In Town Focus — April 2023

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Women’s Breakfast

On April 5, the Granby Women’s Breakfast Group will host a program entitled What’s the Buzz? Backyard Beekeeping with local resident Deb Beal. The program will be held at the Granby Senior Center and all women are invited to attend. Breakfast will be served at 8:30 a.m. and the program will begin promptly at 9 a.m. In order to plan ample breakfast for everyone, please register either online on the senior center website or call the center at (860) 844-5352. Cost $5.

Men’s breakfast

The next Granby Men’s Breakfast will be Friday morning April 14, at 8:30 a.m. at the Granby Senior Center. The speaker will be Jennifer Abalan, Granby Municipal Animal Control Officer sharing her passion for animals.

Please arrive at the center between 8 and 8:30 a.m. for check-in, pay $5, get your badge, find a table, hear announcements and have coffee before breakfast. Please register by calling the Granby Senior Center (860) 844-5352. A $5 fee for the hot breakfast will be collected at the door. 

Let your friends new neighbors know that men, of any age interested in joining the Granby Men’s Breakfast should send their contact information to gmensbkfst@gmail.com. and they will be added to the email notification list.

Civic Club

The Granby Civic Club will welcome Ron Cowdrey, newly elected President of Granby Grange No. 5, to its Thursday, April 20 meeting. Ron will discuss a brief history of the Grange in Granby as well as new goals and plans for the future. The meeting begins at 1 p.m. at the senior center. Refreshments will be served. Guests and visitors welcome.

Granby Camera Club

The Granby Camera Club will meet in person on Monday, April 3 at 7 p.m. at the Granby Senior Center. Photographer Paul Hetzel will be the guest speaker. Please check out his web page to see some of his incredible work at 03photography.com. The scavenger hunt words for the month are: Bud, Copper, and Favorite.

Touch a Truck

Valley Pre-school and Granby Congregational Church will hold its second Touch-a-Truck event on June 3 from 9:30 a.m. to noon at 219 North Granby Road. They will also host an open house and supervised play on the playground.

Three Granby emergency vehicles will be in attendance as well as private utility trucks from local businesses. Children will have the opportunity to sit in the vehicles and talk to our first responders and vehicle operators. This is a free event. Families are asked to bring non-perishable food donations for the Granby Food Bank.