Life
Stop & Shop patrons are generous!
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Granby Stop & Shop Manager Angel Cruz knows his customers are a generous bunch. For National Watermelon Day, they donated nearly 100 watermelons to the Waste Not Want Not kitchen.
Health Notes
Opiate addiction: addressing the epidemic
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Over the last six years much has been done to identify, understand, educate and treat the epidemic of opiate addiction. Initial statistics were startling.
Life
Simsbury-Granby Rotary Club comes to the rescue
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Tuesdays and Thursdays are important days at the Granby Senior Center. Those are the days we serve our Community Café Lunch.
Events
Come chase dragons on the Mary Edwards Mountain Property
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Did you know that 300 million years ago, there were dinosaur dragonflies with 2.5 foot wingspans? Or that a dragonfly’s eye has about 30,000 lenses?
Life
Salmon Brook Veterinary Hospital welcomes new equine vet
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Salmon Brook announces some changes in the large animal division at our hospital. Dr. Creden, after 20 years on the road, will be transitioning into our small animal hospital in August.
Life
Foxfield FARM touts benefits of equine therapy
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Foxfield For a Recovery Mission (F.A.R.M.) participated in a Salve Regina masters thesis study to prove the value of equine programs. Victoria Becott, a senior at the Newport, R.I. university chose the therapy as part of her graduate studies in the clinical mental health counseling program.
CT Valley Views
CT Senator John Kissel legislative update
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Connecticut is at a crossroads economically. The regular session for the budget is over but there are looming question marks on tolls and bonding which will be debated in a special session after July 1. The budget must be balanced but the Governor is being challenged by the unions involving a $428 million dollar anticipated consession.
Life
Don’t let Mylar Balloons ruin the party
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Summer welcomes many celebrations including birthdays, graduations, and Father’s Day, and Mylar balloons are common decorations used to liven up the party, but the festive decorations are dangerous around power lines. In recognition of National Safety Month, Eversource is reminding customers that Mylar balloons can cause power outages and even pose a significant safety risk.
CT Valley Views
CTVV: State Comptroller, Kevin Lembo
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Connecticut is a state in transition. It has historic challenges, but it also has a new governor, new budget and a new way of finding solutions.
CT Valley Views
FARM sponsors polo tournament
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L-R Susan Patricelli Regan and Bill Regan were VIP-tent attendees at the Farmington Polo Club opening season match.