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Wally Lamb is the author of six New York Times best-selling novels and a volunteer at Connecticut’s York Correctional Institution. He will be hosted by Lost Acres Vineyard for a fund raiser to support CASA’s Ranchero Pandillero, an innovative program in Mexico to reduce gang violence.
Even though cooler weather is here, the activity of ticks and the possibility of Lyme Disease remains. Raking leaves and fall yard clean ups present opportunities for you to come in contact with ticks.
Director of Development Hill-Stead Museum, Farmington CT
Age: 52
Talk about how you came to be working at Hill-Stead…. I grew up in Tariffville and now reside in Granby.
The parsimonious building committee for the new school may have skimped on quality, because only two years after opening in 1823, the school needed repairs. If enough money could be raised, the lower room would also be plastered.
World War II Remembered—Generals and Admirals: Tuesdays, Oct. 2 and 9, 1:30 p.m. Presented by Lieutenant Colonel James Shelmerdine.
Visit www.granby-ct.gov to learn about all on offer. The Launch of Our Lifetime Learning Academy: The Senior Center encourages and recognizes the ongoing desire for stimulating, high-level programming and experiences for our adult population in Granby and surrounding towns. With that in mind, we have launched a new initiative, The Lifetime Learning Academy.
On Monday, Oct. 8, from 6 to 8 p.m., Guiding Eyes for the Blind will showcase its guide dogs in training at an open house at the First Congregational Church, 219 North Granby Road.
Granby Women’s Breakfast attendees were treated to a presentation by docent Russell Chicoine from the Wadsworth Atheneum.
Several years ago, and for my entire life before that, I thought of food as something to satisfy hunger. Sometimes I thought of it as entertainment; think: a meal on an airplane, popcorn at the movie theater.
Simsbury Bank, in conjunction with the Farmington Valley VNA, will be holding two Flu Vaccine Clinics in October: Friday, Oct. 19, at 981 Hopmeadow Street, Simsbury, and Thursday, Oct. 25, at 11 Hartford Avenue, Granby. Both clinics will be from 10 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.