The Hartford Town Board appointed former board member Kevin McCarthy as an interim member to fill a vacancy on the board created by a resignation. McCarthy is currently the President of the Hartford Volunteer Fire Company. The measure passed unanimously with Supervisor Dana Haff, and council members Barbara Beecher and Robert Miller voting in favor; [...]
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Father’s Day 2011
Father and son fight fires, crime It all began with the fire department, proud father Curt Pedone said, with his son tagging along to go to the firehouse and eventually becoming the first junior fire fighter in a program that continues to this day. “I get nothing but compliments about him and I couldn’t [...]
Golfer’s swings means it must be spring
Anyone seeking evidence spring had actually arrived in the North Country needed look no further than their local golf course as hardy souls braved cold and wind to get in an early season round of golf. Despite a snowy, cold winter which seems intent on maintaining its grip on the area, golfers like Patrick Cross [...]
Person-Egan engagement
Patti and Tom Abbott of Whitehall, NY and Mike and Cathy Persons of Chittenden, Vt. are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter Kara Persons, to Aaron Egan, son of Bonnie Egan of Queensbury, NY and the late William Egan of Fair Haven, Vt.. The future bride is a 2003 graduate of Whitehall High [...]
Costly salt
The purchase of additional salt for the remaining portion of winter weather could get expensive for Granville, highway superintendent John Tanner said Thursday night. “Well I guess it’s pretty much common knowledge what we’ve been up to since the last meeting,” Tanner said. Highway crews having been busy with the roads but have managed to [...]
Hartford Pancakes
The Hartford Volunteer Fire Department will host a fundraiser pancake breakfast THIS Sunday, March 6. the batter will be flowing starting at 8 a.m. in the Hartford Volunteer Fire Department Community Hall (at the corner of Routes 149 and 40 just over the border from South Granville) and keeps going until 11 a.m. The cost [...]
a few outtakes from my maple excursion
Welcome to the blog. Here I am out with Matt Rathbun from Rathbun’s Maple Sugar House in North Granville – the sugar house is located there; we’re in Hartford. I’m out of breath from stomping around in the woods. Despite the snowshoes getting around was not easy and as it had been some time since I’d [...]
Troop 40 visits Manchester Newspapers
Hartford Tiger Scout Troop 40 gets a short lesson in the newspaper business from publisher John Manchester, graphics department head Jane Cosey and reporter Matthew Rice during a tour on the East Main Street, Granville NY headquarters for Manchester Newspapers. The Tigers were working to earn a bead towards advancement and got a look at [...]
Chicken everywhere
Chicken fans, The month of August will taste just like chicken with what seems like a dozen BBQs around the region. I’m a big (ha-ha) fan of the Q and enjoy sampling the different takes on the regional recipe. I’m always, or at least I was, suprised that no one I’ve seen so far [...]
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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 [...]