By Jaime Thomas It’s everybody’s fantasy: You’re driving behind an armored truck when it hits a bump and suddenly money, a lot of money, is swirling around you. For Pember Library and Museum Director Pat Wesner it was a reality on Tuesday morning. As she was driving north of Salem along Route 22 on her [...]
‘Superstorm’ slides past
A storm that meteorologists say could be one of the largest to ever hit the East Coast had very little impact locally. While millions of people who live along the eastern seaboard woke up Tuesday morning to downed trees, power outages and flooded homes, residents of the North Country woke up to partially sunny skies. [...]
Mettawee copes with vandals
By Jaime Thomas The Mettawee Community School in West Pawlet is using an act of vandalism as a teachable moment. An unknown driver heavily damaged the lawn at the school on Columbus Day weekend. Though officials don’t know the exact date of the vandalism, they believe it happened on Monday, Oct. 8. Principal Brooke DeBonis [...]
Sentinel exclusive: Eyewitness talks of robbery scene
“I’ve had enough bank robberies to last a lifetime.” Molly Celani Little did anyone expect to see the Granville Main Street TD Bank get robbed for a second time in less than a week, certainly not one of the customers conducting business at the counter Saturday morning. Molly Celani said she was at [...]
Police search for suspect after morning robbery
Granville Police met with Vermont State Police Wednesday to discuss leads and possible connections to recent Vermont robberies after the TD Bank on Main Street was robbed by a woman Tuesday morning. Granville Police Chief Ernie Bassett Jr. said the department was following up several leads in the case Wednesday. Several law enforcement agencies [...]
Steves resigns as school board president
Opportunity prompts school board president to step down Moments after announcing the decision to hire a permanent high school principal, Granville Board of Education President John Steves announced he was stepping down Monday night. Steves said he offered his letter of resignation, which was accepted by the board so he could “pursue [...]
Elmy charged with felony assault: Marina owner charged in attack on woman; victim in induced coma
A prominent local businessman was arrested and charged with felony assault Tuesday morning in connection with serious injuries suffered by a female acquaintance on Monday afternoon. Robert A. Elmy, 63, who owns a marina in Whitehall, was charged with second-degree assault. He is accused of assaulting a woman in her residence and causing a serious [...]
North end flooding still a concern
By Derek Liebig The state of flooding in the village’s north end has improved since last week, but remains a concern for residents who live along the canal and Lake Champlain. Several residents reported that water levels had dropped about a foot by the end of last week, but had subsequently gone back up with [...]
Rough Weekend; waters rise
By Derek Liebig Temperatures may have reached into the 70’s over the weekend but the affects of a long and snowy winter were still being felt as local residents deal with some of the worse flooding many have seen in years. Water levels throughout Whitehall reached flood levels after several days of persistent rainfall and [...]
Voting Machine Down
District two and three offline five hours Voters in the two largest voting districts in Granville ran into a problem Tuesday morning when they arrived to find the voting machine did not work. Election observer Diane Martin said when the village hall on Quaker Street opened for voters in District 2 and District 3 the [...]







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 [...]