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Ah, May—the month of renewal. The spring season advances and every new dawn feels like a re-awakening of life. Wildflowers are part of the rhythm of the seasons, each species with its own bloom time.
Photos by Jay Harder, Granby Camera Club
The Granby Land Trust (GLT) gratefully recognizes all who have supported the GLT’s Holcomb Farm Stewardship Fund Campaign to date.
I recently moved to a town with many more farms than we’ve ever lived near before. I’m used to shopping in the grocery store and usually look for organic when I can afford it. Now I’ll be looking for farmer’s markets or farm stores to shop in during the growing season, but I’m nervous. How do I go about finding these places? Will they have all the stuff I need?
Alexander Stelly of Granby was named to the fall dean’s list at the University of Hartford.
Good Company Theater, which is housed at Granby Congregational Church’s south campus (242 Salmon Brook Street), hosted an “Improv Workshop” on March 30.
The Granby Drummer’s Fiscal Year 2024 Budget Issue and Granby Public School’s Community Education Supplement 2024 Budget Issue are now available.
The winter months have been mostly mild this year, but we seemed to make up for the lack of snowfall in March. A few big storms late in the season reminded us of what winter in New England is like.
Despite the damage from fallen trees, the March snowstorms brought a quiet beauty to Mcleans.
The Granby-Simsbury Chamber of Commerce annual Business Leaders Breakfast was held on March 10 at Riverview in Simsbury.
The correct email address for Granby Cub Scout Pack 325 has no hyphen: pack325granby@gmail.com
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.
I am writing in support of any ordinance that would allow the town to regulate the feeding of wildlife on private property. The town of Granby, as well as surrounding towns, continues to struggle with wildlife being habituated through the bear-feeding practices of private homeowners.
Independent political parties get a lot of bad press. Not enough turnout at the polls, underfunded campaigns, poorly planned policy agendas, and inconsistent platforms of “ideology.”
It is hoped that you and your family have been safe during the lengthy quarantine this past year.
The Farmington Valley Health District, in conjunction with the Farmington Valley Visiting Nurse Association, will provide COVID-19 vaccinations to any individual 18 years old and up who is unable to attend public clinics.
SBAC testing began this week for fifth grade students; fourth graders will take their tests next week, and third graders the following week. AP testing begins on May 3.
This school year will be marked as the year the Granby Public Schools developed and implemented Stronger Together: A Working Plan for a Responsive Return to the Granby Public Schools.
Granby Girl Scout Troop 66362 members Caroline Hall, Daisy Rzecinski, and Mackenzie Janski have earned their Silver Awards.
As we drive by the closed and plastic-wrapped Cossitt Library Building, many of us ask the same question: “When will Cossitt re-open?”
Thanks to the success of the COVID vaccination program, things are beginning to return to normal, and one of those normal things is having Granby’s Open Farm Day!
To increase awareness of little-known motor vehicle laws, the Granby Horse Council is hosting a community event—Share the Road. On Saturday, June 19, (rain date June 20) join Horse Council members at Salmon Brook Park from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. for the 3rd Annual Share the Road event.
Granby School Health Services Supervisor Jodi French, RN, has been named the Farmington Valley Visiting Nurse Association’s Nightingale Nurse of the Year 2021.
Granby Cub Scout Pack 325 congratulates Matthew Brissette on his victory at the District Pinewood Derby race.
The Granby Public Library is featuring the Granby Camera Club’s twentieth annual photo exhibit from June 1 – June 27.
In June 2003, Jim Hall (pictured above) was given much-deserved recognition for his service to American Legion Post 182 and for organizing Granby’s Memorial Day parade for 33 years. This year we thank Jim for his 51st Memorial Day parade and celebration in a year that desperately needs a drum-thumping, fife-playing outing on the Green.
Application seeking a Special Permit under Zoning Regulations Section 3.12.1 for a mixed-use building to add one residential unit for property located at 25 Hartford Avenue, COCE Zone. File Z-3-21.
Invasive Plant Activists (IPAs) now gather monthly on the second Saturday morning to control invasive plants and allow natives to flourish.
The smoke alarm and the combination smoke/carbon monoxide (CO) alarm can fail to alert consumers to a fire.