Letter to the Editor
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The story about the Salmon Brook Monster by Mark Fiorentino in the September Drummer brought back some interesting memories.
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The story about the Salmon Brook Monster by Mark Fiorentino in the September Drummer brought back some interesting memories.
The recent article headlined, Granby gathers in a show of support for Black Lives Matter, highlights the passion and determination of Granby residents to enact change not only in our town, but in our nation.
The Social Justice Task Force was formed to bring a local and permanent effort to the bigger movement happening across our nation.
Senators Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy should support federal funding for cultured-meat research.
This November’s election comes at an intersection of unique and unprecedented events that give us the opportunity to not only vote our values but also our conscience and show who we truly are.
We are confronting complicated and unsettled times. While the impact of COVID-19 is having a monumental impact worldwide and throughout the nation, our state and community, in particular, have shown significant improvement in terms of the number and severity of cases.
I learned about the Granby Community Fund from a co-worker who was a member and resided in Granby as I did. After attending a meeting and hearing about the work and commitment of the members to raise funds for community organizations in one annual campaign, I became a member!
My fondest memory of Lila Innes is hearing her unforgettable laugh echoing through Cossitt Library. No library silence there!
Like religion and politics, race has become a taboo subject that people don’t want to talk about. But we need to talk about it!
We are at a crucial revolutionary moment in history following the murders of Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and George Floyd, among countless others. It is a rare and pivotal moment that presents an opportunity for sweeping and indelible transformation across our town and the nation to finally and boldly acknowledge that Black Lives Matter.