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The Granby-Simsbury Chamber of Commerce annual Business Leaders Breakfast was held on March 10 at Riverview in Simsbury.
Monday, April 10 at 7 p.m.—BOF Public Hearing in High School Auditorium. Special Meeting of the BOF follows the Public Hearing.
Monday, April 24 — Annual Budget Machine Vote, 12 to 8 p.m. in Town Hall. Special Meeting of the BOF follows the referendum.
As many have seen over the past several months, the contractor has been busy working on the Granby Center intersection improvement project.
Simsbury’s Intonation Group performed for a well-attended Granby Women’s Breakfast on March 1.
Highlights from the meetings held on February 21st and March 6th, 2023
The website revision project made great progress during the month of February and early March and will be launched soon. Town Manager Erica Robertson and her team have been working with CivicPlus, a website development business that specializes in building city and county e-government communication systems.
On February 13, the Board of Selectmen hosted a second Open House. The attendance wasn’t nearly as large as the first one, when residents were confused and a bit upset about what the state’s mandate to make a plan for affordable housing actually meant for Granby but, for those who participated, it was a chance for real communication.
Where do you get your news? Before social media, we relied on the newspaper. Many readers in Connecticut towns are asking which newspaper do you receive and how do you receive it?
While a Nor’easter is approaching, it’s a perfect time for the Granby Community Fund to acknowledge with heartfelt gratitude the wonderful generosity of our townspeople during our 2022 fundraising campaign.
At its meeting on July 22, the Granby Republican Town Committee awarded a $1,000 scholarship to Jordan Rijkse, a 2021 graduate of Granby Memorial High School who demonstrated excellence in academics, leadership and community involvement. Jordan will attend Boston College this fall to study biology and pre-medicine.
P&Z voted to approve the application seeking a 24-lot single-family residential subdivision for property located at 76 West Granby Road, R30 Zone
The Granby Public Library, with support from the Granby Public Library Board, is happy to announce that the library is no longer charging overdue fees for most library materials.
Trash holiday: Monday, Sept. 6, Labor Day, is a holiday for Paine’s Inc. All trash/recycling pickups will be delayed by one day the week after the holiday.
Kylie Hart, of East Hartland, was named to the dean’s list at Norwich University for the spring semester.
The Story Trail in East Granby is again open at the East Granby Land Trust’s Ian Clark Preserve. Family hikers are welcome to explore this half-mile loop and enjoy a children’s story.
Susan Gordon Calhoun Heminway, 83, died at home February 6, 2020 of complications from Parkinson’s Disease. Sue was a strong supporter of Granby and its citizens.
Granby Artist Association member Alexander Anisimov invites the public to the Sept. 1 through 26 art exhibition, End of Summer, at 2 Park Place Gallery, downtown Granby.
The next Granby Men’s Breakfast will be in person on Friday, Sept. 10 at the Senior Center. The guest speaker is Yard Goats Baseball Community Engagement Manager Tom Baxter.
Absentee Ballot Applications are being collected now by the Town Clerk for voters who know they will be away from home on Nov. 2. The form is available at Town Hall or at sots.ct.gov
Research Library at Salmon Brook Historical Society is open Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9 a.m. to noon or by appointment by calling 860-653-9713. Research Fee is $25 per hour.
Save Wednesday, Oct. 6, for the Granby Women’s Breakfast’s long-awaited gathering, with breakfast starting at 8:30 a.m. and program beginning at 9 a.m. Ginny Apple, master wildlife conservationist, will talk about animals that forage, hunt and play after the sun goes down.
The Nobel and Cooley Center for Historic Preservation Museum (NCCHP) at 42 Water Street in Granville is pleased to announce that the museum will re-open in September for tours on the second and fourth Sundays of each month, from 12 to 3 p.m. In addition, two Living History programs have been scheduled:
On Wednesday, Sept. 15, Connecticut resident Jan Doyle will present Quilts and the Underground Railroad: Fact or Fiction? Doyle’s lecture includes stories of secret codes, hidden messages, and forbidden talk.
Work on Hungary Road Bridge is scheduled to begin in early September. This bridge is located on the northern end of Hungary Road near the Suffield line.
Please register for all events online at egpl.org, or by calling 860-653-3022 or visiting the library.
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.
Marty Wilmot took this photo in late July when she saw a large bird flying low across the back lawn. She thought it might be a hawk but then it landed on a large rock in a small pond and stayed for quite a while, possibly looking for frogs.
The most critical areas of need in Connecticut are its urban cities where violence impacts not only the perpetrators’ hope for a better life but the innocent youths who lose their lives.
CCM is the state’s largest, nonpartisan organization of municipal leaders, representing towns and cities of all sizes from all corners of Connecticut, with 168 member municipalities.