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On April 16, Nicole Kuhnly, a 2012 Granby Memorial High School graduate, will be running in the Boston Marathon for the first time. One of the reasons Kuhnly decided to run in the Marathon is to honor of her late paternal grandmother, Z, who passed away from ovarian cancer in 2016.
For over 30 years, Granby resident Robert Carter has delivered exterior and interior painting services to the residents of Granby and surrounding areas. His business is known as Robert Carter Painting.
Granby residents looking to buy a car, sell a car or have service performed on their cars without having to leave town, can visit Cahill’s Motorcars. The dealership, conveniently located at 360 Salmon Brook Street, is a family business owned and operated by Patrick and Ann Cahill.
Ever since Dr. John Hitchiner was 13 years old and his brother was born, he knew he wanted a career in the medical field.
After 31 years at 563 Salmon Brook Street, Roger Fecteau will move Route 10 Tire next door to 561 Salmon Brook Street. He plans to have the new building open and running at the end of October.
On Oct. 19, 75 people came to see Richard Wood and Gordon Belsher from Prince Edward Island perform their first fiddle concert at Hampstead Hill Club in West Granby. Wood has performed across Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom.
Once again, Kevin Morawski and Spencer Salvatore, Granby Memorial High School alumni from the class of 2010, went fishing on Opening Day in Connecticut. Opening Day for fishing began at 6 a.m. on April 13.
The Exterior Company recently presented the Granby Memorial High School robotics team with a monetary donation. The Exterior Company (TEC) is headquartered in Lancaster, Pennsylvania and has been restoring a number of homes in Granby and Hartland damaged by the May 15, hailstorm.
When Granby Memorial High School established its first football team in 2008, Frankie Rome, class of 2010, was not only the team’s first quarterback but also scored its first touchdown. Now, his younger brother, Jackson Rome, is also the GMHS quarterback.
From December 2018 to February 2019, Tim Ryan, a Granby Memorial High School alumni from class of 1984, will be one of five rowers who will row 3,000 miles from the Canary Islands to Antigua. The Row4ALS team will be the first team to compete in the Talisker Whiskey Atlantic Challenge with an ALS-diagnosed rower.