Haynes House of Hope has new director - A new director has entered the fold at Haynes House of Hope, and her initial prerogative is to establish an educational experience for paid and volunteer staff, the families and patients. Bonnie Underwood, 55, of North Argyle, began her new journey with Haynes House on Sept. 1. Underwood brings 35 years of nursing experience, with […]
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Haynes House of Hope has new director – A new director has entered the fold at Haynes House of Hope, and her initial prerogative is to establish an educational experience for paid and volunteer staff, the families and patients. Bonnie Underwood, 55, of North Argyle, began her new journey with Haynes House on Sept. 1. Underwood brings 35 years of nursing experience, with […]
School: Weekly test for unvaccinated – The Granville Board of Education will require weekly mouth-swab testing of all unvaccinated school faculty and staff. The tests will be conducted by Washington County-contracted group, Quadrant, and superintendent Tom McGurl is hopeful they will arrive in the district next week. As of Sept. 16, the district had 96 individuals out on quarantine, with nine […]
Village vows to punish vandals – Vandalism has been an ongoing issue in the Village of Granville recently and two separate cases were brought to light at the Granville Village Board meeting on Sept. 13. Mayor Paul Labas informed the board and the attending public that one of the sites, the Warming Hut next to the playground in the vicinity of […]
Village board mandates use of masks – With rising numbers of confirmed positive COVID-19 cases in Washington County and Granville, the Granville Village Board voted unanimously to require masks when inside the Village Municipal Center, regardless of vaccination status, at its monthly meeting on Sept. 13. According to the Washington County Department of Public Safety, as of Sept. 10, there are 18 […]
Burglary suspect nabbed after police chase – A 33-year-old Whitehall man was arrested Wednesday afternoon on a series of felony burglary charges after leading police on a high-speed chase in a stolen car. Jesse Tyrell faces nine charges in connection with a string of robberies in Whitehall, one being the Rail Yard Restaurant. More charges are pending, police said. At about 2:15 […]
Girl Scout on track for gold award – Savannah Ross of Whitehall is working toward a large accomplishment within the Girl Scouts of America. Having obtained her silver award, the highest award a girl scout cadette can earn, Ross is ready to take on the challenge of the gold award. “I first got my silver award which is the step before the gold […]
Want cupcakes? Name your flavor – A variety of cupcakes with numerous options of frosting creates an irresistible temptation. Whatever’s your go-to, Whitehall’s cupcake queens should be able to whip you up a batch. Nearly life-long friends Nicole Egan and Heather Daniels have turned their passion of baking into a business, even though they treat it more like a hobby. “Heather […]- Whitehall sports round-up, Sept. 16, 2021 – Whitehall tops Corinth, 5-0 By Keith Harrington The Whitehall golf team began the Adirondack League campaign with a dominating performance against Corinth, 5-0, on the course at Skene Valley Country Club. Anthony Jones, John Twyman, Camren Ellis, Jacob Whiting and Logan Terry all recorded match wins for Whitehall. Jones nipped Ayden Milligan, 3-2. Twyman edged […]
- Granville sports round-up, Sept. 16, 2021 – Horde boys drop soccer opener By Keith Harrington Granville boys traveled to Hadley-Luzerne to open the soccer season against a solid Eagles squad hoping to begin on a positive note, with former Golden Horde coach Jay Condon back on the sideline working to help put Granville back on the Adirondack League soccer map. Condon’s team […]
Whitehall man rescues blue heron – The Great Blue Heron is a bird that is deemed by the Washington County Department of Environmental Conservation as one of their watchable wildlife. little did Dave Woodruff know that he would be able to see one in Whitehall. Let alone, right down the street from his home. “i was going down the road on […]
Obituaries
- Evelyn Yauger Baldwin – Evelyn Yauger Baldwin, 96, passed away peacefully with family by her side on Sunday, Sept. 12, 2021, at the Granville Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation. Evelyn was born on Oct. 1, 1924, in Granville, the daughter of the late Frederick and Dorothy (Taylor) Yauger. She graduated from Granville High School in 1942. Upon graduation she […]
- Jessie N. Casavant – Jessie N. Casavant passed on September 17, 2021 after an extended illness. She was born in Granville NY on December 21, 1940 to George K. and Evelyn (Smith) Norton. Jessie is survived by her husband Paul of 59 years, a daughter Kristin (Rob) Eiben of Scottsdale Arizona and a son Kevin (Debbie) and beloved grandchildren […]
