The Village Board of Trustees reorganized its hierarchy on Monday. The board, in its first regular meeting since last month’s village elections, reappointed a number of its commissioners. Trustee Michael LaChapelle, who for the last two years, has served as water commissioner will now oversee the highway, safety and buildings departments. Ken Bartholomew was appointed [...]
Granville water comes out clean
By Jaime Thomas How clean is the water in Granville? It’s actually pretty clean according to the village’s annual drinking water quality report for 2012, which was recently released. “The village of Granville water system is in compliance with the state’s rules and regulations,” said Jeffrey Hammond, spokesman for the New York State Department of [...]
Boil water notice to be issued
Village residents will need to boil their water during the first half of next week. The Department of Public Works will issue a village-wide boil water notice Monday. The notice is expected to persist until Wednesday. Any water used for consumption will need to be boiled during that time. Don Williams, Superintendent of Public Works, [...]
Village establishes new water fees
The village board of trustees established and approved a new water fee schedule for services rendered by the village and unpaid water bills at last week’s board meeting. The new fees, especially as they pertain to unpaid water bills, are more strict than previous fees and meant to compel users to pay their bills on [...]
Village OKs new water bill
The village unanimously approved a new water law on Oct. 15 that delineates the rights and responsibilities of individuals and business that use municipal water. The law clarifies and updates a previous ordinance that has been in place since 1967. Village Trustee Ken Bartholomew said the new law expands on the previous one, more clearly [...]
Boil Water Notice set later this month
A Boil Water Notice will be issued for village residents from School Street to Seventh Avenue beginning on Monday, Sept. 26 as crews work to connect side streets to the new water main on Broadway. During this time, notices will be issued daily street by street. Residents can watch local cable channel 16 for information [...]
Water project work on pace
A season of torn up lawns and missing sidewalks is coming to an end for the village of Granville. At a recent village board meeting the members spoke about how impressed they were with the company that won the bid to install the distribution system water pipe along Columbus and Mettowee streets as well as [...]







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 [...]