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Kelly Lane Preschool Teaching Assistant Carey Even and preschool student Nora Martins enjoyed bubbles to celebrate the first day of school.
At press time, the girls’ team was 5-1-0 and the boys’ team was 1-1-3. Let’s go, Bears!
Civic Club, Healing Paths, Join the Holiday Committee, Lions’ Birdseed Sale, Mad Agnes Show, Cam-era Club, Men’s Breakfast, Twisted Tales of Poe, Women’s Breakfast, and The Feelings Bunch
The well-received Race, Religion, and Politics series offered by Granby Racial Reconciliation (GRR) will conclude with a workshop on Sunday, Oct. 27, 3–4:30 p.m. at the Granby Senior Center.
Soup’s on—Chef’s edition!, Free Quilt Show and Raffle, Pumpkin Patch Trolley and Curse of the Rails, Holly Boutique Craft Fair, Agatha Christie mystery performed by Suffield Players, Giant tag sale fund-raiser returns, Simsbury Grange Line Dancing, and Jazz Mini-Course
Community Church now offers worship services in both English and Spanish every Sunday at 10 a.m. and invites both Spanish speakers and English speakers to the worship service of their choice.
On Sept. 13, Old New-Gate Prison and Copper Mine was inducted as a Connecticut Freedom Trail site commemorating Prince Mortimer.
Granby Homes for Senior Citizens (which operates Stony Hill Village) will hold its annual Friends of Stony Hill Village meeting on Thursday, Oct. 3, at 6:30 p.m. in the community room at 259 Salmon Brook Street.
“Shall the Constitution of the State be amended to permit the General Assembly to allow each voter to vote by absentee ballot?”
Ann and Clifford Thorstenson were married in 1962 at St. Joseph’s Cathedral in Hartford. In August the couple celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary with a trip down memory lane in a limo—taking them to all the places they lived together before settling in Granby.
As the temperatures gradually dropped and hinted at the pending arrival of a welcomed New England autumn, another new season arrived as well: the 2022-23 school year.
Depression is a condition in which a person faces persistent thoughts of unhappiness that interfere with daily routines.
September is the time of year when the small-town fairs begin around Connecticut. For the early 20th century resident, the Granby Fair was the biggest thrill of the year.
Speaking at the Granby Men’s Breakfast in September, Granby’s own Dr. Peter Barwick, MD, reviewed the history of pandemics, the progression of science and of medicine, the important role of several “unknown (think unrecognized) individuals” and the role of the electron microscope.
An audience filled the North Barn at Holcomb Farm on Sept. 8 when John Weeks stepped to the podium to begin his talk on the predatory birds that can be seen in the Granby area.
Do you have a youth or teen in your life who struggles with a mental health issue? Would you like to feel more confident in your ability to support them and get them the help they need?
Granby Public Library and Granby Land Trust hosted over two dozen nature enthusiasts Sept. 10 for a Hawk Watch on Blueberry Hill, Granville, Mass.
Transfer Station hours: In addition to Saturdays, the transfer station will be open Wednesday mornings from 8 a.m. to noon through Nov. 16.
Paul McDonnell captured this ghostly image in puddles along the Salmon Brook Park driveway.
One of the Sepe Farm sheep gets some petting from a visitor to Lost Acres Vineyard, Sept. 17, 2022.
The Granby Camera Club is excited to have Wendy van Welie as its guest presenter at the Monday, Oct. 3 meeting at 7 p.m. in the Granby Senior Center.
Marc Robert Fitzsimmons, 63, of Colonial Beach, Va., was tragically killed in a one-car accident in Stony Point, N.Y., on Aug. 23.
It was a bit chilly Friday night, Sept. 23, for the first Celebrate the Valley event, but that didn’t stop this youngster from enjoying this animal-themed ride.
Ear scratches are the best!
Nicki Cox and Paw enjoy a visit at Angel Horses on Open Farm Day on Sept. 17, 2022.
In honor of National Voter Registration Day, incumbent Republican House Rep. Mark Anderson and Democratic challenger Kim Becker will debate the issues affecting the 62nd District.
Granby voters turned out in higher numbers than the statewide average for both parties to support their candidates of choice in the Republican and Democratic primaries.
