Groundbreaking Held for New Walhalla Police Station

City officials, including former Mayor Bill Whitmire and City Administrator Celia Myers, marked a symbolic groundbreaking Wednesday afternoon for Walhalla’s first new police headquarters in seven decades, ending the department’s long stay in overcrowded facilities at Main and North College streets…

The project, led by contractor JM Cope with Andrew Cope forecasting completion next year, will place the station at 205 S. John Street near Chicopee Field and a residential area—a site choice that raised eyebrows among some residents but praised by Mayor Tim Hall for its $400,000 acreage allowing future growth over the coming decade or two…

Police Chief Tim Rice noted prior to the event that existing structures on the land, once a home and restaurant near an old cotton mill, will likely remain for other municipal uses.