What’s for supper?
Tomato Dijon Turkey Meatballs
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Fall is almost here and it is my favorite time of the year. The weather changes and so does the menu; more soups and stews and warm comfort food and, of course, pumpkin everything!
Historic Footnotes
A Tale of Three Churches, Part 1
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In the beginning, the church was in Simsbury, and the people of Salmon Brook had to travel this distance on foot or horseback. The roads were mere tracks through the wilderness; mud, dust or snow, according to the season.
Fun & Rec
Parks & Recreation
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Have your next family or other private event at Salmon Brook Park or Holcomb Farm. The Salmon Brook Park House is a beautiful facility that can accommodate up to 99 people, featuring a gas fireplace and central air.
Events
Camera club hosts fine arts photographer
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The Granby Camera club is hosting Photographer/Artist Mark Battista at its Oct. 7 meeting. His presentation will cover Still Life Photography and Compositional Concepts.
Great Outdoors
Friends of Holcomb Farm
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It is fall in New England, and Granby offers some of the best open space hikes around; the Town’s own Holcomb Farm is one of them. The Friends’ Stewardship volunteers have been busy mowing the east field, maintaining walking paths, planting and labeling trees, installing eight new interpretive signs, installing new boardwalks over muddy areas, and rehabbing the South East Field.
NOT WANTED
Purple Loosestrife
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Purple Loosestrife – Lythrum salicaria —is October’s Invasive of the Month. Here is how to identify it, and what to do about it.
School & Sports
Sylvia Davis Patricelli Fine Arts Scholarship
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The Sylvia Davis Patricelli Fine Arts Foundation, a sponsor of a Granby high school scholarship for a graduating student pursuing a post-secondary education in the creative arts since 2018, is now recognized as an IRS 501c3 charity.
Town/Govt
One polling site at GMHS Community Gym
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The polls will be open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. for the Municipal Election on Tuesday, Nov. 5.
Events
SBHS Flea Market is Oct. 19
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The Salmon Brook Historical Society’s always popular Fall Flea Market is scheduled for Saturday, Oct 19.
Town/Govt
New Poll Workers Meeting Oct. 8
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Please join the Registrars on Tuesday, Oct. 8 at 2 p.m. to learn all about the joys of helping democracy happen here in Granby.