People
Reward for getting out early
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Kathy McDonnell took this early morning photo of a bald eagle on the footbridge in Salmon Brook Park on March 21.
People
The Fall of a Landmark
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My husband, Maurice, and I were watching over my grandchildren in Granby when he received the kind of phone call from his brother that no one likes to receive. Their 96-year-old mother had suffered a major stroke. She had been rushed to the hospital in the small town of Calico Rock, Arkansas and was in very serious condition. My brother-in-law urged us to get there right away.
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Guarco family loses matriarch and patriarch
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The recent deaths of Eileen and Michael Guarco on March 14 and April 10, respectively, has left a large void for the remaining generations of a family instrumental in Granby’s business community since 1915.
CT Valley Views
CTVV interview covers education issues in Guilford
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CT Valley Views, with host Susan Patricelli Regan, interviewed Bill Maisano and David Holman, residents of Guilford, who provided a candid overview of the issues facing parents and their children relative to the Board of Education stance on the town’s educational curriculum.
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Seniors Job Bank elects leadership team
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The Seniors Job Bank (SJB), a nonprofit community resource, chose officers and directors at its annual meeting. SJB connects people over 50 wanting to work with businesses, households and other entities that have work to be done.
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Twins entertain at UNICO meeting
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At an Italian Heritage presentation in March, the Granby UNICO chapter members were delighted as 92-year-old identical twin sisters Bambina Grimaldi and Virginia Valente talked about their family who immigrated from Pratola Peligna in Abruzzo, Italy.
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Saluting Jim Hall: a community treasure
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In Granby, the American Legion Pancake Breakfast is synonymous with the opening day of fishing season—a maple-syrup-covered tradition anglers and breakfast lovers anticipate all year. On the second Saturday of April, you’ll find Jim Hall at the grill flipping the hundreds of pancakes served at the main fundraiser for the Shannon-Shattuck Post 182.
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Women’s shelters receive donations
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The customers of Granby’s Stop & Shop supermarket donated health and beauty products to three women’s shelters, in Hartford, New Britain and Waterbury in March.
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Local teacher and author publishes new book
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Sylvia Crunden has published her second book titled Bullying is Never Okay! that focuses on how children can deal with the issue of bullying. It teaches children how their body feels, the different emotions they feel and several ways to solve the problem of bullying.
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John Weeks—a master of languages and birding
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John Weeks, our local bird watcher extraordinaire, is also an inveterate scholar and master of languages.