Town/Govt

Public Works Nov 15

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Transfer Station Extended hours: The transfer station will be open on Wednesday mornings from 8 a.m. to noon through Wednesday, November 18.Hazardous Waste Collection: A hazardous waste collection will be held Saturday, November 7, from 8 a.m. to noon at the Simsbury DPW facility, 66 Town Forest Road, Simsbury.  Call the Granby DPW for details,  860-653-8960.Trash Holiday: Please be aware that Thursday, November 26, (Thanksgiving) is a holiday for Paine’s and all Thursday and Fri […]

Great Outdoors

The journey from grape to glass

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by Shirley MurthaMid to late September and into early October truly is the harvest season for Lost Acres Vineyard. It is then the grapes are ripe for the picking, starting the journey that will eventually take them to the glass of wine that accompanies your dinner.photo 3 caption:The contents of the crate are turned into the crusher/destemmer, resulting in a pulpy mash.photo 4 caption: The pulpy mash is poured into the press, from which is extracted the liquid that will become, after fermentatio […]

Town/Govt

Land use committee reaches conclusion

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by Shirley MurthaReporting to the Board of Selectman for the Town-owned Land Use Study Committee, chairman Mark Higby said that after reading the resident surveys and discussing the situation with the town boards and commissions, it is recommended that the former Evonsion farmland remain in agricultural use. This is what the majority of residents desire, and there is no need at this time for any other town use of the property. The committee feels that using the land for both private and town agr […]

Town/Govt

Student liaisons join Board of Selectmen

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by Shirley MurthaEach year, the Board of Selectmen invites high school students to apply for the two available student liaison positions on the board. In addition to keeping the board and town apprised of significant goings-on at Granby Memorial, students are educated in the ways of town government, which may prove valuable in their roles at school and in their future.For the 2015–16 school year, the two students are Alex Domanico and Mark McDermott, both seniors.McDermott is returning for […]

Fun & Rec

First Four Reunion

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The brick high school building on the hill above Salmon Brook Street opened in 1948 as Granby’s first consolidated grade school. The second and third graders who moved from the town’s two-room neighborhood schools were also the first two classes to graduate from Granby Memorial High School in 1958 and 1959. The class of 1960 began its education as the first first-graders in the new school and would be part of its transition to a middle-high school and then to the high school campus. […]