A Granville woman suffered minor injuries from a rollover car accident on Beecher Road Sunday afternoon. Amber-Rae Morrow, 19, was driving east around 4 p.m. when she lost control of her vehicle on a sand-covered curve, swerved into the opposite lane and then back across her own lane. She then skidded off the shoulder of [...]
Busy crews put out brush fire
By Jaime Thomas As area fire departments were finishing up a long, strenuous day on Main Street, they were called to respond to a working brush fire at 181 Beecher Road. Noreen Tennant had stopped home to drop off her son, who didn’t want to wait at his grandmother’s doctor appointment, when she noticed a [...]
Village officials planning to ‘let sleeping bear lie’
Long winter’s nap for Granville’s trouble bear? What do game management officials suggest Granville official do now they it’s been a week since a black bear was seen several times in the village? Nothing. Police Chief Ernie Bassett Jr. Said Dec. 22 the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has no plans [...]
Ruth Towne
Ruth Towne, 47, of Beecher Road in Granville passed away peacefully on Thursday, March 12, 2009, at her home, surrounded by her family after battling a long illness. Born on May 19, 1961, Ruthie was the youngest daughter of the late Arthur and Virginia (Montgomery) Mercure of Hartford. She married Eric Towne of [...]







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 [...]