Third Quarter Honor Roll Grade 5: Highest Honors: Emily Arquette, Nora Blohm, Freddie Ingalls. High Honors: Lukas Longtin, Kurt Mayfield. Matthew Redmond, Hannah Schmeelke, Tyler Shattuck, Sadie Sheldrick, Hailey Taylor, Brock Wade, Daniel Wang. Honors: Preston Bakerian, Mattison Cole, Felicia Coran, Brendan Covey, Dharma Demarco, Jacob Gosselin, Sadie Hasler, Gabriel Hurlburt, Cayden LaTour, [...]
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Whitehall firehouse a swirl of activity
There isn’t a fire department in Washington County that’s been more active than the Whitehall Volunteer Fire Company. “We’ve responded to over 500 calls when you factor in the first responders,” company president Brian Brooks said. “That’s more than any other department in Washington County. We’ve also responded to more structure fires than any department [...]
Huletts busy replacing equipment
What a difference two years can make. In the past two years, the Huletts Landing Volunteer Fire Company has replaced and updated its entire fleet of fire fighting apparatus. Last summer, the all-volunteer organization purchased a pump truck from its counterparts in Brant Lake. The four-wheel drive truck has a front pumper and is the [...]
Busier, but fairly typical year for Dresden FD
Other than a heavier call volume, the past year has been pretty normal for the Dresden Volunteer Fire Department. “It’s been busier. We’ve seen a few more car accidents and a few more fires than normal but it’s been a fairly typical year,” said department president, Alan Bascue. The volunteer department provides fire protection and [...]
Boy Scout Troop 83 completing service project
April is National Community Service month and Boy Scout Troop 83, sponsored by Whitehall American Legion Post 83 is taking it seriously. Three of the scouts are striving for the rank of Star Scout and each must complete a six hour service project. The options around Whitehall are many, however they decided to each take on a [...]
Village eyes 1.5 percent tax hike
The village has released its 2013-14 tentative budget and although officials were able to hold the line on most expenses, the spending plan calls for an increase in taxes to make up for insurance costs and an increase in pension contributions. As proposed, the village’s tax levy, the amount of money it collects through taxes, [...]
Nine will lose job due to privitization
Nine full-time and six part-time Washington County employees will lose their jobs later this month as the county cedes control of its transfer stations to Earth, Waste & Metal. The county will retain five full-time transfer station employees who will be rolled into vacant positions with the Department of Public Works, County Administrator Kevin Hayes [...]
Arthur V. Galloway, 95
Arthur V. Galloway, 95, formerly of County Route 21, passed away on Friday, April 5, 2013, at the Orchard Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Granville. Born on Sept. 15, 1917 in Granville, he was the son the late William and Eva (DeKalb) Galloway. He received an honorable discharge from the United States Army, serving in [...]
Morwenna R. ( Hawke) Briggs, 86
Morwenna R. ( Hawke) Briggs, Ann as she was known, passed into the loving arms of Jesus on March 17, 2013 at the Orchard Nursing Center where she resided the last four years. She was born to parents Percy and Irene Hawke in Devron, England on Jan. 25, 1927, one of nine children. Ann served [...]
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VPR commentator entertains at Slate Valley Museum
By Jaime Thomas About 75 people gathered at the Slate Valley Museum Thursday evening to listen to Vermont Public Radio [...]