Town/Govt

Dates set for budget hearing and referendum

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Public Hearing is April 11; Referendum is April 25The annual Budget Public Hearing will be held on Monday, April 11 at 7 p.m. in the GMHS auditorium.​Granby residents will vote on the Town Budget at the Budget Referendum on Monday, April 25, from noon to 8 p.m. at the Town Hall Meeting Room. Residents must bring a valid form of identification (photo ID preferred) to vote. If you are not registered to vote, but own property in Granby and are otherwise eligible to vote, you may receive a ballot […]

Town/Govt

Town manager presents “below reasonable” budget

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​Board Of Selectmen Report By Shirley MurthaTown Manager William Smith began his presentation of the proposed 2016-2017 budget by explaining the procedures and policies that are undertaken in developing the budget. These include computer modeling, audit reports, studies of debt management, internal controls and risk management, the town’s growth in economic development, and purchasing methods—especially with an eye to regional cost sharing.Smith showed a series of slides i […]

Town/Govt

BOE acquiesces to 1 percent budget cut; Superintendent disappointed

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By Kim BeckerThe Board of Education unanimously voted to cut two new certified teaching positions and the increased computer software assistance to meet the Board of Finance’s demand for a 1 percent decrease in the overall education budget.Superintendent of Granby Public Schools, Dr. Alan Addley, strenuously objected to the cut throughout the budget process. Addley originally gave BOE a budget with a .5 percent increase. He was told by the board to make the budget flat. The BOF then pushed […]

School & Sports

Flocking flamingos for a good cause!

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By Thérèse MulveyIt’s time to get flocking and help raise money for the 2016 Safe Grad Night! This 30-year-old event is a well-loved GMHS tradition but it takes donations to make it work. You may have noticed some lucky people in Granby with pink flamingos roosting on their lawn and thought, “WOW! I wish I could put a flock of Pink Flamingos on my friend’s lawn.” Well you can! And you will be supporting a great cause too. All that’s needed to participa […]

The Arts

Into the woods with Scott Duncan 

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by Barb BlanchetteGranby is home to many artists and among them is one whose art form gives new life to nature’s fallen sentinels. From the large limbs of the Granby Oak felled by the November 2011 storm, to pieces of a carefully preserved 1000-year- old redwood, North Granby resident Scott Duncan, turns pieces of these trees into works of art. For almost ten years he has been artfully, passionately and literally “into the woods.”When Scott was a small boy, […]

People

Women’s February Breakfast

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At the February Women’s Breakfast, Carol Bielefeld, as Abigail Adams, presented a lively portrait of one of the most fascinating and remarkable women in our nation’s history. Over 80 women enjoyed her presentation and the delicious breakfast catered by Lost Acres Orchard. Photo by Joan Ducharme […]

Great Outdoors

Winter finally comes to Holcomb Farm

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Photo by Peter Dinella(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = “//connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.3”; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);}(document, ‘script’, ‘facebook-jssdk’));The trails at Holcomb Farm just got a “spruce up”. We encourage everyone to get out and enjoy this beautiful property, open to all.Posted by Holcomb Farm on Saturday, January 30, 2016 […]

Fun & Rec

​Seniors baking for seniors

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For Valentine’s Day, every senior at Granby Memorial High School was given a bag of cookies from the Senior to Senior Cookie Bake project. (L to R) Judy De Nio, Jeanne Violette, Diane Hernsdorf and Vonnie Cianciulli, members of the Civic Engagement Team and members of the Granby Senior Center.  Submitted photo(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = “//connect.facebook.net/en_US/sd […]

Town/Govt

Town manager feeling the pinch as budget presentation draws near

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by Shirley MurthaTown Manager Bill Smith will present the budget at the BOS meeting on March 7. He reported that it is becoming more and more difficult as the years go by to meet the Board of Finance guideline and still meet the goals and objectives of the Board of Selectmen to maintain the staffing and services that town residents expect. The BOF wants the BOS budget to come in at a 2.5 percent increase, which would result in a two percent increase in the mill rate, but to meet that guideline t […]

Town/Govt

Three-board meeting kicks off annual budget process

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By Shirley MurthaThe 2016-17 Granby budget process began with public reports by the boards of selectmen, education and finance at the annual three-board meeting, held on Jan. 25. After thanking the members and staffs of all the boards for their diligent efforts to try to keep increases at a minimum, First Selectman Scott Kuhnly introduced Ron Walther, chairman of the Board of Education, who presented that board’s preliminary budget.Walther said that after much deliberation, the board had s […]