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…
Village tightens trash rules
The Village Board took an important step in its ongoing mission to clean up the community Tuesday evening when it passed a law regarding the proper storage and disposal of…
School board changes took planning
Transparency policy long planned move, says board Although it coincided with the first meeting led by new Granville Board of Education President John Steves, school officials said…
Bojanich heads South
Granville High School Principal Scott Bojanich resigned Monday night. Bojanich has been with the district for almost a year to the day when the school board accepted his…
Voters approve small school-tax increase
By Derek Liebig Voters in the Whitehall Central School District overwhelmingly passed the 2011-12 budget earlier this week. Tuesday’s final tally saw 175 residents of the school district vote in…
Mayor Jay Niles announced he decided not to run for another term.
Niles won’t seek new term
Granville will have a new mayor in the spring following a surprise announcement at the village board meeting Monday night. Mayor Jay Niles closed the Jan. 3 meeting by…
wrestling thoughts
Check out the video that goes along with this post. Happy holidays and Merry Christmas to all and especially to Granville 145-pounder Kurt Ehntholt for being such a good boy.…
Supervisor-elect Matt Hicks listens to a post-meeting discussion Nov. 5 at the village hall.
Studying Up for super-elect
43 days and counting for Hicks
Whitehall tax rate up 13-percent
The news did not get any better for the Whitehall town budget in the past week. At the public hearing on the preliminary 2011 spending plan on Nov. 4, town…
Tom Scott to run for town supervisor
Democrats also nominate Ellingsworth for town board
Former Granville Mayor Tom Scott has thrown his hat into a larger ring and is poised for a run at the town supervisor’s seat, Democrats announced Monday.
The Granville Democratic Party announced the results of the Saturday caucus as town Democrat Party Chairman Nicholas Silitch confirmed the party will put forward two candidates in November, one for supervisor and one for town board.
Silitch said the party endorsed Scott to “pick up the work that Rodger was doing.”
“If you liked Rodger, you’ll like Tom,” Silitch said, referring to the late Town Supervisor Rodger Hurley.
