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The Suffield Fire Department Auxiliary will host the return of its Annual Harvest Crafts Fair on Saturday, Nov. 5, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Center Firehouse, 73 Mountain Road (Rt. 168), Suffield.
If you want to learn to cook delicious food the way people did in colonial times, now’s your chance. Join accomplished open-hearth cooking expert Becky Hendricks for an immersive experience cooking in an authentic colonial-era kitchen at Windsor Historical Society’s historic Strong-Howard House.
The Farmington Valley Quilters Sew Beautiful show will display over 275 quilts including traditional, art and modern quilts.
Calling all singers. The Farmington Valley Chorale is pleased to announce the start of its fall rehearsal season on Sept. 11.
The NCCHP—Noble and Cooley Center for Historic Preservation—Museum at the Drum Factory, 42 Water Street, Granville is open for tours on the second and fourth Sundays of the month from noon to 3 p.m.
The Musical Club of Hartford announces its first live music program of the 2022-23 season on Thursday, Sept. 15, 10 a.m., at Westminster Presbyterian Church in West Hartford.
The Windsor Freedom Trail Committee’s annual run will be held on Saturday, Sept. 17, from 5:30 to 8:30 a.m. The start point is Archer Memorial A.M.E. Zion Church, 320 Hayden Station Road, Windsor.
The annual Cystic Fibrosis (CF) Rose Ball will be honoring five Connecticut Corporate Titan’s at this year’s ball to be held at the Hartford Marriott Downtown on Oct. 15.
Membership in the Salmon Brook Historical Society, 208 Salmon Brook Street, offers many benefits including free tours, newsletters, the annual dinner in April, the Christmas house tour and Wassail party in December and the opportunity to learn and help preserve Granby history.
Obesity in adults is when Body Mass Index (BMI) is over 30. To check whether an adult is obese, they can use the BMI calculator on the CDC’s website.
Trash Pick-Up: Presidents’ Day (Feb. 15) is not a trash holiday. Please put your trash out on your regularly scheduled day.
Mapleton Hall has been closed since March 2020, but The Players have been busy with renovations at the historic theatre home, while still producing virtual shows and theatre workshops.
The Granby Land Trust acquired the Wilcox property on Simsbury Road, owned by the late Steve Wilcox Hastings, in 2019. Since it does not have houses on its property, the Trust generously offered the late 18th century home to the Salmon Brook Historical Society if we agreed to preserve and maintain it.
Granby Artist Association member Alexander Anisimov is showing his work in Art in a Time of Corona, at 2 Park Place Art Gallery through March 14. The show is free and open to the public by appointment only.
On Jan. 16, Granby residents John Weeks and his wife, Christine Chinni, were birding along the Hockanum River behind the East Hartford Middle School when they spotted this magnificent bald eagle perched in a tree.
The focus of the Social Service 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. For more information about any of the follo
Join the New England Air Museum for a variety of family friendly, socially distanced activities every weekend as well as school holidays and vacation:
Library Staff Support are in the building and available to answer questions, provide recommendations, fill holds, schedule curbside pickup and technology appointments, and assist with online research/resources six days a week:
“Remember the Maine, the Hell with Spain” was the cry from U.S. citizens after a United States Court of Inquiry determined that in the Spanish-held Havana Harbor on Feb. 15, 1898, an underwater mine had blown up the U.S. battleship, the Maine. After the court’s decision, President McKinley asked for 125,000 men to volunteer for two years to help fight Spain in support of Cuba’s fight for independence from Spain.
I hope you and yours found a way to enjoy a Happy Thanksgiving. We could all use a little more happy in our lives, always.
Presidential Electors For:
Biden/Harris* 4,029
Trump/Pence 3,166
Despite the global pandemic, the boys’ varsity soccer team at Granby Memorial High School was able to complete a full 12-game schedule plus two tournament games.
Granby Board of Education chair submitted the following letter to the Drummer:
Do you decorate your home or business every year?
The Board of Selectmen called for a Public Hearing to hear public comment regarding the ordinance amending ARTICLE III Exemption for Volunteer Fire and Ambulance Personnel [Adopted 10-1-2020].
Moderators Patti Sansone and Diane Hernsdorf with Registrar Laura Wolfe testing the optical scanner voting machines with a test deck in the Granby Town Hall Meeting Room on Oct. 20, while Machine Tenders Anthony King and Wally Oliver observe.
My wife and I are proud Democrats and, each election season, we display signs on our lawn supporting our party’s nominees. Four years ago, our lawn signs in support of Hillary Clinton were stolen three times.
My wife Marty and I have had the good fortune to live in Granby since 1972. We were attracted to Granby because of its wide-open spaces, small town community and a place where we wanted to raise our children.
On a radiant fall afternoon, we took the historical stroll up and down Salmon Brook Street. To all you homeowners, we stomped on your lawns and we stared at your houses.