By Jaime Thomas More than 400 teams from all over America and the world gathered in Anaheim, Calif., last week for the Vex Robotics World Championship. Four students and a teacher from Granville were among them. Accompanied by their teacher, Gary Gendron, Marc Billow, Christina Rice, Jordon Penor and Joey Lea competed 10 times over [...]
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Students advance to worldwide competition
A four-student team from Granville High School recently won an impressive design award at a robotics competition in New Hampshire. The team, consisting of Marc Billow, Christina Rice, Jordan Penor and Joey Lea, was one of 71 in the event and had pre-qualified from a previous competition in February. The design award is giving to [...]
Golf drops opener
Senior Joey Lea was the only member of his team to post a victory Monday afternoon, as the Horde opened its golf season with a 4-1 Wasaren League loss to Stillwater at the Lake St. Catherine Country Club in Poultney, Vt. Lea defeated Robert Stickney, 2-and-1, at the No. 1 position Stillwater’s Jon Hoin had [...]
Gerald J. Gordon, 55
Gerald J. Gordon, 55, of North Williams Street, died unexpectedly at the Glens Falls Hospital on Wednesday, October 5, 2011. Born on December 21, 1955 in Glens Falls, he was the son of the late Donald J. and Dorothy (Hildredth) Gordon. He was employed by Green Mountain Slate Company in Poultney, Vt. Gerald will be [...]
‘Fooling around’ cited in crash
A scary head on crash on Potter Avenue sent both drivers to the hospital and resulted in several tickets for one. Peter J. Penor Jr., 16, of DeKalb Road was ticketed for speeding in a school zone, using prohibited (studded) tires, failing to keep right and not wearing a seatbelt after the crash that took [...]
New method slated for May school budget vote
New voting method should avoid delays School budget voters will see a new process when they go to the polls May 17. Superintendent Mark Bessen told the Granville Board of Education Monday night the new method of voting will be just a bit different, but should streamline the process going forward. “I’m suggesting [...]
Granville Crew Wows Judges at Rube Goldberg
When the Granville High School ‘Green Team’ heard the announcement, they were stunned to say the least. Not because they had won, but because according to the announcement – they hadn’t. The team members had a number of reasons to believe they should be finalists in the 2011 Union College Rube Goldberg Contest held Saturday, [...]
Donald Gordon, 45
Donald Gordon, 45, of Dresden, passed away unexpectedly on June 15, 2007 at his home. Born on Jan. 9, 1962, in Glens Falls, he was the son of the late Donald J. and Dorothy A. (Hildreth) Gordon.Donald enjoyed hunting, fishing, boating, camping, four-wheeling, walks, hiking and a special baseball game. He enjoyed collecting [...]
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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 [...]