SBHS News
The Salmon Brook Historical Society is located at 208 Salmon Brook Street. Its website is salmonbrookhistoricalsociety.com
Research Library in the Preservation Barn is open Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9 a.m. to noon or by appointment by calling 860-653-9713. Research fee $25 per hour.
Museum Store located in the Enders House is open on Thursdays from 9 a.m. to noon. Items for sale include books, maps, mugs, notecards, jigsaw puzzle and many more Granby items, and can be viewed on the website.
Summer Museum Tours: After two years of closure due to the pandemic, SBHS is dusting and cleaning all the buildings, sprucing up the gardens and putting out the welcome mat for this summer’s museum tours. The tour includes the Abijah Rowe House, Weed-Enders House, Cooley School and Colton-Hayes Tobacco Barn. It will be open every Sunday from 2 to 4 p.m. starting June 5 except July 3. Admission for tour is free to members, $5 for adults, $2 children under 13 and seniors over 65 with a maximum of $12 per family. The museum store will be open during tour hours.
Fall Flea Market is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 15 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the Society’s grounds.
Membership in the Salmon Brook Historical Society offers many benefits including free tours, newsletters, annual dinner in April, Christmas house tour and wassail party and the opportunity to learn and help preserve Granby history. You do not need to be a Granby native, own an old house or be old—the society welcomes everyone—however, you do need to care about the history of Granby. Visit our website or stop by the museum on Thursdays between 9 a.m. and noon for an application.
Wildflower Meadow Plant-In
The public is invited to help plant wildflowers at the five-acre parcel located along Route 10/202 across from Maple View Farm on Saturday, June 4. More details about the project are available on page 36 in the May issue of the Drummer, with two changes: the plant-in times are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., and parking will be available at Maple View Farm. (Article available online here)
Those wishing to volunteer may sign-up at signupgenius.com/go/508044EA4AB2CA5F58-friends
Camera Club
The Granby Camera Club will meet on Monday, June 6 at 7 p.m. at the Granby Senior Center. The program for the night will be sharing on-the-big-screen photographs of spring sports. The scavenger hunt words will be Spring, Sports and Favorite.
Women’s Breakfast
On Wednesday, June 1, the Women’s Breakfast Group welcomes Susan Ranstead. Ranstead’s program, Imagine a Wildflower Farm in Granby to enjoy, will start at 9 a.m. following the 8:30 a.m. breakfast. Cost $4. Register online at the Senior Center or call the Senior Center. Call Corinne Dickerson at 860-653-9891 for additional information.
Hang-A-Quilt
The Connecticut Hang-A-Quilt Day is Saturday, June 18. Both quilters and non-sewing quilt owners are encouraged to hang one or more quilts in the open on that day, sharing the beauty of the art with neighbors and those passing by.
Summer Track Clinic
A summer track clinic for girls and boys in grades 5–8, and, also for high school athletes interested in learning all aspects of a track and field program. The clinic will run Tuesdays from June 28 to Aug. 9. Grades 5–8 meet 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. and high school athletes will meet 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.
All levels are welcome. The middle school program will be taught by GMHS track coaches and will cover all events, training and conditioning. The high school program will be taught by current college track athletes. Contact Bob Casey at yesacbob@gmail.com with questions.
Please visit the Granby Rec Department listing of programs to register.
Men’s Breakfast
The next Granby Men’s Breakfast is at 8:30 a.m., Friday, June 10, at the Senior Center. You will be served a hot breakfast and Tom Baxter, Hartford Yard Goats’ community engagement manager, will start his program promptly at 9:30 a.m.
Every participant must be a current member of the Granby Senior Center, and pay $3 at the breakfast. Visit schedulesplus.com/granby/kiosk/ and select Membership. After you have registered with the Senior Center, your card will be available at the breakfast, where you pay the $3. There is a limit of 50 participants; a waiting list will be created if needed.