People
Good food really can be medicine: Healing Meals Community Project
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In the village of Weatogue, in Simsbury, magic happens inside a building that was once a golf clubhouse.
Familiar Faces
Forbes and LeBlanc turn lemons into lemonade
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Some things are just meant to be.
On Easter Sunday, Ashley Forbes and Branden LeBlanc of Windsor Locks came to Granby hoping to buy their dream home. After looking at the house and making an offer, they stopped at Icy Rolls at 10 Hartford Ave., one of their favorite spots in town.
Familiar Faces
WWII veteran Moe Bressard still celebrates life
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After 95 years of life, Moe Bressard has gathered a boatload of memories, and he is happy to share them with his friends and neighbors in Granby, where he spent 43 of those years.
Great Outdoors
Granby roundabout garden thrives as a community effort
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While the origin of the proverb “It takes a village” is unknown, the importance of volunteerism, of neighbors helping neighbors and of giving back to our communities, has long been a valued staple of American life.
Familiar Faces
Dr. Lisa Petersen’s journey of discovery
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While she is not a Granby native and hasn’t always been a veterinarian, Lisa Petersen has walked a long and winding road to get here.
Events
Granby author Dana McSwain to read at the Mark Twain House
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Who would have expected that walking her poodle in Granby woods would have inspired Dana McSwain to write a creative non-fiction piece that was selected to appear in the 2024 Connecticut Literary Anthology? Everyone who knows McSwain, that’s who!
Familiar Faces
Jams, honeys and syrups…oh my!
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For some people, like Ken Burkhart, retirement is not an option.
People
A splash of panache comes to Granby Center: finds by rural and roots
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Granby native Janet Anderson and New Jersey transplant Dana Carlson met by chance years ago in the florist department of the Granby Stop & Shop.
Town/Govt
Broadleaf Solar reaches out a neighborly hand
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In 2021, D.E. Shaw Renewable Investments (DESRI Renewables LLC of New York City) purchased 665 acres of land in Granby and East Granby, the former Monrovia Nursery Company property, for $7.2 million, with plans to build a photovoltaic solar facility like its 130-acre Tobacco Valley Solar Farm in Simsbury that opened in 2019 and its 485-acre Gravel Pit Solar site in East Windsor, which is set to open this year. The Granby portion of the proposed project, Broadleaf Solar, is 322 acres at 35 Floydville Road and 90 Salmon Brook St.
Familiar Faces
Meet poetess Bernadette Gentry
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If you live in Granby and read The Granby Drummer, then you surely recognize the name Bernadette Gentry. She’s the voice behind the thoughtful, sometimes whimsical but always pleasing poems published each month for her community to enjoy.