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Granby 4-H sign-up night is scheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 4 at the Holcomb Farm Workshop. This open house from 7 to 8 p.m. will introduce the youth-officer team and project groups available for the 2023-24 program year.
Hay bale throwing contest at Maple View Farm.Chris Prosperi cooks up pasta dish using Holcomb Farm veggies.John O’Brien extols the benefits of autumn crocus at O’Brien Nursery.Tasting honey at the Grange.Selling apples at Lost Acres Orchard.Karen Dowd mans the cornhole game at the Granby Land Trust table at Sweet Pea Farm.Dorothy Hayes delivers lunch to the goats at Sweet Pea Farm.
Art Show to support Granby Land Trust and GLT Annual Meeting for members
For four years, I’ve written Not Wanted columns in a neutral, objective style. This one is different.
Are you struggling with negative thoughts or feeling overwhelmed by life’s demands? Are you juggling too many responsibilities and feeling like you can’t catch a break? You are not alone.
When Joe Doering wound down his working life, the East Granby resident had plans to get more involved in his community, travel and enjoy family time. He’d been a busy business owner in his working life and wanted to remain intellectually engaged and learning new things in retirement.
Hi! My name is Luke Osowiecki and I am a member of Granby 4-H. This is my third year in 4-H. I have learned a lot in 4-H, like how to make cheese, how to take better pictures and how to show my dog.
The Simsbury-Granby Rotary Club invites you to join the Simsbury River Run on Saturday, September 23, 2023. The River Run is the oldest road race in Simsbury and offers a variety of distances for runners of all ages and abilities.
I hope that you and your family are enjoying those last few beach days but feel, as I do, a sense of excitement as we turn to the new school year ahead. Before we launch into what promises to be an exciting year, I wanted to update the community on a few changes on the Granby Board of Education.
Lee Elsi is a veteran radio host whose show on 94.9 FM airs Monday through Friday, 6 to 10 a.m.
The Drummer has been graced by a few of Don Shaw’s photos recently, and if you check out the Granby Land Trust website, you will see a veritable gallery of his glorious pictures.
Registration is required for many of the library’s programs. To register, follow the links on the library’s website or call the library. To learn more about upcoming programs, sign up for the library’s monthly eNewsletter in person, on the website, or by phone.
Come to Your Senses Aromatherapy 101: This presentation highlights the history and health benefits of essential oils and healing botanicals.
From The Archives: Remember iceboxes?
It’s tempting to take winter out of the relentless calendar of invasive plant removal. But invasive plants have become incredibly well-established since we brought them to our shores during the last two centuries and restoring our native balance is going to take a long time.
Members of the Metacomet Post 1926, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Simsbury recently donated $500 to Foxfield F.A.R.M, made possible by the donations collected during three VFW Buddy Poppy Drives held in Simsbury during 2021.
In a world filled with political vitriol and Covid worries, it is easy to be discouraged. Yet despite these concerns, the world is still Beautiful.
On Monday, Feb. 14, more than 151 million Valentine’s Day cards will be sent to and received from husbands, wives, boyfriends, girlfriends, sons, daughters, mothers, fathers and significant others across the country.
Winter is here and the potential for storms, freezing temperatures and illness is high. Be prepared!
GLT Member Mark Kennedy, joined by his sons Thomas and Sean, relocated the Nuckols Family Preserve sign to the Nuckols Preserve trailhead entrance during the Work Day, making the property’s intended access point clearer. Photo by Dave Emery
The foggy view from Mary’s Rock on the GLT’s Mary Edward Mountain Property in North Granby on Dec.
Westfield State field hockey placed 13 student athletes on the fall Little East All-Academic Team, including Cheryl Latona and Morgan Wichmann, both from Granby.
The Granby Lions Club would once again like to thank the community for supporting its largest fundraiser of the year—Christmas tree sales.
AARP Tax Service: By appointment on Tuesdays and Wednesdays beginning mid-February.
Just before the December holidays began, the pumpkin field at the Coward Farm on North Granby Road took on a radiant green color! Too soon to be planting pumpkins—what was going on there?
A candid and informative interview by Susan Patricelli Regan, host of CT Valley Views, with Ben Proto, who took over the helm as the Republican state chair in June.
Do you ever do this? Do you ever think about something you’ve experienced with your kids and wonder how their memory of the event compares to your own? Or compare a lesson you tried to teach with what they actually learned?
February is hunker-down, tend the fire, bundle up, and order the seeds time for most of us in New England, and the Friends of Holcomb Farm are no exception. Still, there is much to be done to assure that this place will continue to serve the people of Granby, and its region, once the frost is gone.
