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At press time, the team was 3-1. Let’s go, Bears!
Last month, this column introduced a review of the departmental work plans for the Town of Granby. The departmental work plan focuses on functions over and above the daily operations with the overarching goal to move the town forward while introducing resiliency and efficiency into the operations of the town.
After 95 years of life, Moe Bressard has gathered a boatload of memories, and he is happy to share them with his friends and neighbors in Granby, where he spent 43 of those years.
As the saying goes, “time goes by fast when working with a great team.”
Donald Rethke, known affectionately as “Dr. Flush” for his contributions to NASA’s space toilets during the Apollo program, was recognized for his work with the award-winning GMHS Robotics team at a ceremony on Oct. 7.
Last year at this time, the Drummer was operating in the “red” and you responded generously to help us finish 2023 in the “black.” This year, thanks to a lot of hard work, modestly higher advertising revenue, a successful PuzzleSlam fundraiser and a grant from the Granby Community Fund, we’re looking at breaking even in 2024.
Highlights from the meeting held on October 7th, 2024
Support for Anderson, Support for Becker, and Support for Kissel
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As summer winds down and autumn approaches, the board of finance shifts its focus from the close-out of the FY24 budget to monitoring the current FY25 budget and developing FY26, which runs from July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026.
The Granby Drummer’s Fiscal Year 2024 Budget Issue and Granby Public School’s Community Education Supplement 2024 Budget Issue are now available.
The winter months have been mostly mild this year, but we seemed to make up for the lack of snowfall in March. A few big storms late in the season reminded us of what winter in New England is like.
Despite the damage from fallen trees, the March snowstorms brought a quiet beauty to Mcleans.
The Granby-Simsbury Chamber of Commerce annual Business Leaders Breakfast was held on March 10 at Riverview in Simsbury.
Monday, April 10 at 7 p.m.—BOF Public Hearing in High School Auditorium. Special Meeting of the BOF follows the Public Hearing.
Monday, April 24 — Annual Budget Machine Vote, 12 to 8 p.m. in Town Hall. Special Meeting of the BOF follows the referendum.
As many have seen over the past several months, the contractor has been busy working on the Granby Center intersection improvement project.
Simsbury’s Intonation Group performed for a well-attended Granby Women’s Breakfast on March 1.
Highlights from the meetings held on February 21st and March 6th, 2023
The website revision project made great progress during the month of February and early March and will be launched soon. Town Manager Erica Robertson and her team have been working with CivicPlus, a website development business that specializes in building city and county e-government communication systems.
On February 13, the Board of Selectmen hosted a second Open House. The attendance wasn’t nearly as large as the first one, when residents were confused and a bit upset about what the state’s mandate to make a plan for affordable housing actually meant for Granby but, for those who participated, it was a chance for real communication.
Where do you get your news? Before social media, we relied on the newspaper. Many readers in Connecticut towns are asking which newspaper do you receive and how do you receive it?
While a Nor’easter is approaching, it’s a perfect time for the Granby Community Fund to acknowledge with heartfelt gratitude the wonderful generosity of our townspeople during our 2022 fundraising campaign.
At the joint meeting with BOS and P&Z on Jan. 24, I stated that over the holidays I met some Democratic representatives I went to school with who, at the time, told me there was no penalty clause for not complying with the housing requirements of 8-30G and J. Not Mark Anderson as was reported.
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Aquarion Water Company announced the launch of the company’s 2023 Connecticut per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) testing program on March 14. Done annually, this program is scheduled to begin in April.
Women’s Breakfast, Men’s Breakfast, Civic Club, Granby Camera Club, and Touch-a-Truck
Membership in the Salmon Brook Historical Society offers many benefits including free summer tours, newsletters, annual dinner in April, wassail party in December and the opportunity to learn about and help preserve Granby history.
“Hello darkness, my old friend.” I wonder if Simon and Garfunkel, in their Jewish lineage and song, borrowed from the many Old Testament references to human darkness.
During this past summer, the Granby Department of Public Works was notified by a resident that there “was a problem” with the light poles along the Rte. 10/202 sidewalks in the historic district.