Events

Granby Rec

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​Office Hours: 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Open 24/7 at www.GranbyRec.com.Telephone: 860-653-8947Website: www.GranbyRec.com. Accepting MasterCard/Visa/Discover. Register for programs at any time, find out if a program still has space available, see what activities your family members are signed up for and print out a year-end receipt for tax purposes.Program/Trip Registration: All programs/trips are based on a first come basis and space availability and require advance registration; payment must accom […]

Town/Govt

Deadlines to Register for the Presidential Preference 2016 Primary are coming!

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To be eligible to vote in the presidential primary on Tuesday, April 26, you must be a registered member of the party you wish to vote for. State law prohibits cross voting in another political party’s primary. You can check your party affiliation 24/7 online at: voterregistration.ct.gov/ The majority of Granby voters are currently unaffiliated. To gain party affiliation, unaffiliated voters can go online to fill out a voter registration card and check the box marked party enrollment chang […]

Fun & Rec

State champs again!

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By Todd McMillanThe Granby Rovers U14 Girls Soccer Team recently won its second consecutive state championship. On Saturday, November 7, the girls beat a strong Burlington team 4–0 in the Connecticut Cup championship match. This season long, single elimination tournament is sponsored by the Connecticut Junior Soccer Association and involved 42 town travel teams. In reaching the final match, the Rovers beat competitive teams from Milford, Wallingford, Simsbury, Marlborough and Orange.  […]

Events

December Activities

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Unless otherwise noted, all events take place at the Granby Senior Center located within the Municipal Complex at 15 North Granby Road. Membership dues are just $5 annually for Granby residents and $10 annually for non-residents due on Sept. 1. Please call 860-844-5352 for additional information.Special OpportunitiesHoliday Concert: Tuesday, Dec. 8, 12 p.m. Join us for a little holiday music and cheer at the Café Lunch. The elementary school students will perform to get everyone in the ho […]

People

​Valley Brook celebrates Christmas with new music release

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By Kim GaudreauValley Brook Community Church is releasing a Christmas CD, Born to Save, as a gift to the community. Vocalists and musicians that lead the church’s Sunday services perform three songs. The title track, Born to Save, is an original. It was written by Dan Heermance, Worship Director, and Chris Bugnacki, guitarist and vocalist.  The CD also includes original arrangements of What Child is This? and O Come Let Us […]

School & Sports

​​Superheroes thrive at Valley Pre-School

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By Jodi D’AngeloValley Pre-School (VPS) has a special enrichment program for the four-year-old classes called Catapult. The current session has the exciting theme, Superhero Academy. Each week the class starts with a book depicting superheroes. The children learn the characteristics of superheroes such as some take their names from an animal’s super senses or abilities like spiders. They even learn about everyday heroes such as doctors and nurses.“Children tend to be more invested in […]

People

School assemblies honor veterans

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By Louis A. UrbanOn Nov. 11, Veterans Day, both the Wells Road Primary School and the Granby Memorial Middle School, separately, held assemblies of their respective entire student bodies honoring several dozen Granby Veterans, some accompanied by family members. The veterans represented the services of World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam Conflict, and the Mid-East/Afghan Conflicts. As to be expected 70 years after the fact, the World War II ranks are dwindling down to a precious few. At bo […]

People

Guiding Eyes for the Blind graduates dogs raised in the Valley

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 By Lillian Busse Guiding Eyes for the Blind’s Northern Conn. Region celebrates the recent graduation of three dogs as guides. Bob, raised by Becky Junco in Granby; Blossom, raised by Betty Goldfarb in Simsbury; and Persia, raised by Angela Cappelli in Granby are generously giving the gift of independence to three blind individuals. Guide dogs aren’t born with the skills to keep a blind person safe—they are carefully trained and prepared f […]

Town/Govt

​Decision point 2015  

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By Michael B Guarco Jr.Chair, Board of FinanceThe boards of selectmen, education and finance have forwarded a proposal to town meeting that recognizes the current and long-lasting decline of Granby school enrollment. Board members believe it provides the rationale to close one of the town’s three elementary schools. Doing this will cost some upfront money for building modifications and moving between the schools, but will create projected savings of approximately $1 million dollars in oper […]

School & Sports

​Granby runs away With Pequot Conference Championship

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By Curt FieldWhen Granby football went 0-10 in its first-ever varsity season in 2010, it looked as though it was going to be a long time before Granby would be competitive on Friday nights. However, the Bears had different ideas. Every season since that winless first year, Granby has won more games than it did the previous season. The Bears had two wins in 2011, four in 2012, six in 2013, seven in 2014, and thus far nine in 2015.As it stands right now, Granby football is 9–0 and has locked […]