Town Manager Mike Walsh, First Selectman Mark Fiorentino and several other Granby folks spent the early morning hours (5:30 to 9 a.m.) on March 7 talking about our town with Brian Shactman of WTIC 1080 radio at Drago’s Kitchen. On Friday mornings, the team of Shactman and station manager Joey Bourgoin travel to a town in Connecticut to interview some of its residents to learn more about the town.
How did Granby get selected? Would you believe that’s where the dart landed? Well, it landed on Granby on a the state map the producers have on the wall in their studio. To remain completely impartial, that is the way they select the next town to be featured. After the dart landed, Bourgoin visited Granby and selected Drago’s Kitchen to be the interview site.
In between news, weather, traffic and commercials, in addition to Walsh and Fiorentino, Bourgoin spoke with Howard Berg from the Salmon Brook Historical Society, Stefan Drago of the restaurant, Jenny Emery of Holcomb Farm, Rick Orluk of the Granby Land Trust, Patty Sansone from the Community Fund, Brian Liss from the YMCA and Karl Gates, the athletic director at Granby Memorial High School with student football athlete Joseph Lewie.
It’s safe to say that WTIC listeners now know a lot about our wonderful town.