Whitehall and Fort Ann’s wrestling teams will be one and the same. The Whitehall Board of Education formally approved a request from Fort Ann officials to consolidate the wrestling programs beginning next season. The merger will occur on a one-year trial basis and administrators from both schools will meet and evaluate the arrangement after next [...]
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Historic building eyed for destruction
Large piece of Granville history to be demolished There were two classrooms, two cloakrooms and two teachers in the old school house on Quaker Street in Granville, and some grades consisted of only a handful of students. Everyone started the day by singing a patriotic anthem and saying the Lord’s Prayer, and then the teachers [...]
Community gardeners recall Irene’s visit
The story of Sharissa Dunavan’s community garden never made the papers in the days following Tropical Storm Irene. It was known only to her friends and to those who followed her on Facebook. For her, the memory of the Mettowee River inundating a carefully cultivated garden with more than four feet of water will remain [...]
Baseball falls 3-2 in playoffs
Craig Stalker was too much for Whitehall. Stalker struck out 14 batters in a complete game and drove in the winning run in the bottom of the eighth inning to lead seventh-seeded Schoharie past 10th-seeded Whitehall 3-2 in the opening round of the Section II Class C playoffs. Brett Christian nearly matched Stalker, limiting Schoharie [...]
Year in Review Part II
July 7 Village uses soft touch for property issues If your neighbors’ lawn is too long or they don’t take care of their garbage and you live in the village, you might have called Granville Village Ordinance Officer Gary Didier into action. As part of the duties of the part-time position, Didier is tasked [...]
Sports: Girls soccer gets historic come-from-behind win
Monday’s 3-2 Wasaren League victory over Cambridge was big for Granville girls soccer, and the team, in a number of ways. As a win, it is one of just a handful in the history of team started in 2005 that has struggled in a tough league. And it comes against a two-time Class C section [...]
Village eyes property eyesores
If your neighbors’ lawn is too long or they don’t take care of their garbage and you live in the village, you might have called Granville Village Ordinance Officer Gary Didier into action. As part of the duties of the part-time position, Didier is tasked with keeping an eye out for property owners or tenants [...]
Five charged following underage drinking party
Village police broke up an underage drinking party in the early morning hours of April 24, charging five with unlawful possession of alcohol. One faces a misdemeanor charge after lying to police. Nicholas Dunbar and Mary Manchester, each 20 years old, as well as John Hicks, 19, from Granville, Stephen West, 19, from Lake George [...]
Horde grapplers close in on League crown
A series of pins in the middle weight classes delivered a third Wasaren League victory and the inside track to the league title on Jan. 13 as the Granville Golden Horde beat the Hoosick Falls Panthers, 43-37. Granville converted wins from Hayden Miller (140), Kurt Ehntholt (145), Brad Perry (152) and Karl Palmer, who bumped [...]
Border Riders say obey the signs
It should be obvious to anyone, but just in case, local snowmobile club members are advising riders to stay off the trails. Early snowfall had some riders out on the trails but members of the Border Riders Snowmobile Club say the trails are still closed due to a lack of snow cover after the recent [...]
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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 [...]