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Highlights from the meeting held on January 8th, 2025
Highlights from the meetings held on January 7th and February 4th, 2025
As required by the Granby Town Charter, the annual Three Board Meeting was held on January 21. This meeting brings together the boards of Education, Finance and Selectmen to present their initial components of the town’s Plus-1 budget.
Sign up for a garden plot in the Granby Community Garden. Enjoy a fun, affordable way to grow and enjoy your own fresh vegetables, herbs, and flowers this season. Granby residents can lease a 20-by-20-foot garden plot for just $10.
Highlights from the meetings held on February 18th and 3rd, 2025
Come celebrate the twentieth running of Granby’s favorite trivia contest! This year’s GranBee will be held on Friday, April 25 at Granby Memorial High School.
Inserted in this month’s Drummer you will find our membership form for this year’s fund drive. We are reaching out to those who would like to become a new member and those renewing their current membership. By becoming a member, you are helping to support numerous activities and purchases for the Granby Public Libraries throughout the year.
Join your friends and neighbors for the fourth biannual Stony Hill Village Community Serve Day on Saturday, May 3 from 9 a.m. to noon. This community service event is a fantastic opportunity to give back and help improve the 49-unit Stony Hill Village affordable housing community located at 259 Salmon Brook Street in Granby.
Citizens For A Better Granby annually offers a $1,500 scholarship to a GMHS graduating senior who is pursuing higher education in journalism or a related field.
Highlights from the meetings held on February 14th and 28th, 2023
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. For more information about any of the following programs, contact Director Sandy Yost at 860-844-5351. Office hours are weekdays, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
One of the most important lessons you can teach your dog is to walk politely on a leash. As I know all too well, it can be a frustrating lesson! But if you are successful, you will not only have more fun with your dog, but you will also greatly improve his health and quality of life.
Mark your calendars for Saturday, June 17. Granby Racial Reconciliation (GRR) will host the second annual Granby Celebrates Juneteenth festival at Salmon Brook Park—a free, public arts and education festival from 3 to 9:30 p.m.
Shredding event: In conjunction with the Granby Lions Club, a shredding event will be held at the Granby DPW, 52 North Granby Road, on Saturday, May 20 from 9 a.m. to noon.
The Salmon Brook Music Series is thrilled to present Nova Scotia’s critically acclaimed folk singer-songwriter Dave Gunning in a return engagement on Friday April 21, at Granby Congregational Church/South Campus, 242 Salmon Brook Street, Granby.
Within the confines of our small, tight-knit community, we naturally become accustomed to the traditions and customs that define who we are as Granby residents. Yet in a world that extends well beyond the established borders of our humble town, a myriad of unique cultures exists.
Granby Parents for a Safe Graduation (GPSG) is an all-volunteer, non-profit organization that organizes a substance-free Grad Night celebration for Granby Memorial High School (GMHS) graduates, is planning several fundraisers to help support the event.
For nearly 25 years, from 1944 to 1968, hundreds of teenage girls from Florida cities like Sarasota, Tampa, Lakeland, Orlando, and Miami—came to Camp Manitook in Granby to stay for two months and worked the shade-grown tobacco fields in the Farmington Valley.
The Granby Public Schools and the Granby Road Race committee are encouraging Granby students to participate in the 2023 Granby Road Race by creating a friendly competition between the schools.
The GMHS National Honor Society’s annual Empty Bowls event has been moved to Thursday, April 20, from 5 – 7 p.m. in the newly-constructed cafeteria at GMHS.
It’s so important to keep the lines of communication open with our kids and to be a safe audience with whom they can share their worries, fears, and feelings.
The Connecticut Department of Revenue Services (DRS) has announced the 2023 Connecticut Neighborhood Assistance Act Program Proposal. This program provides tax credits to businesses that make cash investments in qualifying community non-profit programs.
Kathy Ungerleider and Carolyn Dittes
It’s no secret that our town is blessed with many talented and accomplished folks who work to make Granby a safe, comfortable and welcoming community. We know their names, we see their pictures, hear them at meetings, or even read about them in the Drummer.
By the end of April, or earlier in warm years like this one, common wild blue violets provide early spring color, both in our yards and on the forest floor. The yellow violet is an uncommon treat, like a tiny ray of sunshine amid the brown leaves and winter duff.
The Town of Granby offers several property tax exemptions and abatements/credits to reduce your tax bill. The Assessor’s Office can help you determine if you are eligible for any of the following programs. Contact the office at 860-844-5311 or visit Town Hall.
