By Erik Pekar, Town Historian The Christmas season is here. Granville has been done up nicely with Christmas decorations of all sorts. The village volunteers have worked for a few…

By Erik Pekar, Town Historian Granville’s annual tree-lighting event in Veterans Memorial Park was held last Friday, Dec. 4. This ceremony usually attracts hundreds of people from the area and…

By Erik Pekar, Town Historian The Christmas trees were placed on Granville’s Main Street last Saturday, Nov. 28. Twenty evergreens were installed up and down Main Street between North Street…

By Erik Pekar, Town Historian The Church Street bridge is one of Granville’s landmarks. It serves an important purpose, as it is one of two bridges allowing vehicular traffic to…

By Erik Pekar, Town Historian Granville is getting into the holiday spirit. The special team of volunteers have been busy at work for the past few weeks setting up decorations.…

By Erik Pekar, Town Historian The fate of Halloween was on the minds of many in Granville and beyond, with great uncertainty of what would happen to the holiday, considering…

By Erik Pekar, Town Historian Veterans Day is next Wednesday. It is the day when we honor those who have served the United States in the military. For many, many…

By Erik Pekar, Town Historian September was a promising start for the 1970 Granville Golden Horde football team, and October followed suit. Granville started off with a game on Oct.…

By Erik Pekar, Town Historian This year marks a hundred years since women’s suffrage, the right for women to vote in elections, was fully legalized in the entire United States.…

By Erik Pekar, Town Historian The historic Pember House sits at 49 West Main Street in the village of Granville. For several years in recent times, it has sat untouched.…