The Washington County Sheriff’s Office will open its doors to the public this Saturday. The department will host its first-ever Community Day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, May 18, at its Law Enforcement Center in Fort Edward. Members of the department will have a number of informational displays and will highlight the [...]
Lea wins singles championship
Horde tennis player Joey Lea won the Adirondack League Singles Championship at Echo Lake tennis courts last Tuesday. He won his singles finals match versus Schuylerville’s Mike Burkett 6-3, 6-1. For the quarter-finals he beat Burkett 10-1 and for the semi-finals he defeated Sasha Goodman, of Lake George 10-4. Lea, along with the rest of [...]
Horde baseball takes home loss
Despite the Golden Horde baseball team’s best efforts, they couldn’t overcome Schuylerville last Thursday in Wasaren League play. Horses were able to take a strong lead with 12 runs on the scoreboard by the end of the third inning, while Granville was able to hit two in the second and one in the third. Schuylerville’s [...]
Townwide garage sale this weekend
By Jaime Thomas Everybody loves to make money, and many people love to shop. In a combination of these two interests and a way to turn trash into treasure, the Granville Area Chamber of Commerce will hold its annual townwide yard sale this weekend. On Saturday and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., residents [...]
Horde softball players hitting hard
By Jaime Thomas Horde softball played hard last week but ended up seeing a loss and a win. Lauryn Zovistoski gave her all to contribute to Granville’s 6-2 win over Schuylerville on Thursday. She went 4-4 with three singles and a triple, sent one of her teammates home and scored three times. And she wasn’t [...]
Cafeteria sees financial loss
By Jaime Thomas For the fourth consecutive month this year the Granville cafeteria suffered a loss in April. District Business Manager Cathy Somich told the board of education the schools have lost $39,000 so far this year during a meeting Monday night. “Everyone is in the same pinch as we are; some are a lot [...]
Slate Valley Museum unveils Phase II of project By Jaime Thomas Throughout the area, various factions have been emerging and approaching a common goal in different ways. Their aim: the revitalization of Granville. The Slate Valley Museum is one such group, and the institute recently announced the second phase of its Cultural Campus Revitalization Project [...]
Heritage Society reforms
By Jaime Thomas It was a small but earnest group that gathered at the Slate Valley Museum last Thursday to discuss the future of Granville’s past. The meeting was the first reorganizational meeting of the former Granville Heritage Society, which faded out several years ago. Former Planning Board Chair Lee Comar initiated the effort in [...]





