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n March 10, we will set our clocks ahead by one hour to return to daylight savings time. This time change is a good reminder to replace the batteries in our smoke alarms. It is also a good time to check the age of your smoke alarms
The Granby Police Department welcomed a new team member when Officer Chris Dufresne was sworn in on Jan. 31.
Highlights from the meeting held on February 5th, 2024
Contract Settlement for Teachers; The pitfalls of presentism: learning from the past, preparing for the future; and Dear People of the Great State of Connecticut,
Check Town of Granby website or call Town Manager’s office to verify date, time, location, and get information on how to participate on Zoom, if needed.
Dear fellow residents of Granby. The time has come for everyone to stand up for all that this town offers: open spaces, scenic rivers and streams, a park, lands for agricultural products, professional services, and lots of good restaurants, just to name a few.
Connecticut will debut early voting at the end of March, for four days, for the Presidential Preference Primary. The legislature made a special exception to consecutive days this year to avoid Good Friday and Easter Sunday, so the days are March 26, 27, 28 and 30.
The following are highlights from recent commission and committee meeting minutes. To read the full reports, please visit the Town of Granby website, choose Agendas and Minutes and choose the board or committee.
Highlights from the meetings held on January 3rd and January 17th, 2024
Joe O’Grady joined the Friends of Holcomb Farm as its Farm Manager in 2014. Together with his partner Emma and their two children Juniper and Willow (who both were born right in the old farmhouse, as we suspect were Tudor and Laura Holcomb, more than a century prior), they have quickly emerged as important, active members of the Granby community.
April 29–May 30: Kate Emery Art Show for the benefit of Fresh Access. Head to the Lost Acres Vineyard for some wine and to enjoy Emery’s latest work in the show titled The Land That Feeds Us: Body, Mind and Soul.
The Granby Conservation Commission has announced an extension to the Explore Granby open spaces scavenger hunt through October. This event, first conducted in 2020, is an effort by the commission to encourage Granby residents to explore the town’s beautiful trails and open spaces.
Nate Welsh, of East Granby, was selected to the Connecticut All-State Chorus for 2022.
Early on April 8, 2.25 inches of rain fell on the West Branch of the Salmon Brook. The results were dramatic. Standing near the banks, the rumble of underwater stones is quite loud.
Senator Chris Murphy supports increased federal funding for cultivated-meat research, according to a letter he wrote to his constituent, Jon Hochschartner of Granby. Hochschartner has encouraged Murphy to take such a stance by demonstrating outside the senator’s Hartford office, among other things.
The Land That Feeds Us: Body, Mind and Soul is the theme of an exhibition of oil paintings by Farmington-based artist Kate Emery that will be on view at Lost Acres Vineyard in North Granby from April 29 through May 30.
Erik Bergersen, aka Berf, died on January 20 and will be buried in East Hartland cemetery on June 4, at 11 a.m. Family and friends are welcome to attend.
Seth Pomeroy Holcombe and Lucy Eaton Holcombe were longtime residents of North Granby. Both were active in their community, enthusiastically supporting the culture and history of the town they loved. Seth and Lucy served on many boards and committees, and shared a passion for Morgan horses, giving a home to many horses over the years and founding the Granby Horse Council. To continue their lifetime of giving back, the Holcombes established the Pomeroy-Brace Fund at the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving to support organizations serving the residents of Granby.
On Sept. 21, 1938, a major hurricane wreaked havoc along the eastern seaboard, especially in New England. Connecticut lost over 680 lives from this storm and Hartford was flooded so badly that the Park River was buried under the city so such an occurrence would not happen again. After the 1938 hurricane, the Granby school district, along with many others, had students record what they remembered from the storm. Below are excerpts of how students who attended the one-room schools in Granby described the 1938 hurricane.
Originally published May 1987: If the words “Historical Society” evoke an image of grim reverential silence and dull stodgy people—you have not visited the Salmon Brook Historical on a Thursday morning.
John Weeks, our local bird watcher extraordinaire, is also an inveterate scholar and master of languages.
Susan Patricelli Regan, 2022 Republican gubernatorial candidate with Representative Mark Anderson and Anderson’s 62nd District constituents at the March for Life demonstration at the State Capitol on March 23.
George Ducharme, Ph.D., spoke to members of the Granby Women’s Breakfast Group on April 6 at the Senior Center. Ducharme spoke about Native American women and their impact on today’s society.
Exercise. Healthy diet. Socializing. How many times have we heard these behaviors affect cognitive functions? We find it easy to rationalize that the damage is done and nothing will make a difference, but health experts disagree.
The Friends of Granby Wildflower Meadow will host a Plant-In as its inaugural event on June 4 (rain date June 5) at the five-acre parcel located along Rte. 10/202 across from Maple View Farm. Over 1,200 plug plants have been ordered to be placed in a section of the field.
The customers of Granby’s Stop & Shop supermarket donated health and beauty products to three women’s shelters, in Hartford, New Britain and Waterbury in March.
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Granby topped Cromwell 59-48 on March 15 in the semifinal round of the state tournament, earning them a spot in the CIAC 2022 Division IV State Championship game at Mohegan Sun on March 20.