Warm weather, crowds greet opening day of Little League The kickoff to the 2011 Little League featured endings and beginnings under bright sunshine on what might have been the nicest day of the year thus far Sunday. Retiring Little League President Ernie Bassett received a rousing round of applause as he was recognized [...]
Two of three for Horde softball
Horde softball takes two of three The Granville Golden Horde softball team finished off its pre-spring break schedule with a dominating win over visiting Warrensburg, 18-2, to cap an up and down week for the team. The non-league win comes on the heels of another close loss to a Wasaren League opponent for [...]
Horde girls fall at Valley
The second-seeded Hoosic Valley Indians showed the Golden Horde the door out of the Section II Class B girls basketball playoffs Tuesday night in Schaghticoke, 56-24. Days after playing their way in with a strong offensive output against Cobleskill, Granville ran into the oppressive Valley defense and was held to five points in the first [...]
Close loss mutes Fuller milestone
The Granville Golden Horde girls basketball team scrapped and clawed but could not quite bring down Greenwich Friday night, losing its final Wasaren League game of the season, 44-38, as teammate Emily Fuller reached a scoring milestone. Fuller dropped in 18 points, including five three-pointers, as the Horde nearly pulled the upset on Greenwich on [...]
Horde girls hoops drop two
The Golden Horde girls basketball team dropped a pair of road contests last week, falling to Cambridge and Schuylerville. A lopsided first quarter score sunk the Golden Horde’s hopes of a win against the Black Horses Friday night as Granville was outpaced, 19-3, in the first frame of a 57-32 loss. Emily Fuller was one [...]
Valley rout Granville girls
Granville was held to single-digit scoring in every quarter on Jan. 28 as the one-loss Hoosic Valley Indians dominated in a 62-20 Wasaren League contest. Emily Fuller was held under 10 points for the only time this season and no other Horde player reached double-digit scoring in the loss. Fuller scored six points along with [...]
Veterans Park theft remains unsolved
The fountain in Veterans Park remains without its ornamental pineapple topper as the month of February arrives. “There are no new leads at this point,” Granville Police Chief Ernie Bassett Jr. said Friday, Jan. 28. A village worker noticed the pineapple missing on the morning of Jan. 15 and reported the theft to police. [...]
Hampton man faces DWI charge on snowmobile after crash
A Hampton man is facing charges, including driving while intoxicated, following a snowmobile crash Sunday night on the Rail Trail adjacent the Station House Bed and Breakfast on Main Street. Police charged Joseph P. Baker, 21, with misdemeanor driving a snowmobile while intoxicated and violations, including leaving the scene of a property damage accident, driving [...]
Golden Horde girls take two in a row
Granville battled to .500 in the Wasaren League with two straight victories, defeating Stillwater and Schuylerville. Playing a rescheduled game Saturday evening, Emily Fuller poured in four three-pointers en route to tying a season high 28 points as the Golden Horde surprised the Black Horses, 45-39. The win was the first for Jordan during his [...]







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 [...]