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An energetic start to the year
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All Granby Public Schools staff engaged in a high energy convocation to explore our theme, Connect. Believe. Achieve, and prepare for the year ahead.
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All Granby Public Schools staff engaged in a high energy convocation to explore our theme, Connect. Believe. Achieve, and prepare for the year ahead.
Eric Harrison, president and CEO of United Way of Central and Northeastern Connecticut, was selected as one of the Hartford Business Journal’s 2024 C-Suite Award Honorees.
The Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services has again prioritized vaping as a Connecticut initiative.
Transfer Station hours: In addition to Saturdays, the transfer station will be open Wednesday mornings (8 a.m. to noon) through Nov. 20.
Visiting Nurse and Hospice of Litchfield County (VNHLC) seeks hospice volunteers for its growing hospice program. The agency cares for patients who live in towns throughout Litchfield County and the Farming-ton Valley.
Sign up for the Poll Worker Team now
Poll workers are still needed for both early voting and the presidential election in November.
Voters will be able to vote for one candidate in each category to serve the term noted.
We are now settling into the routines of the new school year. Kids are getting comfortable with their teachers and their schedule, adapting to new policies and are engaged in the learning process.
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.
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.
Stop & Shop Store Manager Tony Morrone realized many customers are horse people so he reached out to the largest family horse business in the surrounding area, the Strain Family Horse Farm, for a meet and greet.
Cheryl Paddock, BSN, RN, is the VNA’s 2022 recipient of the highest international award in nursing, the Nightingale Award.
When the doctor prescribes a new drug, we often nod and agree. We assume the directions will be on the vial, and we will understand them.
Many of my favorite childhood memories involve fishing. It’s what I did to escape the daily turmoil of growing up in our tumultuous, single-parent household. I never caught a single fish worth bragging about. But fishing was safe.
On May 7, the Granby Road Race ran for the 51st time. While organizers prepared all week for wet weather, they were surprised to see nary a drop of rain. The wind on the other hand posed a bit of a challenge. Nonetheless, the runners pushed through and had a great race.