- Edward Roszak – Granville, NY – Edward Roszak, passed away peacefully on September 13, 2021 following a long illness. Born in Greenport, NY on June 5, 1937, Edward was a fighter from the very beginning. Born almost 3 months premature, Ed was always a religious, quiet person – understanding his life was a precious gift from his heavenly […]
- Cheryl L. Dalton Charlton – Cheryl L. Dalton Charlton “Nina” (64) of Newcomerstown, OH formerly of Proctor, VT passed away on Saturday, February 20, 2021. Cheryl was born April 1st, 1956, in Glens Falls, NY to the late James and Gloria (Sabo) Dalton. She was predeceased by her maternal grandparents John N and Josephine (Joseph) Sabo of Whitehall, NY and […]
- Barbara Ann (Snow) Inglee – Barbara Ann (Snow) Inglee passed away on August 8, 2020. She was born on February 18, 1931, to Robert and Rose Snow in Plattsburgh, NY. She grew up in Ausable and Rouse’s Point, NY. She married Clinton Inglee in Rouse’s Point where they resided until they moved to Lompoc, California. They raised their son, David, […]
- John W. Steves, Jr. – North Granville, NY – On September 11, John Steves Jr. surprised us all and left this planet to start the next step of his journey through the cosmos. John spent nearly his entire life in the Granville, NY community but through his voracious reading appetite, and thirst for understanding and knowledge, he travelled the […]
- Jeffrey Scott Mason – Jeffrey Scott Mason, 66, of Spring Hill, Florida, passed away on Monday, Aug. 9, 2021, in Brooksville Florida. A graveside service will be held at Mettowee Valley Cemetery in Pawlet, Vermont, on Saturday, Sept. 18, at 1 p.m. followed by a reception at the VFW Pavilion in Granville, New York. Jeff was born in Bennington, […]
- Linda Hedden – PAWLET- Linda Hedden, 73, a longtime resident of the Pawlet area, passed away peacefully on Monday, September 6th, 2021. She was born in Providence, RI on July 19th 1948, the daughter of Virginia (Ewing) and Athill Moran. Linda graduated from the Randolph High School in Randolph, NJ in the Class of 1966. She married the […]
- Peter H. Parker – Pawlet, Vermont – Peter Harley Parker, 72, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2021, surrounded by family after a brief illness. Peter was born in Granville, New York, on Feb. 2, 1949. He was predeceased by his father Gilbert Parker (1982), his mother Maud (Harrington) Parker (2004) and his sister Florence McIntyre (2013). He […]
- Perley (Gadget) Lavella Conlin – Perley (Gadget) Lavella Conlin, 92, passed away on Saturday, Sept. 4, 2021, with his loving family by his side after a brief illness. Perley was born in Shushan, New York, on May 23, 1929, to Helen Turner and Henry Conlin. It was while working in his younger years in the slate quarries in Granville, New […]
Entertainment
- Ask Matt – Will there be more episodes of ‘Away’ on Netflix? – Question: My husband and I watched the entire first season of Away on Netflix this past weekend and thought it was terrific. Are there plans for Season 2? If so, when might that become available? Thanks for all that you do to point us to worthwhile television. –Gwen Matt Roush: My pleasure, especially when it […]
- ‘Transplant’ star Hamza Haq is excited to bring the Canadian show south of the border – By Taylor Neumann It’s possible you might have heard of NBC’s new drama Transplant before – it is a hit in its native Canada and is now making its way to the United States. The series follows Dr. Bashir “Bash” Hamed (Hamza Haq), a refugee from Syria looking to rebuild his life and continue practicing […]
- Rick’s Picks – ‘Falling for Look Lodge’ – By Rick Gables Clark Backo and Jonathan Keltz star in Falling for Look Lodge, a new movie premiering Saturday, Sept. 26, at 9 p.m. ET/PT on Hallmark Channel, as part of the network’s annual Fall Harvest programming event. When the activities director at Look Lodge quits, Lily (Backo) seizes the opportunity for a promotion and […]
- ReMIND, ReWIND – Gloria Swanson – Silent film’s highest-paid star By Paul Hall, ReMIND Magazine Born Gloria May Josephine Svensson on March 27, 1899, in Chicago to Adelaide and Joseph, Gloria Swanson was an only child. But she wouldn’t stay in Chicago long, as her father was in the U.S. Army and the family frequently moved. Swanson spent much of her […]
- Cheers & Jeers – ‘Love It’ to ‘Worst Cooks in America’ – by Damian Holbrook Cheers to Love It or List It for always keeping our prime interest. Now in its 16th season, HGTV’s renovate-versus-relocate gem still has us sold on the hilariously competitive chemistry between designer Hilary Farr and real estate agent David Visentin as they try to win over homeowners. Guess you could say (sorry, […]
- Ask Matt – Why is Disney+ charging so much for ‘Mulan’? – Question: What the h-e-double-hockey-sticks is Disney thinking when they decided to release the movie Mulan on Disney+ for 30 bucks? –Justin Matt Roush: My initial thoughts when this was announced were: That’s a big ask, and you’d probably have to really want to see it NOW – now being the new launch date of Sept. […]
