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The contractor plans to continue granite curb installation and pave the widened shoulders of the road during late October and first weeks of November.
Due to the importance of two topics under consideration, the Board of Selectmen and the Planning and Zoning Commission held a joint meeting on Sept. 19. To be discussed were the questions of whether there should be a town center study and which board or commission should study each of the components of the Granby Affordable Housing Plan.
The Registrars anticipate heavy traffic and a very busy parking lot on Election Day at Granby Memorial High School.
After almost three hours of input and discussion among interested parties on Oct. 17, the Board of Selectmen voted unanimously to approve a proposal that gives town-owned Holcomb Farm a long-term Granby Land Trust conservation easement and a path to sustainability.
Hartford HealthCare-GoHealth Urgent Care opened a new center at 7 Mill Pond Road, just north of the Farmington Valley YMCA.
Highlights from the meeting held on October 3rd, 2022
State Law requires all municipalities to conduct a revaluation of all properties every five years so that all properties can reflect their current market value. Granby’s last Revaluation was completed in 2017. The Assessor’s Office has been engaged in the process to complete the 2022 Revaluation over the last 18 months.
The Town of Granby is governed by charter, carried out by a board of selectmen and a town manager as established in 1960.
The Wilcox Family Homestead on Simsbury Road in West Granby on a beautiful winter day. The Salmon Brook Historical Society now owns and protects the Wilcox house and barn, and the Granby Land Trust owns and protects the property, including the agricultural fields currently being farmed by Gary Cirullo of the Garlic Farm.
Amidst a crazy year filled with incredible change and adjustments, the Zen Restaurant Group teamed up with a volunteer-based community kitchen in order to provide to-go Thanksgiving dinners to anyone and everyone in town.
Since choral singers world-wide are prevented by the pandemic from gathering in person, the Farmington Valley Chorale will again host a virtual season with a multi-faceted program that will provide new opportunities for singers to engage with music making and learning.
If you missed the Salmon Brook Historical Society’s Stroll Through Granby History on Salmon Brook Street in the fall, or you did not make it to all the sites, you can see the same information on the society’s website.
Rob Flanigan captured this image of the tobacco barns on Phelps Road in mid-December.
KAZOOM
Mondays, Feb. 8 and 22, 5:30 p.m.: Join us for fun, musical guessing games.
In 2018, the New England Air Museum unveiled a major new exhibit on the history and technology of Connecticut-based Kaman Corporation, and the lifetime of innovation by company founder Charles Kaman.
Do you worry about how much someone drinks? Find out if Al-Anon is right for you, visit ctalanon.org
Sick and tired of feeling sick and tired in these COVID-19 times? The Farmington Valley YMCA invites all of Granby to participate in a free six-week RESET challenge designed to help transform spirit, mind and body.
Guidance was received from the Commissioner of Education’s office regarding closings for inclement weather. This does not mean every “snow day” will be a remote learning day.
Happy New Year! I am sure you are all getting a little tired of this social distancing and quarantining; I know I am.
Inappetence (lack of appetite) is a big problem for older cats and dogs who may suffer from chronic disease. Animals have tremendous survival skills and have evolved to have robust appetites.
Susan Patricelli Regan, founder and president of the Sylvia Davis Fine Arts Scholarship, announced that the foundation is donating the still life Sunflowers by the internationally recognized Australian artist Sylvia Davis Patricelli to the Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford.
Northwest Community Bank has again generously contributed to the Foxfield F.A.R.M. Foundation through the Connecticut Neighborhood Assistance Tax Credit Act with a $2,500 gift for 2020 as in 2019.
Susan Patricelli Regan (left), host of CT Valley Views, again speaks with Dr. Jordan Grossman (right), superintendent of Granby Public Schools, regarding the COVID-19 challenges to the curriculum, budget, student and parent adjustments and planning for 2021 year.
The SAM CT Task Force was created in Connecticut in 2019 to provide real competition to the two-party monopoly that has had a stranglehold on voters for decades and that forces candidates into partisan camps focused on reelection rather than issues that concern the voters of the Constitution State.
One man’s adventure is another man’s waste of time. When asked what fish they most like to pursue, most fishermen will cite the “majestic” species: striped bass, northern pike, tuna, salmon.
If you’re sick and tired of the pandemic era and going a little stir-crazy, break through the winter blues by joining your neighbors to take action on invasive plants.
Date Night Yoga Class: Saturday, Feb. 13, 3–4 p.m., at Salmon Brook Park Gathering Room.
