Memorial Day parade canceled; Virus nixes 100-year tradition
By Matthew Saari For the first time in a century, Granville will not have a Memorial Day parade. Organizers announced Friday that the holiday staple will not take place this…
By Matthew Saari For the first time in a century, Granville will not have a Memorial Day parade. Organizers announced Friday that the holiday staple will not take place this…
By Jaime Thomas Veterans, bands, music and prayer will all be part of the Granville and Hartford Memorial Day Parade festivities next Monday, May 27. At 8 a.m. the American…
By Jaime Thomas Granville will thank a group of men who took up an important idea many decades ago, after the Veterans Day parade on Sunday, Nov. 11, which starts…
The effort to erect a stone monument off of Memorial Lane continues to gather steam, organizer Lila Myer said Saturday. “The stone has been ordered, it’s on its way,” she…
The weather outside wasn’t frightful but the Boy Scouts’ fire was so delightful at the annual village Christmas tree lighting Friday night. A light snow at the start of…
Florence Ruth Martelle, age 88, passed away at Mt. View Center in Rutland, Vt., on Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2010. Florence was born on July 20, 1924, in Arlington, Vt. She…
The Granville area will begin ringing in the holiday season with the lighting of the village Christmas tree Friday, Dec. 3. The annual celebration of the season will kick…
Emotional clock ceremony recognizes ‘Those Who Served.’
All of the work leading up to Sept. 18 showed that the twin mottos of “Lest We Forget — Those Who Served” is a message the Granville community has taken to heart.
In a stirring, often emotional ceremony last Saturday, the Veterans Memorial Clock officially returned to its sentry position above Granville’s Main Street with the fanfare deserving of what clock restorer John Freed often referred to as “a living monument.”
Raymond N. McEckron Sr., 83, of Newville, Pa., passed away July 21, 2010. Born April 16, 1927, he was the son of the late Harold and Harriet (West) McEckron. Raymond…
Growing up, John Freed said, he had always been aware that his father was a World War II veteran and he realized the importance of what those men did for their country.