- Impractical Jokers talk Ed Harris, tattoos, and how they cope with self-quarantine – By Barb Oates We’ve been enjoying bellyaching laughter for almost 10 years now as we tune in to the hidden-camera antics and improv banter of Joe Gatto, James “Murr” Murray, Brian “Q” Quinn and Sal Vulcano of truTV’s Impractical Jokers and TBS’s The Misery Index. The hilarious foursome are Staten Island high school buddies who’ve […]
- Rick’s Picks – Our cartoon president – By Rick Gables SHOWTIME’s animated series Our Cartoon President hits the home stretch on the most consequential election starting Sunday, Sept. 13 at 8:30 p.m. ET/PT. Can cartoon Joe Biden unseat cartoon President Trump struggling to win re-election? Season three, on hiatus since March, concludes with the final nine half-hour episodes tied to the 2020 […]
- ReMIND, ReWIND – Kirk and Ann – Their 65-year marriage was much more than just a Hollywood love story. By Jeff Pfeiffer, ReMIND Magazine Over his seven-decade film career, Kirk Douglas shared the big screen with a multitude of lovely leading ladies. But in his personal life offscreen, only one woman truly shared top billing with the actor. He didn’t find her […]
- Cheers & Jeers – ‘The Dog House: UK’ to Major League Baseball – By Damian Holbrook Cheers to The Dog House: UK for leaving paw prints on our hearts. A love letter to our four-legged best friends, HBO Max’s docuseries about the staff at a British shelter playing matchmaker for abandoned canines and hopeful pet owners is an uplifting, tail-wagging treat that should be pup-ular even with cat […]
Police Beat
- Police Beat, Sept. 16, 2021 – Editor’s note: An arrest or a charge is not a conviction. All persons listed are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Charges can be amended or dismissed. Granville Police Department Sept. 7 8:20 a.m. Police responded to a Factory Street home for a carbon monoxide alarm that was beeping every few minutes […]
- Police Beat, Sept. 9, 2021 – Editor’s note: An arrest or a charge is not a conviction. All persons listed are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Charges can be amended or dismissed. Granville Police Department Aug. 27 10:54 a.m. A Granville woman came to the police station to report two men across the street at Stewart’s Shops […]
- Police Beat, Sept. 2, 2021 – Editor’s note: An arrest or a charge is not a conviction. All persons listed are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Charges can be amended or dismissed. Granville Police Department Aug. 19 10:30 p.m. Two officers were requested to go to an East Main Street apartment for a report of ongoing harassment. […]
- Police Beat, Aug. 26, 2021 – Editor’s note: An arrest or a charge is not a conviction. All persons listed are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Charges can be amended or dismissed. Granville Police Department Aug. 14 3:35 a.m. Granville police were dispatched to assist State Police with a reported physical domestic incident involving four people fighting […]
- Police Beat, Aug. 19, 2021 – Editor’s note: An arrest or a charge is not a conviction. All persons listed are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Charges can be amended or dismissed. Granville Police Department Aug. 6 10:45 p.m. Police were called back to the station for a walk-in where a 34-year-old Church Street woman was waiting […]
- Police Beat, Aug. 12, 2021 – Editor’s note: An arrest or a charge is not a conviction. All persons listed are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Charges can be amended or dismissed. Granville Police Department Aug. 3 7 p.m. A 33-year-old Columbus Street woman called police to report her 13-year-old son had taken off from their residence […]
- Police Beat, Aug. 5, 2021 – Editor’s note: An arrest or a charge is not a conviction. All persons listed are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Charges can be amended or dismissed.Granville Police Department Granville Police Department July 23 11:30 a.m. An officer patrolled to the Granville Center for a man attempting to leave the facility. The […]
- Police Beat, July 29, 2021 – Editor’s note: An arrest or a charge is not a conviction. All persons listed are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Charges can be amended or dismissed. Granville Police Department July 14 8:20 p.m. Josephine M. Sabo, 25, of Queensbury, was arrested and charged with aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle […]
- Police Beat, July 22, 2021 – Editor’s note: An arrest or a charge is not a conviction. All persons listed are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Charges can be amended or dismissed. Granville Police Department July 9 7 p.m. Police were dispatched to the area of Troy Terrace for reports of a suspicious man caught on camera […]
- Police Beat, July 15, 2021 – Editor’s note: An arrest or a charge is not a conviction. All persons listed are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Charges can be amended or dismissed. Granville Police Department July 3 10:37 a.m. An officer was dispatched to 88 Quaker Street for a male locked in the bathroom. The man advised […]
