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VBCC Parking Lot Relocation Approved

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Valley Brook Community Church parking lot relocation approved By Elaine Jones On Jan. 28, the Planning and Zoning Commission approved a modification to a site plan for Valley Brook Community Church on Granville Road. The change involved a relocation of the parking lot from the rear to the front of the building. This would give greater access to the building via a walkway. The lot will still have 84 parking spaces. The move would require a silt fence and three catch basins with no changes […]

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Preliminary BOE and BOS Budgets 

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Preliminary BOE and BOS budgets exceed Finance goals By Shirley Murtha Fiscal year 2015 Plus-One budgets for the Board of Education and the Board of Selectmen presented at the annual three-board meeting on January 21 far exceeded the goals as set by the Board of Finance. Speaking for the BOE, Chairman Ron Walther remarked that the board knows its 3.7 percent increase is high, but that it is the board’s job to advocate for the school system, adding necessary staff and dealing with unfun […]

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PLC Expansion On Hold

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PLC expansion on hold for 2014-15 school year By Kim Becker At its Feb. 19 meeting, the Board of Education decided to table the administration’s Professional Learning Communities (PLC) proposals for the 2014-2015 school year. Both proposals would have significantly affected the school calendar by mandating a two-hour early release every Tuesday across the district. In a prepared statement, Board Chair Ron Walther said the board is “… not satisfied that the implementation r […]

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Granby Police Department Gets A New Officer

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Granby Officer Jeffrey Murphy graduated from the police academy on Dec. 18. Officer Murphy was part of the Connecticut Police Officer Standards and Training Council’s 246th training class, a class of 47 officers serving multiple communities throughout Connecticut. The graduation ceremony was held at Central Connecticut State University.  Murphy excelled in the rigorous full-time 22-week academic and physical training program. He and his classmates trained in Connecticut an […]