Granville resident Eva Moffitt celebrated her 100th birthday at the Holbrook Adult Home Tuesday, as residents and staff members feted her for a full century of life in the Slate Valley. Born in Manchester, Vt., Moffitt said she moved to Granville with older sister Fanny Stockwell and her parents before she was old enough to [...]
Garden Club recognizes village properties
Village properties recognized The Slate Valley Garden Club hosted a tea Aug. 3 to say thank you to residents of the Village of Granville who go above and beyond when it comes to making their properties look attractive through the use of plants. Six properties were recognized by the club and presented with a slate [...]
Village declares Beautification Day
To coin a phrase: every day is beautiful, in its own way. Perhaps the most beautiful will be August 3 or as the Granville Village Board recently declared it – Granville Beautification Day. The declaration, made at the July 11 meeting, recognizes the efforts of the Slate Valley Garden Club to keep up the appearance [...]
Books gone wild – and cheap.
Pember book sale starts Friday morning The annual Friends of the Pember Library Book Sale will be held July 8 and 9 at the Mary J. Tanner School. The annual sale is a fundraiser for the library incorporating the Slate Valley Garden Club into ‘books, buns and bouquets.’ Patrons can stop in to [...]
Marion Flower, 99
Marion Flower, age 99, passed away on April 15, 2011. Marion was born on October 9, 1911 in Fort Ann, New York the daughter of Thomas and Belle (Gillett) Owens. Marion attended Fort Ann schools. She was a member of Slate Valley Senior Citizens and the United Methodist Church of Granville. Marion always enjoyed Sunday [...]
Let it snow
Granville dig out from under a Jan. 12 snowstorm that dropped about 12 inches of snow in the Slate Valley and more than two feet in parts of southeastern Vermont.
Free breakfast Saturday in Poultney
Everyone is invited to a community breakfast, sponsored by the Episcopalians of the Slate Valley from 8 to 10 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 18, at the Episcopal Ministry Center on 84 Church St. in Poultney. Enjoy farm-fresh scrambled eggs, sausage, homemade biscuits and preserves, juice, tea, hot chocolate, and Green Mountain coffee in a friendly, [...]
GHS senior makes mark as snow racer
Like any dad, Will Bishop wants to do whatever he can for his sons Joe and Jake. So when Joe expressed an interest in racing snowmobiles Bishop looked around and began collecting the things needed to go racing.
Nancy O’Donnell Rathbun, 71
Nancy O’Donnell Rathbun Granville, NY – Nancy O’Donnell Rathbun, 71, joined her beloved sons in heaven on September 29, 2008. Nancy was born on December 26, 1936, the daughter of Patrick and Mary Roach O’Donnell of West Granville. Though Nancy spent most of her life in Granville she had currently begun spending summers here 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 [...]