Granby Drummer (https://granbydrummer.com/page/177/)
Slater, Frederick C., 99, husband of the late Alma B. Slater, February 14
Highlights from the meetings held on March 12th, March 26th, and April 8th, 2024
The Granby Artists Association (GAA) will again present its annual All Members Show at Lost Acres Vineyard. The show will run from June 7 to July 7 with an opening reception on Saturday, June 8 from 4 to 6 p.m.
Appreciate Waypoints column, Underfunded not same as unsuccessful, and Smart Phones are dumbing down our children
Check Town of Granby website or call Town Manager’s office to verify date, time, location, and get information on how to participate on Zoom, if needed.
West Granby resident Katherine Hall, vice president of global programs for Koyamada International Foundation (KIF), has been elected to the board of directors of the Aurora Women and Girls Foundation, a non-profit based in West Hartford.
Poll worker information meeting May 22, New twist on spring voter canvass, and more
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.
Highlights from the special meeting held on March 28, 2024
Trash Holiday: Monday, May 27 is a holiday for Paine’s. All trash and recycling pickups will be delayed by one day the week after the Memorial Day holiday.
By Sally Sargent MarkeyThe Granby Artists Association will host its ninth annual Holiday Gift Show Dec. 3 – 4 at the Holcomb Farm Learning Center. This is truly a “buy local” event! Eleven of the association’s talented members will have an array of items including paintings, prints, note cards, wooden lamps and bowls, jewelry, calligraphy, glass art bowl and ornaments.New member Scott Duncan has polished wooden plates, bowls, and pens. Jean-Luc Godard will show many […]
By Alexis RoyAs a screenwriter, hearing that someone’s interested in your pitch is an incredible feeling—and seeing that pitch through from script to screen is on another level. For me, pitching and writing a script that would go on to represent Emerson College in the Giorgio Armani Frames of Life Campaign has truly gone above and beyond what I imagined I’d accomplish during my four years as a college student. The evolution of a vision—this vision, that I’ve ha […]
The State Bond Commission approved a Department of Transportation request to spend $300,000 to install a High-Intensity Activated crossWalK (HAWK) beacon at the Route 20 crosswalk of the greenway/rail trail. Though the crosswalk on the busy road is well marked, a flashing yellow light creates ambiguity about whether motorists need to stop. Rear-end collisions and pedestrian versus auto near-misses aren’t uncommon.State Rep. Tami Zawistowski (R-61) and State Sen. John A. Kissel (R-7) applau […]
By Shirley MurthaGordon Bischoff, representing the School Renovation Committee that was charged with overseeing the infrastructure changes to the elementary schools following the closing of Kearns, gave the committee’s final report to the Board of Selectmen on Nov. 7. The bottom line of the two-page memo was that the work came in under the original $800,000 budget. Even the additional $40,000 contingency granted by the board when more asbestos was discovered, was not needed.Bischoff praise […]
By Shirley MurthaMisconceptions abound! No, you don’t have to be a senior to take part in any of the Senior Center programs. You do have to become a member, however, but that’s easy. You can go to the center in the Municipal Complex on North Granby Road or send in a check to Granby Senior Center, 15 North Granby Road, 06035. The annual fee is $5 for residents and $10 for your friends who may be non-residents. The membership year goes from September to September. If you wait until May […]
By Susan AcceturaSome folks count to 10, some take a few deep breaths. When life starts getting to me, I start counting my blessings: our health, our family, our friends, our home, this town; children laughing, a warm fire, fresh eggs from the chickens, good coffee. Don’t sweat the small stuff—celebrate the small stuff. Treasure the small stuff. And our town, our little town, is overflowing with priceless trinkets—McLean Game Refuge, Cossitt Library, Salmon Brook Park, scenic r […]
A tree at Granby Public Library has been growing leaves, not shedding them. Visitors have been adding leaves marked with things that make them thankful. Lots of thanks-giving in Granby!Caption: Photo by Deborah Kulwich […]
Many families and businesses took part in Park and Rec’s Halloween event!Photos by Deborah Kulwich […]
