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 [...]
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Town hall to try for National Registry
By Jaime Thomas Supervisor Matt Hicks asked the town board to pass a motion allowing him to fill out an application to get the Granville town hall on the National Historic Registry during a meeting last Monday. While he said the idea stems from issues surrounding the Quaker meeting house, it’s also something that has [...]
Town awaits Burke’s reply
Jaime Thomas Granville Town Supervisor Matt Hicks said he has not heard back from Tom Burke as of Monday after sending him a letter about two weeks ago. On behalf of concerned historians and citizens, Hicks sent Burke a request to donate the piece of land the Quaker meeting house sits on from the plot [...]
Letter sent, response awaited
By Jaime Thomas The ball is in Tom Burke’s court. Local historians and concerned citizens, however, are hoping that isn’t a wrecking ball. At a meeting two weeks ago, they asked Town Supervisor Matt Hicks to write a letter to Burke, who owns the property that holds the old Quaker meeting house and two other [...]
Burke: No Dunkin’ Donuts planned
Granville may not be running on Dunkin’ anytime soon. No immediate plans appear to be in the works for the plot of land where the former schoolhouse and Quaker meeting house sits on Quaker. Developer Tom Burke, who co-owns Burke Cos. with his brother Jerry, purchased the plot in October for $200,000. The brothers own [...]
Spaghetti dinner to benefit local woman injured in crash
Friends and family of the young woman injured in a head-on collision last week will hold a benefit spaghetti dinner to help cover the cost of her medical treatment. The meal will be held from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 3, at Ma and Pa’s Place, 33 Quaker St. in Granville. “A hundred [...]
Skating Rink Open
The operators of the skating rink announced Friday the ice was ready for skating. Skaters can use the ice any time the gate is open, however, the warming hut might not be staffed and open at that time. Regular hours will be posted soon, in the mean time skaters can expect the rink and warming [...]
it's Friiiiiiidaaaaaayyyyyyy
Hats off to Olympic Torch Run organizer Rick Roberts. The run was fun and I think people at least got a chuckle out of it. Rick out a lot of effort into getting that fun diversion off the ground and got some of us a little more into the Olympic spirit. I’m actually looking forward [...]
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Village seeks help clearing hydrants
DPW, village ask residents to help Where is the fire hydrant closest to your residence? Ask yourself about the last time you saw that particular piece of potentially life or home-saving hardware. Discussion at the Feb. 7 village board meeting led to more discussion afterward and a realization – many of the hydrants in the [...]