By Jaime Thomas A Granville resident has been using Freedom of Information Laws to request information from the Pember Library and Museum to find out exactly what the library board is doing financially. But George Henry doesn’t think he is getting what he’s asking for. “I strongly deny that I have any feeling that the [...]
Slate Valley to display new exhibit
To celebrate immigrants from the Carpatho-Rusyn Mountains, the Slate Valley Museum will open a new exhibit in conjunction with this month’s First Friday on June 7. “Preserving a Heritage, Building a Community: The Carpatho-Rusyn People of the Slate Valley” will look at the experiences of these people in this area at the end of the [...]
Mixed marital arts expo Saturday at Full Force Fitness
The adrenaline-pulsing, mano-o-mano world of mixed martial arts will descend on the Forum in Granville Saturday as Full Force Fitness hosts Outside Outrage. The all-day event will feature a two-hour seminar with retired professional mixed martial arts middleweight fighter Jason “Mayhem” Miller, several amateur fights, vehicle displays, vendors, live music, contests, and giveaways. “This will [...]
Vermont’s artists to open doors to studios this weekend
By Derek Liebig Vermont’s Open Studio Weekend combines two of Marion Waldo McChesney’s favorite things: Art and people. In the past 21 years, McChesney, a ceramic artist and longtime resident of Pawlet, Vt., has missed the event only once and that was to attend her stepfather’s 80th birthday. “It’s a lot of fun. People drive [...]
Digging in
Pember Library Director Ardyce Bresett helps 2-year-old Kadance Moyer plant a morning glory as part of the Dig in to Reading program. Curtis Lumber donated lumber for the raised bed garden, Mandy Springs Nursery donated the plants and various anonymous donors gave the soil for the project.
Hebron holds off on revaluation
By Jaime Thomas Several weeks after a special meeting addressing Hebron residents’ concerns about revaluation, the town board did not vote on the issue at a monthly meeting last Monday. On Friday, Town Supervisor Brian Campbell said there was not even a resolution raised to go ahead with a revaluation, let alone a vote. “It [...]
Horde baseball loses to league leader
As their season came to a close, Horde baseball players suffered a 3-1 home loss to Greenwich on Monday. Greenwich entered the game as the first place team in the Wasaren League and was able to keep that title with pitcher Cori Winch striking out 14 from Granville and allowing no walks. Evan Hoagland held [...]







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 commentator Willem Lange tell stories about the area and about his life. In order to remain relevant to the area, Lange started off talking about ‘The Place Called the Slate Valley,’ and the geology of [...]