Recent Stories

Meet the new Chamber staff

Rebecca Taylor as the newest members of the Chamber staff. These talented individuals bring a wealth of experience and enthusiasm to the team, and the positive impact they will have on our community.

Chamber Golf Classic a resounding success

The Granby-Simsbury Chamber of Commerce hosted its annual Golf Classic on Friday, June 7, at picturesque Simsbury Farms. Against the backdrop of a perfect 75 degree, partly cloudy day, 94 players on 24 teams came together for a day of camaraderie, competition and charity.

Meet poetess Bernadette Gentry

If you live in Granby and read The Granby Drummer, then you surely recognize the name Bernadette Gentry. She’s the voice behind the thoughtful, sometimes whimsical but always pleasing poems published each month for her community to enjoy.

A Challenging Experience

Recently, I experienced some major health issues, was hospitalized, and spent some time in rehab. In the nursing home I also had to use a wheelchair. There were so many other people using them that, after a while, I no longer noticed the chairs, just the people sitting in them.

Granby-Simsbury Chamber of Commerce hosts annual meeting and awards

On May 23, the Granby-Simsbury Chamber of Commerce gathered at the picturesque Holcomb Farm in Granby for its annual meeting and awards reception. This event is a testament to the dedication and hard work of its esteemed members and sponsors, whose unwavering support forms the foundation of our shared success.

Granby Land Trust

The Granby Land Trust, working with community partners and supported by a vibrant membership, preserved 320 acres in Granby this year, including the acquisition of a conservation easement on the majority of the historic and environmentally important Holcomb Farm Property.

Wassail Party welcomes the holiday season

On the Sunday afternoon of Dec. 6, as dusk began to fall on the buildings of Salmon Brook Historical Society (SBHS), more than 50 society members and their guests gathered to welcome the holiday season.

BE SMART for gun safety—keep kids safe

The BE SMART Campaign has provided educational materials and free gun locks to the Granby, East Granby and Avon communities for the past five years.

Fighting viruses this winter

The new year offers new beginnings, but unfortunately, it is also a peak period for the transmission of colds, flu, Covid and other respiratory and gastrointestinal viruses. This year the trifecta of respiratory illnesses is especially hitting Connecticut. Being inside more, in dry air, with the proximity of other people leads to more infections.

Granby Lions make the holidays brighter

The annual Granby Lions Club Christmas Tree delivery drew many Lions, their family members, GMHS Leos and students to quickly unload 500 trees on Nov. 26.

Friends of Holcomb Farm

You may think things are quiet at Holcomb Farm in the winter months, but you would be wrong. While the fields rest under the ice and snow, our farm crew is busy harvesting and distributing the winter crop.

Robins in the winter?!

Hikers on Holcomb Farm’s Tree Trail pass a large kiosk on their way up the initial hill. The kiosk’s front side has a map of the trails; the back side has seasonal information on trees, biological processes and birds. The new bird information that went up this month is about robins that we see in Granby during the winter.

Restore Cossitt: Project Update

Phase 1 of the Water Infiltration Prevention Project, involving exterior work to the Cossitt Library building to repair and restore the areas on the north and east sides of the building’s upper story, is 99 percent complete.

Drumrolls — February 2023

Nine members of the Westfield State University field hockey team were named to the Little East Conference’s Fall 2022 All-Academic Team, including Morgan Wichmann.

A Winter Morning

The sun rises, the darkness of the winter night fades, and light and hope return—