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The Community Scholarship Association of Granby (CSAG) has awarded over $650,000 in scholarships to nearly 400 college bound Granby Memorial Highschool seniors making a significant impact on their young lives since 1958. CSAG has been performing this service while managing contributions of all kinds, but particularly funds from a Holcomb Family Endowment.
Highlights from the meetings held on February 5th and January 15th, 2025
State Project No. 0055-0148 Replacement of Bridge No. 06680 Carrying Route 219 over Unnamed Brook Town of Granby
Thursday, March 20, 2025, 6:00 pm.
February was a busy month for the Granby Public Schools. Feb. 3 was Job Shadow Day at the high school. Eighty-five students participated and attended a variety of businesses and organizations including financial services, insurance, town and state government offices, veterinarians, auto body shops, builders, and health care organizations.
Granby Memorial High School’s Dramatic Arts program is gearing up to wow audiences with its spring production of Legally Blonde: The Musical, running March 14 through 16.
Granby Memorial High School boys took a loss in action on Jan. 17 vs Aerospace. GMHS Girls Basketball took the court in a win vs Morgan on Dec. 28.
Simsbury Library to host sleep expert, East Granby Library activities, Quilter’s Trunk Show, Farmington Valley Chorale, Lifelong Learning at University of Hartford, Winter Fun at the Connecticut Trolley Museum, Women Take Flight at Air Museum, and Activities at Auerfarm
Art show at Park Place, Women’s Breakfast, Empty Bowls, Granby Camera Club, Civic Club, Men’s Breakfast, Contra Dance at Granby Grange, and Salmon Brook Historical Society News
A sequel is considered better than the original when it builds on its audience’s existing knowledge and takes it to the next level.
Small mammals, including rabbits, guinea pigs, rats, mice, hamsters and other rodents, can make a wonderful addition to the family. Approximately 8.1 percent of households in 2024 owned some type of small mammal. Much like reptiles, we don’t always see them at the vet for routine visits, but it is still important for them to have veterinary care.
Inserted in this month’s Drummer you will find the Friends’ membership form for this year’s fund drive.
Please visit our website at granby-ct.gov/senior-services or check your Center Life Newsletter for a complete listing of our health services, support groups, clubs, and ongoing activities.
The Registrar’s office is compiling an email list of poll workers. Volunteer poll workers must be at least 16 years old and can choose to volunteer for a few hours, as desired to fit their schedules.
From the iPhone savant to the Nikon DSLR aficionado, the Granby Camera Club welcomes anyone and everyone interested in photography.
University of Hartford named Katherine Kaczkowski to the dean’s list for Fall 2022.
Registration is required for many of the library’s programs. To register, follow the links on the library’s website or call the library. To learn more about upcoming programs, sign up for the library’s monthly eNewsletter on the website or by telephone.
On February 18 Kate Bogli and family, owners of Maple View Farms Brewery, hosted the farm’s first trail race.
CT Valley Views Host Susan Regan is pleased to announce that the half hour interview show has increased its viewer reach by seven additional airing towns in the South-Central area of Connecticut.
The Registrars of Voters will be conducting a Spring Voter Registration Drive at the Granby Memorial High School on Wednesday, April 19. High school seniors who will be 18 years of age by the November 8th elections will be eligible to register at this session.
Years ago, when we first moved to Granby, I bought the book Gone Fishin’…The 75 Best Waters in Connecticut. The original plan was to fish as many of the 75 locations as I could. It seemed like a great way to explore our new home state.
On Earth Day Weekend , April 21-23, the Granby Land Trust (GLT) will again take part in the Great Global Cleanup®, a worldwide campaign to remove billions of pieces of trash from neighborhoods, beaches, rivers, lakes, trails and parks — reducing waste and plastic pollution, improving habitats, and preventing harm to wildlife and humans.
The crew is back on the trail. On Sunday, February 19, the GLT’s Youth Conservation Corps spent the afternoon making trail improvements at the GLT’s Dismal Brook Wildlife Preserve in North Granby
Join the Granby Land Trust for a sunrise hike on Saturday, June 3, as part of Connecticut Trails Day. See the sun rise from Scarlet Tanager Lookout on the GLT’s Schlicht Family Preserve.
With the rebirth of Granby Grange, a new community fundraiser has been started; namely, the Granby Grange Annual Rubber Duck Race, which will be held on Saturday, April 29, from 2–4 p.m. at Salmon Brook Park.
Invasives are the opposite of rare. A third of all the vegetation in the northeast hails from Asia, according to native plant scientist Dr. Doug Tallamy.
We all want our gardens to look lush and full of showy flowers. Pollinators want the same thing, but for a different reason. They need an ongoing buffet of food rather than a pleasingly beautiful garden.
Last fall, in addition to placing a permanent conservation easement on 277 of the 312 acres of Granby’s own Holcomb Farm, the Town updated and extended its relationship with the Friends of Holcomb Farm.
The message, no pun intended, is loud and clear. Loss of hearing affects cognition.
GMHS Dramatic Arts would like to thank everyone who came out to support us and see our production of Little Shop of Horrors. We had a great audience every night and the cast and crew had a blast together in rehearsal and performing for all of you!
One of the benefits of writing an article for our local paper every month is that I get to share some insight with residents about what is going on behind the scenes at Town Hall and the work being done in our departments to keep things running smoothly. This month I wanted to highlight the good work being done at the Granby Police Department (GPD).