec. 10 through Jan. 4 and received “Caught You Being Good Cards.” Students received the honor for behaving in a positive way. The students and the teacher who nominated them are: Mackenzie Ellis, Ms. Waite; Keriona Davis, Mrs. [...]
Teachers to square off for good cause
The faculty of the Fair Haven and Castleton Elementary schools will face off on the hard court against their counterparts from the Whitehall Elementary School in the name of good cause. Teachers and administrators from the two Vermont schools will play against teachers and administrators from Whitehall in a Border War basketball game inside [...]
Grinch attempts to steal Christmas: Woman tried to take lottery card Christmas tree during benefit for local cancer victim
The Whitehall Police Department expects to make an arrest is the case of a local Grinch who tried to steal Christmas. The department is investigating an attempted larceny that occurred at Big G’s Pub on Main Street on Thursday, Dec. 22 during a benefit for local cancer victim Danon Whiting. During the event, an unidentified [...]
Benefit raffle to be held Oct. 1
A Super Prize Raffle to benefit Danon Whiting will be held on Saturday, Oct. 1. Among the items being raffled are seven cords of firewood, one Adirondack Chair, several gift certificates, two flowering Crab trees, greens fees at Valley View Country Club, snowshoe rentals and much more. Whiting is currently fighting cancer for the second [...]
Questions answered on Armory
By Derek Liebig Handicapped accessibility, heating costs, roof repairs and the presence of mold were just a few of the questions local residents raised at last month’s town board meeting regarding the potential purchase of the Amory. In response, Supervisor Richard “Geezer” Gordon proposed the creation of a committee to explore those issues and more. [...]
Town tackles employee policies
The town of Whitehall looked to remedy a pair of previous employee situations at its monthly board meeting on Nov. 10. In the first situation, the board looked into the practice of offering retired employees an insurance buyout, something that had been in practice but had not properly been acted upon with a local law. [...]
Town working out ‘kinks’ to finalize budget process
The Whitehall town spending plan for 2010 has been approved, but final “tweaks” are being made before the plan is submitted to the county by the Nov. 20 deadline.





