By Jaime Thomas Blue skies and hot sun created a picture perfect day for the Little League parade on Sunday. A large crowd lined the route from Main Street down to Richards Memorial Park to watch the colorful procession of teams. Once the large group had gathered at a Little League field at the far [...]
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Prescription drug abuse a local problem
By Jaime Thomas It gives a whole new meaning to basket party, but not in a good way. Teenagers dump various prescription medications into a bin, pick one at random and take it to get high. It has been dubbed ‘pharming,’ and it’s a serious trend that’s sweeping the nation and hitting hard locally, too. [...]
Poucher named New York’s Asst. Principal of the Year
By Jaime Thomas Out all the school districts in New York State, Granville High School’s own Dan Poucher was recently named Assistant Principal of the year. High School Principal Jim Donnelly, along with various department heads and union and school leaders, signed a nomination to get Poucher in the spot because he believes he took [...]
Macura named legionnaire of the year
Justin Macura, a 2006 graduate of Granville High School who served in combat in Afghanistan, has received the Legionnaire Award for outstanding service to the American Legion. He received his American Legion eligibility through his service with the Vermont National Guard, including a combat deployment to Afghanistan with “C” Troop of the 1/172 Cavalry. He [...]
Local photographer wins magazine contest
By Jaime Thomas Out of thousands of entries and hundreds of finalists, local college student Adam Merrow recently won second place in a photography contest. Merrow’s shot, titled Blasting, of a friend riding a dirt bike on a track in Bennington, Vt., placed in Digital Photography Magazine’s 6th Annual Your Best Shot Contest — to [...]
Drama club performance this weekend
The Granville High School Drama Club is rehearsing for a production of The Fantasticks next weekend. The piece touts itself as being the world’s longest running musical. The play, which will take place in the high school auditorium, will be shown on Friday, March 22, at 7 p.m. and March 23 at 2 and 7 [...]
GHS band busy this month
By Jaime Thomas March is Music in Our Schools Month, and instrumentalists at Granville high school are keeping in tune with that theme. Between the All-County Festival, the Jazz Café and the Jazz Ensemble’s trip to the Empire State Plaza, Crystal Everdyke and the band are fairly busy. “We’ve been practicing together a lot and [...]
Students advance to worldwide competition
A four-student team from Granville High School recently won an impressive design award at a robotics competition in New Hampshire. The team, consisting of Marc Billow, Christina Rice, Jordan Penor and Joey Lea, was one of 71 in the event and had pre-qualified from a previous competition in February. The design award is giving to [...]
School offers parents glimpse of student performance
By Jaime Thomas Ever wish you could track your child’s weekly performance at school? The Parent Portal on the Granville Central School District website allows parents to do just that. Parents who sign up for a free account have unlimited access to their child’s schedule, attendance, up-to-date grades, progress reports, report cards, assignments, and other [...]
Community Calendar 2/14/13
Thursday February 14 The Art of Love GLENS FALLS “Seeing Things: The Art of Love” will be presented by June Leary, curator of education, from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 14, at The Hyde Collection, 161 Warren Street in Glens Falls. Bring lunch and visit great works of art that [...]
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