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Green Eggs and Ham Breakfast

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Green Eggs and Ham breakfast will celebrate birthday of Dr. Seuss Join in the fun Saturday, March 1, as Granby celebrates the 110th birthday of Theodor Seuss Geissel, better known as Dr. Seuss. A breakfast of green eggs (no artificial coloring) and ham, served with toast, juice and coffee, will be offered to the very young and the young-at-heart. This family event will be held in the new Lodge building at Salmon Brook Park, with seatings at 7 a.m., 8 a.m. and 9 a.m. The room will be filled […]

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Marquis of Granby Annual Awards Banquet

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Marquis of Granby celebrates 44th season with annual awards banquetBy Lori Catlin Garcia Members of the Marquis of Granby Jr. Ancient Fyfe and Drum Corps gathered on January 25 in Cook Hall at the First Congregational Church to celebrate their forty-fourth season. The corps opened the evening by playing a short concert to a crowd of over 115 attendees, including four past directors. After a delicious dinner, Director Audrey Lampert began the program with a video highlighting some of th […]

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Baby, It’s Cold Outside

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Image Source: GECC Facebook Page GECC offers winter playgroup By Sheri Litchfield If you and your little one are looking for a warm place to have fun this winter, join us for Kids Play, You Stay playgroup. Every Wednesday morning from 9:30-11 a.m., parents, grandparents, and other caregivers come to the big red barn at the Holcomb Farm for a variety of fun and learning opportunities. The Granby Early Childhood Council, together with the Granby Youth Services, has been offering a weekly […]

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Your Creation Vacation

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Coloring Contest! sponsored by Free Lunch Studios Your Creation Vacation Granby CT Color this cartoon and mail to: Free Lunch Studios, 518 Salmon Brook St. Unit 6, Granby, CT 06035. Winner will win Free Lunch Studios Gift Certificate and the Original art. Good luck and have fun! Due 2.15.14 […]

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Granby Camera Club

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Granby Camera Club meeting will be Monday, Feb. 3 at 7 p.m. at the Granby Senior Center. Robert Floyd, from the Robert Floyd Gallery and Learning Center in South Hampton, Mass. will present a program about Photographic Exhibits. Look for The Granby Camera Club Photographic Exhibit at Lost Acres Vineyard this spring.More info here:http://www.granbycameraclub.com/ […]

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GECC Books For Babies

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GECC continues Books For Babies Program By Sheri Litchfield The Granby Early Childhood Council (GECC) in collaboration with the Friends of Granby Public Library, is pleased to announce the continuation of the Books To Babies Program. This program was started four years ago to welcome each new baby born in Granby, and to encourage parents to start reading to their babies as early as  possible. All children born in 2014 will receive a beautiful picture book tucked inside a canvas […]

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Lunch For The Mind Series back for 2014

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Piggy-backing on the success of the fall session of the Lunch for the Mind series, the Civic Engagement Education Team is hard at work to bring you exciting, new topics for the new year.   Note that the winter/spring series will start at a new time of 12:30 pm until 2:00 pm.   Please register by calling 860-844-5352.  The cost is $5.  Bring your brown bag lunch to class (beverage and dessert provided).  Except for Feb., the ongoing classes will be held […]

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Care for Pets During Cold Months

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Photo of “Odin” by Sandy Lisella from Action Carpet Here we are again in the cold months in Connecticut with freezing temperatures and short days. Our pets are lying down cozily by the fire and do not want to go outside except for quick trips to “do their business.” So the temptation is to skip the monthly preventatives for heartworm disease and flea/tick issues. This would seem to make sense because heartworm is spread by mosquitoes and they should be on hiatus. Also, one would think th […]