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Highlights from the meeting held on October 19, 2022
Winterfest 2022 and the “Tunnel of Lights” will be held from 5 p.m. until 9 p.m. Friday, Saturday, and Sunday nights through Dec. 23.
The Friends of the Southwick Public Library are happy to announce the return of the holiday basket raffle.
The Connecticut Daughters of the American Revolution offers its annual Christmas Open House with tours at the historic Oliver Ellsworth Homestead, 778 Palisado Avenue in Windsor, on Saturday, Dec. 3, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The Suffield Players will present One Christmas Eve at Evergreen Mall by Lynne Halliday, James Hindman, Arlene Hutton and Craig Pospisil.
Professor Raymond Erickson, internationally recognized Bach scholar and faculty member at CUNY Graduate Center, will present a program about the famous Ciaccona from Bach’s D minor sonata for solo violin.
Monday, Feb. 6, Fixed Wing Flight: Meet an airplane pilot and demonstrate your flight science skills with our Straw Glider Challenge.
Come to the annual Christmas Bazaar at Old St. Andrew’s Church, Tariffville Rd, Bloomfield, Saturday, Dec. 3, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Sunday, Dec. 4, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Granby Camera Club, Women’s Breakfast, Men’s Breakfast, and Breakfast with Santa
Hartford HealthCare Independence at Home, which has served the community for over 35 years, is looking to hire Certified Nursing Assistants (CNAs) and Patient Care Assistants (PCAs).
On March 4, Granby Memorial Middle School welcomed Holocaust survivor Marion Blumenthal Lazan, 86, as a guest speaker. Lazan spoke of her many experiences as a Jewish person and as a survivor of the concentration camp Bergen-Belsen during World War II.
Medical care in the small towns of Connecticut during the late 17th to early 19th centuries was chancy. Few physicians attended a medical school, and those who did were severely limited by the appalling lack of accurate medical knowledge.
Salmon Brook Park Day Camp and Mission Adventure
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Household Hazardous Waste: Granby will once again work with local towns to host hazardous waste collections this year. The first collection will be Saturday, April 24 from 8 a.m. until 1 p.m. at 10 Monteith Drive, Farmington.
All fisherman, whether they will admit it or not, have a thing for records. We’re obsessed with researching, talking about, and pursuing them.
The Granby Land Trust and Jamie Gamble memorialize longtime property caretaker Olof Stevenson with the installation of a plaque on the bench located on the northwest corner of Stevenson Field on the GLT’s Dismal Brook Wildlife Preserve.
The coronavirus pandemic is affecting us all, our small town and across the entire nation. This was also true of the Spanish influenza from 1918 to 1919 when 675,000 Americans lost their lives. At that time, Granby was a small agricultural community but not immune to its effects as well. Six citizens lost their lives.
Well, Mother Nature and Old Man Winter sure have combined forces, haven’t they? It’s felt like a real New England winter lately, one of our four clearly distinct seasons here in Granby.
Some creative snow artists on Route 20 west of town built this icy PacMan ready to take a bite out of COVID-19.
At its February meeting, the Board of Finance set guidelines for FY22 operating budgets that freeze the mill rate at the same level as it has been for the past two years. The action reflects the ongoing impact of the pandemic.
Salmon Brook Veterinary Hospital’s Dr. Christopher Weber, center, was one of the Best Veterinarian winners featured in the March 2021 Horse Illustrated magazine.
The Friends of Granby Public Library (FOGPL) raises the majority of its funds through the annual book sale that usually takes place in September. Unfortunately, the 2020 book sale was canceled—but we are determined to hold the book sale in 2021.
First Selectman Kuhnly opened the public hearing and stated that the purpose of the hearing is to receive public comment regarding the proposed sale of town-owned land at 4, 11 and 15 North Granby Road and 3 East Granby Road for the intersection improvements at US 202/Route 10 at Route 10 and Route 189. Ward read the Legal Notice as published.
Granby snowshoers enjoying a February outing in the Granby Land Trust’s Dismal Brook Wildlife Preserve. Snowshoeing and cross-country skiing in Granby Land Trust, McLean Game Refuge and Holcomb Farm properties have been terrific this year.
Not all heroes wear capes. Granby Community Fund is very aware that community agencies, staff and volunteers have worked tirelessly to meet the needs of the Granby community during this time.
Senators Chris Murphy and Richard Blumenthal should support reallocating the billions of dollars a year in subsidies the federal government gives to animal-exploitation industries to cultured-meat research. For readers who aren’t familiar with the term, cultured meat is grown from cells, without killing.
Ashlie Novak, of North Granby, was named to Springfield College dean’s list for the fall semester.
Check Town of Granby website or call Town Manager’s office to verify date and time, and get information on how to participate on Zoom, if needed.