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Friday, Sept. 13 is the date for this year’s Granby UNICO Charity Golf Tournament, to be held at Tunxis Country Club in Farmington. Cost for players is $135, which includes golf, lunch, dinner, drink tickets, premium open bar reception, raffle and driving range.
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.
Over the last six years much has been done to identify, understand, educate and treat the epidemic of opiate addiction. Initial statistics were startling.
Joe DeLong, the executive director and CEO of the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities (CCM), speaks with Susan Patricelli Regan, host of CT Valley Views, regarding the diverse services provided by the organization to the 169 towns and cities of the State.
Granby 4-H sign-up night is planned for 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 2, at Holcomb Farm Workshop. The presentation will introduce the youth officer team, leaders, and project groups available for the 2019-2020 program year.
David Guttchen, director for the Connecticut Partnership for Long Term Care, has been a frequent guest on CT Valley Views with Host Susan Patricelli Regan due to the program’s relevance not only to the quality of life for Connecticut citizens but also germane to protection of an individual’s life savings and retirement planning.
Becoming an Eagle Scout is a great accomplishment requiring years of dedication and hard work. The Eagle Award is the highest, most coveted rank in Boy Scouts and it is not easily earned.
Professional genealogist, president of Connecticut Professional Genealogists Council; advanced instructor of Genealogical Research at Boston University
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.
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.