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My husband, Bill, and I attended the June 5 BOE meeting, and I spoke during the public session segment.
Independence Day: Thursday, July 4th is a holiday for Paine’s. All Thursday and Friday trash pickups will be delayed by one day.
The Granby-Simsbury Chamber of Commerce awarded the Public Servant of the Year Award to Granby’s Director of Finance Kimi Cheng in recognition of her hard work, professionalism and technical expertise.
The land trust accreditation program recognizes land conservation organizations that meet national quality standards for protecting important natural places and working lands forever. The Granby Land Trust is pleased to announce that it is applying for renewal of its accreditation. A public comment period is now open.
Comments from the Granby Board of Education, Granby Land Trust, Granby Education Foundation, and Connecticut Association of Boards of Education
Major party members, both Democrats and Republicans, are anticipated to have choices to make on who will be on the November 2024 ballot.
Highlights from the meetings held on May 20th, June 3rd, and June 17th, 2024
McLean Hospice will hold a training course this fall for people interested in becoming hospice volunteers.
Today we remember all those lives so tragically lost on September 11, 2001, in a terrorist attack on our country.
In its quarterly publication, Connecticut Woodlands, the Connecticut Forest and Park Association recently featured photos of a Granby Land Trust hike led by board member Jen Plourde.
My best fishing buddies also happen to be my closest friends. We’ve known each other for years and are comfortable sharing our innermost thoughts. About fishing, I mean.
The Granby Men’s and Women’s Breakfast groups couldn’t have had a better day for the first Burgers and Dogs Summer Social at Ahrens Park.
The Farmington Valley Visiting Nurse Association provides flu vaccinations to the public from the end of September through early November.
August 30 was the first day of school in Granby and many kids were excited to get back to school to see their friends. The kids saw a clean school, a school that looks almost new, because of the silent workers—the school custodians who worked hard all summer preparing for the new school year.
Wood-burning stoves can be a way to lower fuel costs and aid in heating a residence. Wood stoves and alternative heating devices can also be a life-threatening hazard if not installed properly.
Joe Markley is a Connecticut politician who represented the 16th State Senate District from 2011 to 2019 and was the Republican Nominee for Lieutenant Governor on the general election ticket with gubernatorial candidate Bob Stefanowski in 2018.
Susan Regan presented monogrammed golf shirts to Gary Byron, host of Talk of CT Gary Byron Show and Ryan Roberts, the show’s producer, at the Listeners’ Luncheon held at the Manhattan Restaurant in Southington on July 8.
Three days in mid-August saw a big change to the landscape at Holcomb Farm. Thanks to the public-spirited generosity of Eversource, a long line of dead white ash trees growing in a hedgerow between the southeast and southwest fields was cut, chipped and trucked away to be used by the Friends of Holcomb Farm’s CSA.
Anyone who knows Granby resident Nancy Butler as a multi-talented artisan and goat whisperer would probably be amazed to know that, although having an artistic bent from childhood, her college degree was in geology with a minor in civil and environmental engineering and that her first career was as a paralegal!
You can’t help but notice that summer is changing into fall as you drive by the Coward Farm on Rte. 189.
A Promise to Jordan, a nonprofit organization, will be conducting focus groups to gather information to determine the need for programs and services to support residents of Granby who may be living with a substance use disorder, either currently or in recovery, and to combat and prevent substance use disorders.
Rosia Kennedy and her marvelous mare, Lady Sadie, were photographed by Gary Strain.
Harvest season is here and so is Granby’s most celebrated event of the year—Open Farm Day! Over a dozen working farms and treasured agricultural gems will offer a special, close-up look at the goods and operations on Open Farm Day, Saturday, Sept. 17 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
For full Open Farm Day details, visit GranbyAg.org, and follow GranbyAg on Facebook and Instagram.
The traditional purpose of the Granby Agricultural Commission’s Open Farm Day is to showcase the variety of farms that are found in our town, highlight their products and/or services and perhaps garner some income from sales. While one might be tempted to think that John O’Brien would approach the day with a thought to selling lots of hosta, that is not the case at all.
Rob Flanigan shot this view from his DJI Mavic Air 2 drone.
The Granby Artists Association is presenting an All-Member Show in October. In its continuing effort to create a vibrant and supportive community for the arts, the GAA is enlisting all its members to show off their talents!