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As of this writing, the surge of over 1,600 mail-in absentee ballots has made quite an impact at Town Hall. Our town staff has mobilized for an election that, procedurally at least, is unprecedented.
Historian Dennis D. Picard reads Edgar Allen Poe’s The Tell-Tale Heart in North Granby’s Lee Cemetery.
Trash Holiday: Thursday, Nov. 26 —Thanksgiving—is a holiday for Paine’s. All Thursday and Friday trash pickups will be delayed by one day that week.
For maximum social distancing and safe, convenient library access, Curbside Library Pickup continues to be a great option. Library materials can be reserved online through the catalog or by telephone, and then patrons can schedule a pick-up appointment—no need to come inside.
Only 31 percent of the town’s voters have requested absentee ballots as of Oct. 16. If you wisely chose to do so, you should have received your ballot in the mail.
The Town of Granby Youth Service Bureau is now offering two SMART Recovery programs.
Application seeking a Special Permit under Zoning Regulations Section 3.5.4.3 for outdoor commercial activity to sell/store sheds with the existing garage use at 541 Salmon Brook Street in a C-2 Zone. File Z-14-20. (Postponed from July 28, 2020)
Each of the state and local candidates in the November election was invited to submit biographical information and to reply to the questions below.
Using a model endorsed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the State of Connecticut’s Division of Emergency Management and Homeland Security (DEMHS), Granby’s Board of Selectman directed the establishment of a Long-Term Recovery Committee (LTRC).
In the last Drummer a fragment of the Democratic Town Committee took issue with my shot across the bow in the prior issue that indicated that the boards need to be focusing on flatter operating budgets and contract implications for FY22.