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Raymond Lagan joins the Granby – Simsbury Chamber of Commerce as executive director, bringing decades of community involvement and professional work experience to the position.
All dogs aged six months and older must be licensed by June 30, 2023; however no 2023-2024 dog licenses can be sold prior to June 1.
Granby’s General Fund often shares the focus of the yearly budget process. While the operating budget itself can be viewed as similar to an income and expense statement as in business, the general fund is the checkbook through which all that budget activity runs and, in the end, is the repository for all of those monies coming in and going out—not just for the year but over the years since inception.
Initially, this was to be solely commentary on Granby’s overall budget for 2023/24, which only passed by 107 votes and I’ve seen a few signs in town that said “say no to the budget.”
The May issue of the Drummer contained a very nice article about Granby’s Garlic Farm, but one important piece was missing! There was not a mention of the person who originated the now-famous spot for garlic and other wonderful produce: Gary Cirullo!
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Members of the Civic Engagement Team include (from l. ) Vonnie Cianciulli, Eileen Longhi, Diane Hernsdorf, Shirley Warn, Mike Lynch and Senior Center Program Coordinator Sandy Yost. Rebuilding Together Hartford met on April 26 with more than 450 volunteers throughout the City of Hartford. They helped with improvements to the homes and lives of twenty low-income Hartford homeowners. They also made safety improvements and helped to clear trails at Keney Park. Find more information on the Reb […]
The Granby Police Department recently held their annual awards ceremony. Receiving commendations within the department were (from l.) Records Unit Clerk Mara Henze, Officer Christina Barrow, Sergeant Kurt LaFlamme, Officer Joe Adams, Sergeant Gary Charette, Officer Scott Bergeron, and Chief Carl Rosensweig. […]
Sally Sargent Markey sketching at O’Brien Nursery. Photo by Dorothy Dumond Local artists to exhibit at O’Brien Nursery by Dorothy Dumond Members of the Granby Artists Association will be among those displaying their artwork on Saturday, June 28, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., in connection with the Nursery’s Open Garden Days 2014. Award-winning artists Sally Sargent Markey, Pam Jones, Rosemarie Mendes, Suzanne Roz Magoon, Sally Melrose, Carole Hartwell, John Walker and Dorothy […]
If you’ve seen the front page of this month’s Granby Drummer (let alone taken a peek inside), you know that someone is not so happy with our town vineyard. Maybe the entire issue can be solved with a change of attitude, so I’d like to take a minute to look on the bright side of having a vineyard in our beautiful town. I don’t live next door to the vineyard, but I do live across the street from Salmon Brook Park. I enjoy […]
Granby Camera Club celebrates 20 years Camera Club members examine photos taken for a recent “scavenger hunt.” photo by Paula Johnson […]
Photo by Bill Regan Claudio Gualtieri, AARP Associate State Director for Advocacy and Jim O’Brien, Volunteer Chair for its Leadership Council, with CTVV host Susan Regan. CT Valley Views is an award winning, independently produced Public Access TV show series sponsored by Windsor Federal Savings and is seen in 22 towns on Cox/Enfield, Windsor, Simsbury, Nutmeg, West Hartford and Hartford Public Access stations. […]
Photo by Bill Regan Anna Wolfe, DVM, Yorkshire Terrier “Bebe” and CTVV host Susan Regan at Salmon Brook Veterinary Hospital in Granby. […]
Only about 60 residents attended the public hearing April 14. Referendum is set for April 28. Photo by Peter Dinella […]
