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.
People
Lou Urban passes
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Louis A. Urban, Sr., 91, long-time Drummer volunteer passed away June, 4, 2019. Associated with the Drummer for some 35 years, Lou is probably best remembered as an excellent photographer who also contributed articles.
Fun & Rec
McLean entrance gets new look
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The parking lot of the Barndoor Hills Road entrance of the McLean Game Refuge has been undergoing construction since June 4 and is temporarily closed.
Humans of Granby
Jennifer Zinck
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Professional genealogist, president of Connecticut Professional Genealogists Council; advanced instructor of Genealogical Research at Boston University
People
Women’s Breakfast topic is Yellowstone Park … and its grizzly bears
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Gary Melnysyn was the guest speaker at the Granby Women’s Breakfast Group June Breakfast.
Health Notes
Osteoporosis: Recognize this often silent bone loss condition
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People often say how they are shrinking and becoming shorter with age, and we often see the elderly in a stooped posture. What has only become known relatively recently is that the compression of the spine, due to weakened bones that make up the vertebrae, is what causes this posture and reduced height. It’s not to be taken lightly.
People
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?
People
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.
People
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.