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The countdown is on! Only two weeks remain until the event Granby Parents for a Safe Graduation (GSPG) has been planning all year! GSPG has been working hard to create a memorable evening to celebrate the Class of 2024.
Samantha Kovaleski, East Granby, a freshman engineering major, achieved the dean’s list at UConn.
Granby resident Emma Edelman, IEA Nationals April 26, 2024, Tryon International Equestrian Center, 8th Place in the Open Over-Fences
Granby resident Jaira Paine paced the Endicott College Gulls Women’s Lacrosse team to a 17-9 victory in the Commonwealth Coast Conference Championship game May 4 over three-time defending champion and top-seeded Roger Williams.
Bluebirds are being welcomed all over town this spring! Whether it has anything to do with climate change, it seems that there are more than usual appearing in our backyards. In addition to having difficulty contending with killing winter temperatures, another factor in their dwindling numbers in our area during the past several decades is that house wrens, tree swallows, alien house sparrows and starlings have crowded the gentle blues out of nearly all available nesting places.
The Granby Grange is holding an Agricultural Fair on Saturday, Sept. 14 that will coincide with Granby Open Farm Day. The Grange invites home producers to enter products from their gardens, kitchens, cameras and craft rooms for judging and to show off your skills to residents and out of town visitors alike.
Please visit granby-ct.gov/senior-services or check your Center Life Newsletter for a complete listing of health services, support groups, clubs and ongoing activities.
A pick-your-own tulip experience at a local vineyard last month was just in time for warm weather and springtime outings.
Salmon Brook Historical Society is exhibiting eight historic wedding gowns during the 2024 summer season. The gowns and accessories on display have a connection to Granby families and span the years 1866 through 1954. The exhibit will open for Sunday tours from 2 to 4 p.m. on June 2 through Sept. 29.
The Granby Women’s Breakfast Group will celebrate its 20th anniversary in grand style on Wednesday, June 5.
The Simsbury Grange will host its annual Certified Agricultural Fair on Saturday, June 11, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The Windsor House Tour, delayed for two years by the pandemic, returns in style on Saturday, June 18 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Showtime Steve: Comedy, juggling and other wonders on Saturday, June 4, 12:30 p.m.
Susan Patricelli Regan, Connecticut’s “Voice of the Electorate” Republican gubernatorial candidate, did not achieve a position for the August primary at the May 6 Republican 2022 Convention.
Salmon Brook Historical Society news, Wildflower Meadow Plant-In, Camera Club, and more
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 in person, on the website or by phone.
Passionate, dedicated, hard-working, and resourceful only begins to describe team of full-time employees at the Granby Recreation Department.
Paul Willis shares his May 9 photo of his house on a glorious spring day.
A Gospel Singing Competition will be held at Pilgrim Covenant Church, 605 Salmon Brook St. on Saturday, June 11, at 7 p.m.
Burkentine, the developer of Station 280, and the Farmington Valley YMCA celebrated the 8:30 a.m. start of the Granby Road Race with a $5,000 sponsorship check presentation to Brian Liss, executive director of the Farmington Valley YMCA.
Berard, Jeffrey Albert, 67, long-time friend and companion of Heather Frost, April 11
The Summer Solstice, June 21, is the longest day of the year. While we enjoy the extra hours of daylight, that light also sheds hope in a nationwide effort to end Alzheimer’s disease, the most common form of dementia.
On graduation day, high school seniors receive their diplomas and head off to college or the workforce. Each high school diploma has three signatures: the superintendent, the principal and the chairperson of the Board of Education. For some Granby graduates, those signatures will look familiar because many had a parent serve as the chairperson of the board, including myself.
Even as a child, Shannon Wilson knew she wanted to work with animals. As she passed through her school years, she discovered a passion for science. Veterinary medicine was an easy choice—a career in which she could pursue both.
Multiple candidates vied for their party’s nomination at the May State Conventions of both Democrats and Republicans that chose their nominees for the Nov. 8 ballot.
Haley Terva, of Granby, was named Little East Conference Goalie of the Week after recording a pair of wins between the pipes for the Keene State Owls.
The Windy Hill Guitar Ensemble and the Kachala Family will present a concert to benefit Ukraine on Sunday, June 12, at 4 p.m., at the South Congregational Church.
Jason Levesque has announced a new subdivision of new single-family homes, Harness Way, in Granby. The first home will be constructed at 76 West Granby Road and complete by the fall.
Birds sing their summer songs at dawn and awaken me to an inviting morning.
Flowers of a myriad of colors welcome me outdoors to join them.