The telephone, back in the day

When I was a little girl, we had a black rotary dial phone. It sat on a little table by a lamp in the corner of the living room. Nearby there were several large telephone books containing local, state and business phone numbers. We got new books every year. I still remember my phone number.

Drumrolls

Area residents named to dean’s list for the spring semester at Quinnipiac University: from East Granby: Corriana Howard, Liam Phelan, Ryan Rickevicius, Sarah Springer; from Granby: Samuel Lightbourn, Erin Panella-Malley, Lindsey Puglise; from North Granby: Jason Platti.

Friends meet at Senior Center coffee hour

The Granby Council on Aging Coffee Hour is a free program held on the second Wednesday of each month from September through June and open to all senior citizens. Granby seniors are welcome to share their views about the town and its services, the town’s ongoing course of development, to raise any questions we might help to answer directly or to share our knowledge to identify the right person or agency in town to provide answers.