By Matthew Rice Although the season was short, the Salvation Army bell ringers succeeded beyond their fondest hopes, raising more than $5,000 with a red kettle and a bell. That word came this week from Mettowee Valley Ecumenical Council, which brought the Salvation Army bell ringers to Granville. Rev. Jerry McKinney said the [...]
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Matthew Rollwagen, 93
Matthew Rollwagen, 93 Matthew George Rollwagen passed away on January 26, 2012 at Glens Falls Hospital following a short illness. Matt was born on August 16, 1918 in Yonkers, the son of Fredrick Jacob and Elizabeth Fredericka (Gunther) Rollwagen. Matt was a Veteran of World War II serving in the Marine Corp in China and [...]
Salvation Army bell ringers had great season
By Matthew Rice Although the season was short, the Salvation Army bell ringers succeeded beyond their fondest hopes, raising more than $5,000 with a red kettle and a bell. That word came this week from Mettowee Valley Ecumenical Council, which brought the Salvation Army bell ringers to Granville. Rev. Jerry McKinney said the [...]
Bascue seventh in Austria
Codie Bascue’s pursuit of a gold medal came up short as he and teammate Jake Peterson finished seventh in the two-man bobsled event of the inaugural Winter Youth Olympics, held in Igls, Austria. One of only two North American teams entered in the event, Bascue and Peterson gave it their best effort, finishing with a [...]
Principal swapping buildings, missions
by Matthew Rice A major change is coming to the lower grades in the Granville School District in the fall. In a move related to being on the state’s Schools In Need of Improvement list, Granville Elementary School Principal Diane Dumas will take over for Kristie Gijanto, who announced her coming retirement as [...]
Snowmobilers not waiting patiently for snow
by Matthew Rice Clubs, riders chomping at the bit Talk about “polar opposites.” Last year, the snow came early and often for local clubs and riders, but so far, this winter has many riding clubs scrambling to stay busy and in some cases keep club activities going despite an almost total lack [...]
Pee Wee wrestling starts Monday
The Granville Town Recreation Pee Wee Wrestling program begins Jan. 23 at Granville High School. Granville head coach Steve Palmer and staff will run an 8-week introduction to wrestling program Mondays and Wednesdays with grades K-3 wrestling from 6 to 7 p.m. and grades 4-6 wrestling from 7 to 8 p.m. The program is open [...]
Flood gauges win temporary reprieve
A pair of flood gauges which served as early-warning systems during last year’s heavy flooding and was slated to be shut off later this year won a temporary reprieve last week. U.S. Senators Charles Schumer, D-NY and Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. announced last week that money has been secured to fund 18 [...]
Outdoors with Gene Terry: So far, winter season way too slow
For you snowbirds who went south, here it is the third week of January and we finally got a few cold days to give the ice fishermen a chance to use all those new tip-ups that they got for Christmas. Believe it or not the canal was still open until Sunday Jan. 15. That’s something! [...]
Poor fourth quarter keeps boys from posting season’s first victory
Whitehall had a chance to pick up their first victory of the season Friday night againstCorinth, but a poor all around performance in the fourth quarter prevented the Railroaders from entering the win column. Whitehallentered the quarter down only seven points, but the Tomahawks exploded for 20 points while holding the Railroaders to five points [...]
Team honors Diekel; Rozell wins first match
If your name was Zach, then last Thursday was a good day to be on the mats inside the Whitehall gymnasium. The Whitehall wrestling team honored its lone senior, Zach Diekel before the match and freshman Zach Rozell recorded his first varsity win by pin during Whitehall’s 59-20 loss to Warrensburg. [...]
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