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There was great excitement as members from First Congregational Church and South Congregational Church gathered on Jan. 8 to celebrate the official creation of Granby Congregational Church, UCC, with a party complete with cake and balloons.
The BE SMART Campaign has provided educational materials and free gun locks to the Granby, East Granby and Avon communities for the past five years.
The new year offers new beginnings, but unfortunately, it is also a peak period for the transmission of colds, flu, Covid and other respiratory and gastrointestinal viruses. This year the trifecta of respiratory illnesses is especially hitting Connecticut. Being inside more, in dry air, with the proximity of other people leads to more infections.
Phase 1 of the Water Infiltration Prevention Project, involving exterior work to the Cossitt Library building to repair and restore the areas on the north and east sides of the building’s upper story, is 99 percent complete.
The Old Farmer’s Almanac publishes a compendium of folklore and the bits of science that make each myth possible.
The Open Cupboard Pantry, a ministry of the Granby Congregational Church, has been selected as a beneficiary of the Big Y Community Bag Program for the month of February.
Susan Regan, host of CT Valley Views, brings viewers up to date on the issues and challenges facing the town of Guilford with guest David Holman.
When I was a young girl, we heated our house with coal. A chute brought it through a basement window to a big pile in a corner of the cellar. A piece of coal was handy for drawing on sidewalks or making the lines for hopscotch.
Granby’s Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) is a group of volunteer residents, organized under Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) guidelines to help build capacity for local first emergency responders.
Gabapentin, which is sold under the brand name Neurontin, is commonly used in people for the treatment of chronic pain. Veterinarians have borrowed this prescription medication from human medicine to help dogs and cats with chronic pain.