Fun & Rec

Lunch For The Mind Series back for 2014

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Piggy-backing on the success of the fall session of the Lunch for the Mind series, the Civic Engagement Education Team is hard at work to bring you exciting, new topics for the new year.   Note that the winter/spring series will start at a new time of 12:30 pm until 2:00 pm.   Please register by calling 860-844-5352.  The cost is $5.  Bring your brown bag lunch to class (beverage and dessert provided).  Except for Feb., the ongoing classes will be held […]

Events

Pet Food Drive

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Salmon Brook Veterinary Hospital collects 5,000 pounds of pet food for Connecticut Humane Society’s Pet Food Pantry, largest donation of the year for program serving those in need By Paul Bisberg A community pet-food drive organized by Salmon Brook Veterinary Hospital on December 21 collected 5,000 pounds of dry food, more than 700 cans of cat and dog food and more than $600 in cash donations, an “amazing effort that will help so many people in need,” according t […]

Fun & Rec

Care for Pets During Cold Months

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Photo of “Odin” by Sandy Lisella from Action Carpet Here we are again in the cold months in Connecticut with freezing temperatures and short days. Our pets are lying down cozily by the fire and do not want to go outside except for quick trips to “do their business.” So the temptation is to skip the monthly preventatives for heartworm disease and flea/tick issues. This would seem to make sense because heartworm is spread by mosquitoes and they should be on hiatus. Also, one would think th […]

Town/Govt

VOTE NOV. 2!

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The 2020 COVID precautions are being implemented again this year to ensure the safety of both poll workers and voters. If you plan to come to the polls please plan for a long wait, be patient, wear a mask, and dress warmly—it will take extra time to vote, especially with 10 races to cast votes in.

Great Outdoors

Planting with a view

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Friends of Holcomb Farm volunteers Walter Ford, Jack Lareau and Nicole Cloutier participated in a tree planting day on the Holcomb Tree Trail in October.

School & Sports

Radium Girls opens at high school

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Granby Performing Arts at Granby Memorial High School presents the play Radium Girls on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 5 and 6 at 7 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 7 at 2 p.m. at GMHS Auditorium.

Town/Govt

GRANBY BOARD OF SELECTMEN MEETING HIGHLIGHTS

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Long-Term Recovery Committee 

The committee’s goal was to identify the unmet needs of the community created by the COVID-19 crisis and to develop methods to assist the citizens and businesses recover.

Town/Govt

News from Public Works

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Trash Holiday: Thursday, Nov. 25, (Thanksgiving) is a holiday for Paine’s. All Thursday and Friday trash pickups will be delayed by one day that week. 

Letter to the Editor

Thanks for Used Book Sale

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The Friends of the Granby Public Library held its 38th Used Book Sale in September after a two year wait due to COVID restrictions last year. It was another successful sale and a welcome return of our patrons who look forward to this annual event.