The effort to erect a stone monument off of Memorial Lane continues to gather steam, organizer Lila Myer said Saturday. “The stone has been ordered, it’s on its way,” she said. Fundraisers have gathered more than $2,500 towards to $4,000 cost of the finished monument to accompany the twin rows of trees planted to recognize [...]
Memorial Lane names
Jack Forgacs of the American Legion Posts 323 reads the names of those killed in World War II for whom the Memorial Lane trees were planted adjacent the football field.
Fall Sports Awards
Don’t Forget The annual fall sports awards ceremony will take place immediately prior to the board of education meeting Nov. 22. The sports awards for boys and girls soccer, football, field hockey, cheerleading, cross county, volleyball and golf will be presented at that time as well as the final team photo for the season. [...]
blogging away
Up and running. The Manchester Newspapers website is back up and running after some retooling so you can find a bunch of the Granville Sentinel and other items online. What does that mean? Well, for one thing more photos. There’s only so much space on paper but I plan to be showing off [...]
Horde coaches question playoff selection criteria
Win and not in? Questions surround Horde playoff ouster When the lights went out on the Corinth football field last Friday night, the Granville Golden Horde headed home confident it had secured a spot in the playoffs by virtue of its 48-20 win over the Tomahawks and 4-3 season record. All that changed Sunday, however, [...]
Sports Home Opener
Horde opens at home The Granville Golden Horde kicks off the 2010 high school football season at home against the Stillwater Warriors at 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 4. This will be the second year in a row Granville has opened its football season in front of the home crowd at Sam Eppolito Field.
On the Bubble
Gym floor damaged, school seeks answers In a time of tight school budgets with no funds to spare, officials got a nasty and potentially costly surprise last week when they discovered a portion of the gym floor at Granville Jr./Sr. High School had swelled out of place. The swelling, forming a “bubble” near the outside [...]
D-Day remembered
Today, Henry Gurney is heading to Bedford, Va. That’s because 65 years ago this weekend, Gurney was in a much different location, aboard a transport ship and preparing to storm the beach at Normandy, France.






