In Town Focus
In Town Focus
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Blood Drive, Free Veteran Breakfasts, Camera Club, Women’s Breakfast, Men’s Breakfast, and SBHS News
Events
Wooden model of Mighty Mo presented to American Legion Post 182
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Vince Tokarz of North Granby presented a large and beautifully restored wooden model of the famed battleship USS Missouri to the Granby American Legion Post 182 on March 24. Tokarz salvaged the battered model that had lain in the basement of a church in Hartford for many years. He then carefully restored it to its original condition and donated it for display at Legion Hall on North Granby Road.
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Deacon Arthur Miller, childhood friend of Emmett Till, to speak
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Granby will celebrate the federal holiday of Juneteenth on Saturday, June 17, 3 to 9:30 p.m., (rain date is June 18) in Salmon Brook Park. The hope is that in addition to a great showing of Granby residents, families will come from far and wide to enjoy this event.
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Granby – Simsbury Chamber Golf Tournament
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Friday, June 9, is the date for the 2023 Granby-Simsbury Chamber of Commerce Golf Tournament at Simsbury Farms in memory of Joseph Nilsen.
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First Granby Grange Rubber Duck Race
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The rain stopped, the clouds tried to disperse, and folks kept coming to experience the first Granby Grange Rubber Duck Race at Salmon Brook Park on April 29.
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A tradition returns to Granby
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Who makes the best Shoo Fly Pie in town? Find out at Lucy Holcombe Memorial Shoo Fly Pie Contest to be held at the Granby Grange Agricultural Fair on Sept. 9 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
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Art from WWI trenches presented to Granby women
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Christine Pittsley, special project director from the Connecticut State Library presented a very interesting program, “Harry Townsend and the realities of war,” for the May 3 Granby Women’s Breakfast Group.
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Gran-Bee another huge success
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On April 28, 23 teams gathered at Granby Memorial High School to participate in the 18th annual Gran-Bee, a fund raiser for the Granby Education Foundation which provides innovative education programs throughout Granby.
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NBA veteran AJ Price hosts Juneteenth Basketball Tournament & Skills Contest
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ormer NBA and UConn Basketball standout player AJ Price will be a featured guest at this year’s Granby Celebrates Juneteenth. Price, along with Connecticut State Senator Douglas McCrory and WFSB Channel 3 reporter Susan Raff, will judge the basketball skills contest, 3-point shootout and 3 on 3 basketball tournament.
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Granby – Simsbury Chamber of Commerce welcomes new exec Ray Lagan
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Raymond Lagan joins the Granby – Simsbury Chamber of Commerce as executive director, bringing decades of community involvement and professional work experience to the position.