Pember book sale starts Friday morning The annual Friends of the Pember Library Book Sale will be held July 8 and 9 at the Mary J. Tanner School. The annual sale is a fundraiser for the library incorporating the Slate Valley Garden Club into ‘books, buns and bouquets.’ Patrons can stop in to [...]
Schoony’s Back in business
North Granville gets a grocery (back) Almost seven months to the day after a fire gutted, and ultimately destroyed, Schoony’s North Granville Grocery, Schoony’s Country Market rose from the ashes Friday and the community breathed a sigh of relief. Friday morning, June 24 the Schoony’s family gathered in front of the store to begin [...]
Hebron Landmark Destroyed
It was a general store, a historic landmark, a business and a home, but now it’s gone. A fire heavily damaged the Bedlam Corners General Store in Hebron Friday morning, Dec. 10, leaving two people without a place to live, a business to operate and a community without a place to get a cup of [...]
Fire Guts Hebron Landmark
The Bedlam Corners General Store in Hebron was guttend by fire Friday morning. The historic structure was a favorite of local author John Katz. More to follow as details become avialable, but the fire is belived to have started as a chimney fire and spread from there.
Burglary suspects nabbed in attempted Dockside Jewelry heist
“Hello, this is your store. I am being robbed.” That may have not been exactly what Robert Merkert heard when his phone rang at just after 2 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 8, but the security system that he had for his store, Dockside Jewelers, did call to notify both him and the Whitehall Police Department [...]
Carol R. Kirchner
Carol R. “Cary” Kirchner, age 69, of Granville passed away at her home on Friday, Dec. 5, 2008. Carol was born on Dec. 30, 1938 in Brooklyn, N.Y., the daughter of Eric and Ruth (Hinsch) Nelson. Carol lived in Salem, N.Y., for many years, having moved to Granville in the last few years. She formerly [...]
County budget under fire
Sheriff warns night patrol will be casualty of budget cuts In a Friday morning fax from the Washington County Sheriff’s Department, Sheriff Roger Leclaire warned that the cuts he was being told to make to his budget would force the elimination of the nighttime road patrol in the county beginning in 2009.







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 [...]