By Jaime Thomas Granville baseball players began their season with a hard game in a 16-1 loss at Stillwater on Monday. But Coach Duane Dodge thinks his inexperienced players simply need a little time to learn. The Horde was able to snag one point in the sixth inning, but their hitting was not what it [...]
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Lady Horde pitcher owns game
By Jaime Thomas The girls softball started off their season on a strong foot taking home a 12-1 league win at Stillwater on Monday. Katie Leavey, senior center fielder, built up the momentum of a six-point lead in the first inning with a triple hit. And Hannah Bassett kept that pace by pitching a complete [...]
PBA blames contract for overtime issue
By Jaime Thomas It all comes down to a contract. Gordon Smith, a Granville Village Trustee, expressed his misgivings at a meeting last week about a 100 percent increase in police overtime pay within the budget. Issues within the police union contract have since come to light. Both Police Chief Ernie Bassett and Dave Williams, [...]
Preliminary hearing for arsonist, district attorney to push murder charge
By Jaime Thomas Stephen Gyarmathy did not intend to burn the building at 44 Mettowee St. when he poured gasoline on the stairwell and set it alight. At least that’s what he said in a written statement taken by state police hours after the deed was done. On Thursday, Gyarmathy had a preliminary hearing in [...]
Solar farm coming to Pawlet
By Jaime Thomas Pawlet residents will soon be seeing a new development in one of their fields that will harness the power of the sun and turn it into energy. Gene Bertsche, president of Northeast Community Solar, LLC, said he hopes to begin a project in late June or early July that will install 500 [...]
GCS gets $211k back in state aid
By Jaime Thomas Local and statewide lobbying for increased educational funding yielded results last week as Cathy Somich, Granville School District’s business manager, received some good news. The district found out it will see an increase of $211,000 in state aid, which officials were initially not sure they would receive. “Legislature had a lot of [...]
100 percent hike in police overtime draws concern
By Jaime Thomas Members of the Granville Village Board were not in agreement about approving the tentative 2013-2014 budget at a meeting Monday night. Trustee Gordon Smith brought up the large, general-fund line item of police overtime pay, which more than doubled from last year from $27,000 to $59,000. “There is one line I have [...]
Hebron to see upgraded courtroom
By Jaime Thomas It’s hard to maintain order in a court when everyone from the defendants to the judge is overwhelmed by stifling heat. While this has previously been the case in Hebron, new funds will soon bring improvement. Court Clerk Virginia Curran recently received notification from New York state that her grant application was [...]
Bedlam Corners general store rises from the ashes
By Jaime Thomas After months of work through the winter, Virginia Curran is nearly ready to open the newly renovated Bedlam Corners general store in West Hebron. Curran purchased the store, which was severely damaged in a fire more than two years ago, in August and has been rebuilding it ever since. She had repainted [...]
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