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The Connecticut Airport Authority and Travelers Aid has announced that in October, Travelers Aid International began serving the passengers of Bradley International Airport as the operator of the guest service volunteer program at the airport. Travelers Aid now operates the Information Center in Terminal A on the lower level, which is the baggage claim level.
I wish to thank the Granby Senior Center, especially Lori Blackburn, and the Valley Brook Community Church for the special veterans’ tribute concert featuring the Governor’s Foot Guard Band on Nov. 8.
McLean graduated ten new volunteers in October, adding to the dedicated team that supports the McLean Hospice program. The McLean Hospice Volunteer program currently includes 50 volunteers from varied backgrounds who want to contribute purposefully to the com- munity.
November is a special time for Wells Road School, when we invite veterans who may be either family members or members of the community to come for breakfast and be a part of our assembly. The students practiced the official song for each branch of service, which they sang to honor guests on Nov. 12.
Middle School Open Rec: Thursday, Dec. 27, from 6 to 8 p.m. and Friday, Dec.
Hike from the Granby Land Trust’s Seth and Lucy Holcombe Preserve to Emery Farm on Saturday, Dec. 22. Meet at Emery Farm at 3:30 p.m. sharp.
The Granby Rovers U12 boys soccer team ended a successful season with a 4-0 sweep of the Target United Cup tournament in South Windsor on Oct. 28.
Valley Pre-School, celebrating 70 years of educating young children in Granby and surrounding communities, hosted its first Grandparents Day on Oct. 25 and 26.
Area residents will flock to Good Company Theater’s production of HONK! JR., a contemporary and comic re-telling of Hans Christian Anderson’s The Ugly Duckling.
Students of the Windy Hill Guitar Studio of Granby will present a program of music of the English Renaissance, the German Baroque, and traditional Latin American and Celtic folk music, on Thursday, Dec. 6, at 6:30 p.m. at the Granby Public Library.