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Bennett, Sydney M. “Syd”, 91, husband of Gertrude (Allen) Bennett, May 1
Civic Club Begins 110th Year, Farmington River Clean-up, UNICO Charity Golf Tournament, Women’s Breakfast, and SBHS News
Come see your neighbors’ skills and produce at the Granby Grange Agricultural Fair on Saturday, Sept. 9 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Everyone is invited to show off their baked goods, vegetables, jams, jellies, art or needle work and vie for the blue ribbon and a cash prize.
Here is what is planned for the upcoming year, so mark your calendars!
Monrovia has been leasing the land at its Granby location since 2014.
Applications to receive an absentee ballot are being collected now by the Town Clerk for those who know they will be away from home on Nov. 7. The form is available at Town Hall or at sots.ct.gov
After the success of last year’s sold-out comedy night, the Granby chapter of UNICO will hold its second comedy night Nov. 3, 8 p.m. at The Brass Rail Meetinghouse in Southwick.
Moving into the fall, we are invigorated by the cooler temps, changing leaves, and bright skies. A welcome relief from a hot and humid summer! However, transitioning to shorter and busier fall days can be challenging. Preparing for the fall into winter months can make this change of seasons easier. Here are some reminders that may help.
Trash holiday: Monday, Sept. 4, is Labor Day and a holiday for Paine’s Inc. All trash/recycling pickups will be delayed by one day the week after the holiday.
The GMHS Athletic Booster Club is excited to support our athletes and school community as the 2023-2024 fall sports season gets underway!
The Granby MS Support Group meets at the Salmon Brook Apartments located at 287 Salmon Brook St. at 1 p.m. on the second and fourth Monday of each month. For more information, please contact Jane at 860-653-2436. […]
Subscribe now to the 2014 Granby Samplerby Marianne Curling Do you need a personal shopper to discover what is in season at local farms? Want to use more locally grown products when preparing meals at home? Don’t have time to go farm to farm for meat, cheese, poultry, vegetables and more? The Granby Sampler, a Granby Agricultural Commission program, gathers together an assortment of locally grown food and farm products and provides for subscribers to pick up at a central location […]
Opening Day of The Granby Farmers’ Market is June 24 By Amy Woodman The Farmington Valley YMCA is committed to building healthy families and strong communities. The Granby Farmers’ Market supports that goal by providing fresh wholesome foods grown by local farmers. The Granby Farmers’ Market’s opening day is Tuesday, June 24 from 3–6:30 at the Farmington Valley YMCA. The market is open to the public. Our sponsors this year are New England Urgent Care of Simsbury, Liberty […]
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. […]