Great Outdoors
Youth Conservation Corps comes through again
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On Sept. 11, members of the Granby Land Trust’s Youth Conservation Corps labored for several hours on the GLT’s Dismal Brook Wildlife Preserve.
Great Outdoors
Friends of Granby Wildflower Meadow announce seed sale
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Driving down Route 10/202 south of town center takes you past the new Granby Wildflower Meadow (GWM)across from Maple View Farm. You will see a section filled with little flags which indicate where plant plugs were placed by community effort in June.
The Arts
Granby Artists Open Studios Tour ~ October 15 and 16
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On Oct. 15 and 16, Granby Artists Open Studios Tour invites visitors to artists’ studios to meet the artists, watch demonstrations and find art and gifts.
Events
Granby 4-H Sign-up Night
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Granby 4-H sign-up night is scheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 5 at the Holcomb Farm Workshop.
Events
Sign up for GRR art exhibit tour
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Granby Racial Reconciliation (GRR) is facilitating a docent-led tour of the New Britain Museum of American Art’s 30 Americans on Sunday, Oct. 23 at 1 p.m.
People
A new pastor for Pilgrim Covenant Church
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What could cause a person to leave retirement and return to work? “I had no plans to come out of retirement,” marvels Pastor Matt Marzluft, the new Senior Pastor of Pilgrim Covenant Church (PCC) in Granby. “But I felt a genuine call from God.”
History
Salmon Brook Historical Society opens Wilcox House
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For the past two years the Salmon Brook Historical Society has been restoring the Captain Sadoce Wilcox House and Lyman Wilcox Barn in West Granby.
People
Remembering the Cossitt Fair
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For many years, the first Sunday in October was a big day in Granby—the day of the Cossitt Library Fair.
Events
Gaelic vs. Garlic comedy night
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The Granby UNICO Club will present a night of comedy on Saturday, Oct. 22 at Manitook Lake Hall, 70 Lakeside Drive.
Verse
2022 Trendy Talk 2
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This narrative is unlike the usual Drummer article which imparts information and meaning. Using amalgams of words and of expressions in current use, the narrative is meant to amuse.