A Granville native and Bronze Star recipient will be honored for his heroism at an April 1 game of the Adirondack Phantoms. Washington County sheriffs Captain Bryn Reynolds who received the military award for valor while serving in the Army in Afghanistan will be recognized at a military appreciation night at the Glens Falls Civic [...]
Tractor Supply plans thrill local officials
The announcement that a major retailer has firm plans to locate within the village of Granville was met by excitement from local officials as news of the arrival of a Tractor Supply Co. store became official Friday. Mayor Jay Niles said he was happy to finally see the plans laid out on the village [...]
New Look Quarryman
The Quarryman will return with a new look, chainsaw artist Tim O’Brien told the Granville Village Board Monday night, just not before spring. The artist behind the original statue detailed the process he saw unfolding throughout the winter to have a piece ready for sometime after the still-falling snow melts away. “I want to be [...]
Cross Country finishes strong
Cross-country finishes strong Alicia Clark, the Granville cross-country team’s premier girl runner, qualified again this year for the state cross-country meet on Saturday, Nov. 11. Clark has broken her own personal record three weeks in a row, each race being held at the Saratoga State Park. She started the streak during the Greenwich invitational, posting a personal [...]
Runners end season at sectionals
The Whitehall varsity boys and girls varsity cross-country teams finished out the fall portion of the 2010-11 fall athletic season with the Section II/Class D meet at the Saratoga State Park on Nov. 5. The varsity boys team finished the season with an eighth place finish at the meet, with freshman PJ Ferguson finishing in [...]
Basketball Coach Resigns
Matt Usher takes job … at Saratoga Schools Former Saratoga Springs Blue Streak Matt Usher is a Blue Streak once again. Usher confirmed last Friday he had just submitted his resignation to the Granville School District following signing a contract with the Saratoga Springs School District and having it accepted by its board of education [...]
Burleigh E. Douglass
Burleigh E. Douglass passed away at the age of 84 on Feb. 23, 2009 in Woodstock, Ga. He was the son of the late Burleigh J. and Lois Clark Douglass. He was born on Oct 26, 1924 in Whitehall. He lived his childhood in Whitehall and joined the US Army in 1944. He served in [...]
Glenola Forcucci
Glenola “Babe” Forcucci, age 87, of Granville went to join her son Joe on Thursday, Feb. 19, 2009. Babe passed away peacefully at her daughter Pat’s home in Saratoga Springs with her daughter at her side. Babe was born in Skaneatles Falls, N.Y., on Aug. 30, 1921. She was the daughter of the late [...]
BBB boys basketball
Horde fans…. Get out there this Tuesday night and pack that Gym Show the boys team some love for all of the success they’ve had this season (now in your best ‘Dicky V voice – Serendipity Baby!!) Tuesday night Ticket Price for the Boys Basketball Sectional Playoff Game for Tuesday, February 24 – Saratoga Catholic [...]
sports updates
Watch this space for updates on the wrestling and basketball playoffs Today, almost as I write this, the wrestling seeding meeting is taking place. Walter Foster and Karl Palmer look pretty good for high seeds if not the tops at 135 and 215. Three other Granville wrestlers Hastings, Miller and Ehntholt also advanced and [...]






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 [...]