Great Outdoors

Grange garden getting ready for growing season

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Granby Grange #5 has begun preparing its large community garden as part of its ongoing commitment to service and community engagement in this, its 150th anniversary year. With the help of dedicated volunteers, including Cliff Burrell and Mark Bishop, the soil was recently tilled and made ready for planting.

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Town Hall Happenings

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It is the season to recognize the U.S. military personnel who have died while serving in our Armed Forces.

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Summer Safety Tips

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According to the National Fire Protection Association the peak months for grill fires are June and July with 20 percent of these fires due to grills not being cleaned. Grill fires involve an average of 9,000 home fires per year resulting in an average of 22,000 patients treated in emergency rooms.

Drummer readers deserve a bonus!

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We couldn’t do it without you! The Drummer thrives on the voices, images and happenings of our community, and this month we reaped a bountiful harvest!

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2026 Plan of Conservation and Development update needs committee members

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Every ten years, as required under Connecticut State Statute, municipalities must prepare and adopt a plan of conservation and development (POCD). A POCD is a document that outlines policies, goals and standards for the physical and economic development of a municipality. It recommends the most desirable uses of land within a municipality for residential, recreational, commercial, industrial, conservation, agricultural and other uses.

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Granby Food Bank

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We currently need: Jarred spaghetti sauce, chicken and beef broths, strawberry jam/jelly, as-sorted crackers/cookies, bread crumbs/flour, cooking oil, ketchup, and dishwashing soap/facial tissues

Opinion

Questioning Mark Anderson’s legislative agenda

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At the beginning of this year’s state legislative session, local Representative Mark Anderson sponsored House Bill 5717. This legislation proposed to eliminate capacity limits on firearm magazines, remove all requirements to register large capacity magazines, and would require the state to destroy any records accumulated that document the location of large capacity magazines.