BOS approves applications for Neighborhood Assistance Act tax credit program

As far as Director of Human Services Sandra Yost is aware, this is the first year Granby has participated in the program designed by The Connecticut Department of Revenue Services (DRS) to provide tax credits to businesses that make investments in qualifying community nonprofit programs by furnishing financial assistance, labor, materials or technical advice to aid in the physical improvement or rehabilitation of any part of the community. A minimum of $250 is required; the maximum donation is $250,000.

GPL Friends Used Book Table

Beach reads and the latest books are offered for purchase at the Friends of Granby Public Library Used Book Table near the checkout desk. Annual FOGPL Used Book Sale

The 36th Annual Book Sale will be held Sept.

Commemorating Memorial Day

James Hall, adjutant of American Legion Post 182, stands at attention as service members prepare to lay wreaths at the Vietnam memorial on the Green in memory of the Granby soldiers who died while serving in the Vietnam war.

Summer programs at the YSB

For Tweens and young teens: 

Too old for day camp but still bored? Try four-week Circle programs.

Boys: Tuesdays, 6-8 p.m., and Thursdays, 5-6:30 p.m., beginning July 17

Girls: Mondays and Wednesdays from 6 to 8 p.m. beginning July 16

For Boys: Ages 9-14 Blending outside play, hiking and games with some guided self-exploration participants will examine competition, bullying, emotions and being a boy, the unspoken rules of being a boy, the expectations of being a boy vs.