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Applications are now being accepted for the 2024 Simsbury Granby Rotary Club High School Scholarship program.
The Granby Men’s Golf League has a scholarship fund for a senior at Granby Memorial High School or a Granby resident who attends a different high school, who is an athlete and/or intends to pursue a career in an athletic-related field and who will be entering first year of college, university, or technical/vocational school as a full-time student.
The Community Scholarship Association of Granby (CSAG) has been awarding scholarships to deserving high school seniors since 1958.
Final reminder— don’t forget to apply! Graduating high school seniors who are permanent residents of Granby are cordially invited to apply for the Granby Artist Association (GAA) 2024 annual scholarship.
The tradition of posting American flags in Granby has existed for more than 17 years and reminds our citizens of the dedication and sacrifices made by our veterans, our families, friends and neighbors. The Granby Lions Club is again offering residents the opportunity to dedicate a new flag in memory of a beloved veteran or private citizen.
The focus of the Social Services Department is to coordinate existing federal, state, regional and local services, to increase community awareness of these services and to develop new programs to meet the needs of Granby residents.
Line dancing at Simsbury Grange, Musical Club’s April concerts, New England Air Museum Summer Camp, CT Trolley Museum April school vacation activities, Amp up your guitar IQ, You Can’t Take It with You will have captioned shows, Lively Lore and Legends bus tour, and Gifts of Love Charity Golf Tournament
Empty Bowls at GMHS, Women’s Breakfast, SBHS News, Civic Club, Camera Club, and Men’s Breakfast
On Wednesday, May 1, Jo-Ann Smith will speak to the Granby Women’s Breakfast group regarding her 2,194-mile hike on the Appalachian Trail with her husband, Jim Fergione.
I have many goals this summer—learning how to kayak, reading at least 25 books, running for 30 minutes a day, and… eating with others.
I can still remember the day vividly—I came from school a happy 10-year-old kid. I threw my backpack on the ground and ran upstairs to write in my baby blue journal. However, when I opened my desk drawer, I saw that it wasn’t there.
Madeleine McGee, GMHS 2019, graduated summa cum laude from Eastern Connecticut State University with a B.S. in health and physical education.
Highlights from the meetings held on May 10th and 24th, 2022
The invitation design contest winners for the 2022 Granby Parents for a Safe Graduation grad party recipients from left: ART CAS leader Hollie Hecht, first place winner Erin Panella-Malley, second place winner Travis Jude Green, third place winner Emma Hansen.
Africa Education Partnership (AEP), a 501(c)3 non-profit organization serving communities in Nigeria, felt the sting of the global pandemic along with thousands of other organizations. A benefit concert scheduled in late March 2020 was cancelled as the country shut down and regrouped.
Drop-in Construction Zone: Every Tuesday in July, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. in the main conference room. For ages 4-12 years with caregiver. Drop-in and explore the building stations.
Mary’s Place, A Center for Grieving Children and Families, held its ninth annual Memory Walk, on May 15 at Northwest Park in Windsor.
Membership in the Salmon Brook Historical Society, 208 Salmon Brook Street, offers many benefits including free tours, newsletters, annual dinner in April, Christmas house tour and Wassail party in December and the opportunity to learn and help preserve Granby history.
Independence Day: Monday, July 4, is a holiday for Paine’s. All trash pickups will be delayed by one day for that week.
Registration is required for many of the library’s programs. To register, follow the links on the library’s website, granby-ct.gov/library, or call the library at 860-844-5275. To learn more about upcoming programs, sign up for the library’s monthly eNewsletter in person, on the website or by phone.
Granby American Legion Post #182 joined with Riverton Grange #169 for its Third Annual American Flag Retirement Ceremony recently with almost 30 participants aged 9 to 92 participating. This solemn ceremony, authorized by U.S. code title 36, section 176, states, “The Flag, when it is in such condition that it is no longer a fitting emblem for display, should be destroyed in a dignified way, preferably by burning.”
Hobbs, Ernest “Joe” John, 96, husband of the late Elizabeth “Betty” Joyce Hobbs, May 1
Summer Sunset Concerts are returning to Salmon Brook Park for three consecutive Saturday afternoons in July.
For years, Rick Orluk and Trish Percival maintained the vegetation on the little island at the intersection of Higley and Silkey Roads. Their vigilance kept it from being paved over, but the plants growing there were planted long before their time and included the invasive Japanese barberry and non-native forsythia.
When I was a little girl, most homes and cars didn’t have air conditioning. On a hot summer’s day, the best way to cool off was to go the beach and swim in the ocean waves.
Even with cold, wind and rain, Granby Racial Reconciliation’s (GRR) inaugural Granby Celebrates Juneteenth Arts and Education Festival on June 18, 2022, held firm to honor the newest federal holiday.
Natalie Taylor is the recipient of the annual Granby Drummer Scholarship.
When you meet Father William Agyemang, you realize that you are in the presence of a joyful man. His smile is infectious, he is gregarious and welcoming, and the feeling is that he is a genuine, loving man of God.
A few years ago, Granby’s own Michelle Niedermeyer, owner along with Kevin Riggott of Lost Acres Vineyard, was instrumental in the formation of a Connecticut Wine Country Passport Program in conjunction with the Department of Agriculture and the Winery Council.