Horde tennis player Joey Lea won the Adirondack League Singles Championship at Echo Lake tennis courts last Tuesday. He won his singles finals match versus Schuylerville’s Mike Burkett 6-3, 6-1. For the quarter-finals he beat Burkett 10-1 and for the semi-finals he defeated Sasha Goodman, of Lake George 10-4. Lea, along with the rest of [...]
Horde baseball takes home loss
Despite the Golden Horde baseball team’s best efforts, they couldn’t overcome Schuylerville last Thursday in Wasaren League play. Horses were able to take a strong lead with 12 runs on the scoreboard by the end of the third inning, while Granville was able to hit two in the second and one in the third. Schuylerville’s [...]
Heritage Society reforms
By Jaime Thomas It was a small but earnest group that gathered at the Slate Valley Museum last Thursday to discuss the future of Granville’s past. The meeting was the first reorganizational meeting of the former Granville Heritage Society, which faded out several years ago. Former Planning Board Chair Lee Comar initiated the effort in [...]
Offense, defense come together for two softball wins
By Jaime Thomas The Golden Horde softball team is back on track coming off a double win last Thursday and Saturday, hitting at every opportunity. “We were in a slump, but with the last two games the bats have come alive again,” Coach Katie Barber said. In a non-league game on Saturday, the girls took [...]
Rifle team wins league championship
The Whitehall Rifle Club defeated Galway 976-968, last Thursday in Hudson Falls to wrap up the Tri-County Rifle League Championship. Both teams had beaten each other on their respective home ranges to each finish 13-1, setting up the second shoot-off between the two in recent years. In 2008 it was Galway pulling out the win [...]
Softball takes home two more wins
The Horde varsity softball team is on a roll. The girls didn’t give Hoosick Falls an inch Monday night with a 16-0 win, their fourth in a row. Though the game started off slow with a scoreless first inning, things picked up in the second, and by the third the girls made nine runs to [...]
Horde baseball has room for improvement
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 [...]
DeLorme youngest top five
The Whitehall Rifle Team remained on a collision course with Galway by downing visiting Moreau last Thursday, 974-950. With one match to go, both teams are 12-1. A win by both this week would mean a shoot off in Hudson Falls on April 18. In last week’s match a bit of history was made in [...]
Main Street reopens; owner removes building
The owner of the dilapidated building that caused a portion of Main Street to be closed for more than a week has torn down the crumbling structure. Flint Stone, owner of the old “Chase” building, located at 44-46 Main Street, had what remained of the building torn down last Thursday, less than 48 hours after [...]
State: Town not obligated to negotiate
The Hampton Town Board has no legal obligation to negotiate a contract with its volunteer fire department according to representative Mackenzie Jewell from the New York State Office of Fire Prevention and Control. Members of the fire department, however, continue to insist otherwise. Jewell told members of the Hampton Volunteer Fire Department that the town [...]






