Granby Drummer (https://granbydrummer.com/page/198/)
When Jane Irene Johnson was a toddler, her father built a family cottage on Lake Manitook, just down the hill from her current Granby home. While not precisely a Granby native, Johnson, who has lived in town since 1995, has breathed Granby air in all seasons for nearly 75 years. It goes without saying that this retired art teacher has left her unique mark on the town she calls home.
At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and its corresponding isolation of nursing home residents, one teen in Granby knew he had to do something.
Dedicated Granby Land Trust board member John Weeks and his wife, Christine Chinni, led the GLT’s annual bird walks on the Dismal Brook Wildlife Preserve on Mother’s Day Weekend, introducing sold out crowds to the wonders of the spring bird migration on this spectacular property.
Granby resident Rachel Caswell, RN, a homecare and hospice RN Case Manager since 2015, received the State of Connecticut Nightingale Award of Excellence.
been appointed vice president, sales manager, and LPL investment advisor representative for Westfield Investment Services and will be based out of Westfield Bank’s Granby office at 12 East Granby Road.
Please visit granby-ct.gov/senior-services or check your Center Life Newsletter for a complete listing of the health services, support groups, clubs, and ongoing activities.
Thursdays, mid-June to October. Tentative start is June 15, 11–11:45 a.m.
On April 28, 23 teams gathered at Granby Memorial High School to participate in the 18th annual Gran-Bee, a fund raiser for the Granby Education Foundation which provides innovative education programs throughout Granby.
You are in good company if you have postponed your check-ups—an estimated 32 percent of American adults delayed routine medical care during the pandemic. Now is the time to schedule your healthcare visits as it may take longer to get in with many seeking appointments.
ormer NBA and UConn Basketball standout player AJ Price will be a featured guest at this year’s Granby Celebrates Juneteenth. Price, along with Connecticut State Senator Douglas McCrory and WFSB Channel 3 reporter Susan Raff, will judge the basketball skills contest, 3-point shootout and 3 on 3 basketball tournament.
On April 22, Granby’s favorite and longest-running trivia contest, the Gran-Bee, is back after a two-year hiatus.
There is so much important and helpful information in The Granby Drummer. As your new Town Manager, I will be writing a monthly article for the Drummer that I hope you find informative.
Rob Flanigan took this shot with his DJI Mavic Air Drone after the Jan. 7 snowstorm.
The annual town budget process for fiscal year 2023 has begun with elected officials again seeking to find a balance between what people want with what people can afford in their property taxes.
Highlights from meetings held on December 6th 2021, December 20th, 2021, and January 3rd, 2022
The Granby Lions Club and the Granby Memorial High School Leo Club collected toys from its members to benefit the Connecticut Children’s Hospital.
Something about white twinkling lights enhance the Christmas spirit in all of us. They brighten the night and leave us with a sense of joy and wonderment.
My name is Megan Allshouse, and I am one of the first student members of Granby Racial Reconciliation (GRR) from Granby Memorial High School.
Senators Chris Murphy and Richard Blumenthal can help create a slaughter-free America, with all the good that entails, by increasing federal funding for cultivated-meat research.
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.
My path recently crossed two icons of nostalgia in the arts: first, Don Mclean’s classic song, American Pie, as well as Rockwell’s Four Freedoms paintings, all serving as a picture to mourn the loss of baby boomer innocence.
There are many facets to educational reform, but they originate primarily from one source—parents and, yes, grandparents as well. The concern is that what today’s youth are experiencing in their academic curriculum regarding books on sexual reference and Critical Race Theory (CRT).
Highlights from the meetings held on November 17th, 2021, December 1st, 2021, and December 15th, 2021
In January, the Granby Racial Reconciliation Steering Committee welcomed its first youth representatives, Grace Evangelista and Megan Allshouse.
Granby Parents for a Safe Graduation (GPSG), an all-volunteer, nonprofit organization that organizes a substance-free Grad Night celebration for Granby Memorial High School graduates, is seeking volunteers to help with the event. For the past two years, due to COVID-19, GPSG has been unable to throw a party for graduates.
The Abigail Phelps Chapter of the DAR is pleased to announce the 2021 Good Citizens Awards. Karen DiMenna, chair of the DAR Good Citizens Committee, recognized four area seniors for their dependability, service, leadership and patriotism.
Parents must pre-register their eligible children for kindergarten on the Kelly Lane Primary School website beginning Feb. 1.
The Connecticut Press Club is holding its first Communications Contest for high school students, with entries being accepted in 23 writing, editing, broadcast and visual arts categories.
