Slate Valley Museum unveils Phase II of project By Jaime Thomas Throughout the area, various factions have been emerging and approaching a common goal in different ways. Their aim: the revitalization of Granville. The Slate Valley Museum is one such group, and the institute recently announced the second phase of its Cultural Campus Revitalization Project [...]
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Slate celebrates St. Patrick’s Day
By Jaime Thomas It’s time to get out the shamrocks and dress in green for a day of Irish-inspired activities at the Slate Valley Museum on Friday. To celebrate this heritage and the beginning of spring, the museum will have a day of Irish tea and food, such as cookies, biscuits and soup, and a [...]
Slate Valley Museum staff back from Wales
More than 3,000 miles from home, Kate Weller and Amy Mincher found people who knew all about Granville, Poultney and the rest of the Slate Valley. “The connection was very strong,” said Mincher, assistant director at the Slate Valley Museum. “It made us very proud of the community here.” Mincher and museum director Kate Weller [...]
Stories after the storm: A year after Irene, it’s back to normal for most, not all
The memories are a full year old now, but for those who watched what Tropical Storm Irene did to Granville on Aug. 28, 2011, and in the days afterward, they remain vivid and painful. “It was surreal,” said Matt Zappone, general manager at Zappone Chrysler Jeep Dodge, which lost 140 cars and trucks to massive [...]
Pember/Slate Valley step back and open up
Granville’s museums will throw open their doors and welcome in the public during their annual holiday open houses this Sunday starting at 1 p.m. In conjunction with the Slate Valley Museum’s running exhibit “Rivals in Slate, Brothers in War: The Slate Valley Unites for the Union Cause” visitors will learn about and experience Christmas traditions [...]
Tales of the Slate Valley macabre
Many years ago three thirsty slate quarry workers decided they needed to row across the lake to keep the party going. It was late, so the story goes, and they had already had a few when they set out – they never returned. Their bodies were never recovered. Since then, on a full moon night [...]
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