After a few weeks of music, rain got in the way once again of the summer concert series last Thursday. But this week’s two-show line up will make up for last Thursday’s loss. Tonight, crowd-packing favorite the Big Smoothies will play in the park for all to enjoy. This highly interactive group plays music to […]
Baseball team finishes second in Tri-County league

The Whitehall Tri-County Middle League baseball team wrapped up a successful season finishing second overall. The team, which won the East Division, suffered an 11-10 loss to Lake George in the championship game, held last Thursday in Hartford. Whitehall was held in check through the first three innings as Lake George pulled out to an […]

Katarina Thomas tries to elude Lauryn Zovistoski during the Powder Puff game last Thursday at Granville High School. The seniors beat the juniors 27-0 during this annual event.
Local students, faculty observe Memorial Day

The student and faculty at Whitehall Elementary School paid tribute last Thursday to one of the community’s fallen heroes during its annual Memorial Day Ceremony. More than a hundred parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles and a dozen Legionnaires looked on as students recited poems, sang songs and received awards. But the most touching moment was […]
Lea wins singles championship

Horde tennis player Joey Lea won the Adirondack League Singles Championship at Echo Lake tennis courts last Tuesday. He won his singles finals match versus Schuylerville’s Mike Burkett 6-3, 6-1. For the quarter-finals he beat Burkett 10-1 and for the semi-finals he defeated Sasha Goodman, of Lake George 10-4. Lea, along with the rest of […]
Horde baseball takes home loss
Despite the Golden Horde baseball team’s best efforts, they couldn’t overcome Schuylerville last Thursday in Wasaren League play. Horses were able to take a strong lead with 12 runs on the scoreboard by the end of the third inning, while Granville was able to hit two in the second and one in the third. Schuylerville’s […]
Heritage Society reforms

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 […]
Offense, defense come together for two softball wins

By Jaime Thomas The Golden Horde softball team is back on track coming off a double win last Thursday and Saturday, hitting at every opportunity. “We were in a slump, but with the last two games the bats have come alive again,” Coach Katie Barber said. In a non-league game on Saturday, the girls took […]
Rifle team wins league championship
The Whitehall Rifle Club defeated Galway 976-968, last Thursday in Hudson Falls to wrap up the Tri-County Rifle League Championship. Both teams had beaten each other on their respective home ranges to each finish 13-1, setting up the second shoot-off between the two in recent years. In 2008 it was Galway pulling out the win […]
Softball takes home two more wins
The Horde varsity softball team is on a roll. The girls didn’t give Hoosick Falls an inch Monday night with a 16-0 win, their fourth in a row. Though the game started off slow with a scoreless first inning, things picked up in the second, and by the third the girls made nine runs to […]