Granville News

Brad Schneider has been a consistent top-20 finisher in the Granville Firecracker Five footrace and the Granville Turkey Trot in recent years.

NEWARK -- It was a day of good-old fashioned community fun in Granville on the Fourth.

GRANVILLE - They look like large Band-Aids, but the burlap bands wrapped around the midsection of a number of trees lining Newark-Granville Road are not intended for medical relief.

The 'house band' at the Granville Presbyterian Church has morphed into an eclectic classic rock juggernaut in Licking County and beyond.

COLUMBUS - A Granville woman is one of 13 people indicted in connection with an alleged $9 million mortgage-fraud scheme, according to a press release from the Ohio Attorney General's Office.

Talent and willingness to learn were two of attributes that led Granville Fellowship's board to chose Neica Raker as its new director, board vice president Debbie McPeek said.

Every birthday is special, but imagine more than 305 million people celebrating your birthday along with your family and friends.

GRANVILLE - Granville police have released this surveillance photo of a potential person of interest who they would like to talk to in regard to the theft of a wallet at Springs Hills Baptist Church at about 10 a.m. June 23, during Vacation Bible School.

GRANVILLE - For years, motorists traveling between Newark and western parts of the county have been confused by the numbering system linking Ohio 16 and Ohio 161.

GRANVILLE -- Vintage Voices of Granville is planning several patriotic programs, including performances at 3 and 4:30 p.m. July 4 at Centenary Methodist Church in Granville.

SHORELINE, WA: Elizabeth 'Beth' Machlan Sharp, of Shoreline, WA, passed away in Olympia, WA on June 22, 2009 after a short, but courageous battle with brain cancer.

WHAT Third annual Granville Garden Gala featuring art and design from 10 area women and sponsored by the Women's Design Network of Granville WHEN 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday WHERE Monomoy Place Gardens, West Broadway and Mulberry Street, Granville INFORMATION Maureen Severson, 587-4772 From Advocate staff reports.

Wed, Jun 24, 2009. 09:07 PM A semi truck crashed into a bridge in Newark just before three this afternoon, leaving the truck hanging over the side of the bridge.

Chocohalics: Your cravings have been answered. A glance inside The Original Goumas Candyland is proof.

When Granville's Street Scenes opens Friday morning downtown, it'll look like it always has, living up to its subtitle as a 'Creative Artisans and Merchant Sidewalk Sale.' Lining the north side of East Broadway will be local on- and off-Broadway merchants selling their wares and services -- with a couple artisans at the east end.

NEWARK -- Two girls from Granville recently attended the American Legion Auxiliary Buckeye Girls State program at Ashland University.

GRANVILLE - Tammy Breymaier was named the new Granville High School girls varsity tennis coach at Monday's Board of Education meeting.

Granville native and baseball standout Kory Hartman was hired last week as the first baseball coach for The University of Northwestern Ohio.

A developer seeking a tax credit to build a 50-unit affordable housing complex on River Road says his organization favors occupants paying a Granville School District tax surcharge.

One of the aspects of Granville that I appreciate more and more is the presence of independent local restaurants, stores and businesses.