By Kim GaudreauValley Brook Community Church held its first Clothes Closet on Oct. 4. The Clothes Closet offers free clothing, shoes and accessories for men, women and children at no cost. The idea came about after Valley Brook member, Donna Crombez assisted with the Salvation Army Clothing drive at the church last year. Crombez said, “It was always on my mind and my heart to reach out and help others in our community. There are many people in Granby and other surrounding towns who cannot […]
Don’t miss a chance to share this funny, heartwarming play with your whole family. Start the season off with good cheer and this show produced by Good Company Theater. Performances are Saturday, Dec. 3, at 3 and 7 p.m., and Sunday, Dec. 4, at 2 p.m. at South Church, 242 Salmon Brook St. Tickets are $12 and are available at GoodCompanyTheaterCT.org, at Granby Pharmacy and at the door.Caption: Photo by Audrey Laird […]
By Andrea BurnsChildren at Valley Pre-School (VPS) learned how bees help fruits like apples grow, during a visit from local beekeepers.“Honeybees are big helpers in the apple orchard,” said Joyce Custer of West Granby. “The honeybee flies from one apple blossom to another and spreads the blossom’s pollen around.”The visit from the beekeepers is timed each year with a field trip to Lost Acres Orchard so the children can see the connection first hand. The beekeepers a […]
By John R. NiebSince the first Thanksgiving in 1621, holiday traditions have been passed down and some have changed. Granby families each have their own special traditions.Arleen O’Meara celebrates Thanksgiving with her husband, Lawrence, her three children and two grandsons. O’Meara’s celebration is held at her house or one of her children’s houses. They cook and serve traditional Thanksgiving fare of turkey and all the fixings. O’Meara’s daughter makes the p […]
By Chris Kardys,Senior Patrol LeaderThe canoe outing, put on by Boy Scouts Troop 125, was a great success. The troop explored the Quonochontaug salt pond behind Quonochontaug Beach in Charlestown, R.I. The Scouts launched their canoes at the state boat launch. There were seven canoes and nine scouts and four adults. They paddled out to the flats around the salt marsh and saw bluefish blitzing. The water was boiling with bluefish chasing a school of baitfish. The fish quickly swam under the canoe […]
Clean getaway!Jack Hauser (Granby’s top rusher) breaks away for a 87 yard touchdown run vs. Lewis Mills at a recent home game. Photo by Jay HarderTim Nolan drops back for a pass vs. Lewis Mills. Photo by Jay Harder Photo by Jay Harder […]
By Shirley MurthaThe Granby Land Trust’s acquisition of many significant pieces of property, whether outright gifts or conservation easements, has played an important role in maintaining the health and viability of the Salmon Brook watershed. By keeping development away from many of the streams feeding the watershed, the water remains free of fertilizers, herbicides, pesticides, road salt and myriad other chemicals.This was one of the main points of a lecture given by retired Kingswood-Oxf […]
Browsers and buyers look over goods at the flea market on Salmon Brook St. Photo by Peter Dinella. […]
Hockey team scores goals with library patronsThe Granby Field Hockey players took time after practice to move lots of boxes of books for the Friends of the Granby Public Library (FOGPL) at Holcomb Farm to in preparation for the FOGPL annual book sale. Pictured are the Granby field hockey varsity, junior varsity and freshman team members. […]
Holcomb Farm CSA is again offering fresh, locally grown, pasture raised turkeys for your holiday meal on a pre-order basis. These are fresh, not frozen, turkeys. Due to our limited cooler space, pre-ordered birds must be picked up on Tuesday, Nov. 22, between 3 and 7 p.m. We cannot hold turkeys overnight.Ekonk Hill Farm can supply turkeys from 10 pounds to 40 pounds—you decide and order the size that works best for you. Ekonk will match your order as closely as possible but there is no gua […]
George Seymour GodardCossitt Library is celebrating 125 years April 2016 to March 2017. A series of historical articles about the library and North Granby will be featured here.The latter part of the 19th century saw a “generation of giants” emerge from the one-room schools in the farming town of Granby. Among them were William Mills Maltbie, Chief Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court; Tudor Holcomb, prominent tobacco grower, dairy farmer, philanthropist; James Lee Loomis, insurance executiv […]