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The Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada (GFOA) has awarded the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting to the Town of Granby for its annual comprehensive financial report for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2021.
Please tell us what you think by emailing your thoughts and suggestions to strategicplan@granby-ct.gov
Highlights from the meeting held on September 7, 2022
Michael Campbell, director of the Mark Twain House, presented Back Scene World of the Mark Twain House to the 35 ladies who attended the Women’s Breakfast at the Senior Center on Sept. 7.
I thank the community for supporting the opening of schools on August 30. I have visited all the schools several times and it is good to see students and staff back in the buildings, engaged and settling into routines.
Riley Lansing and Elizabeth (Lizzy) Sondrini, age 9, wrote and published an end-of-summer daily newspaper for their neighbors on Susan Lane.
Granby Memorial High School Performing Arts will present an original work, Daughters of the Appalachians, on Nov. 11, 12 and 13.
Kyle Desjardins, of North Granby, graduated summa cum laude with a BS in the College of Applied Mathematics from Wentworth Institute of Technology.
Please visit granby-ct.gov/senior-services or check your Center Life Newsletter for a complete listing of health services, support groups, clubs and ongoing activities.
Major Charles Malcolm Dickson, MD died on May 11, 2020, with his loving wife Karen at his side. He was 80 years old.
Granby Moving Forward was started by a group of like-minded professionals and residents who want to make sure the citizens of Granby have the necessary resources they need to overcome obstacles caused by COVID-19, and any future hardships that may come our way.
Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Cowles, of Granby, and Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Pfaender, of Torrington, are pleased to announce the engagement of Molly Jane Cowles and Dustin Wayne Pfaender.
This past summer Granby Public Library and Salmon Brook Historical Society challenged the community to the Good Things in Granby Great Adventure.
The Granby Senior Center thanks the Simsbury-Granby Rotary for so generously purchasing a new AED Defibrillator System for the building.
The Granby Senior Center held a 30-Day Fitness Challenge starting on July 1. Members were encouraged to set a daily 30-minute fitness goal.
Granby resident Jen Lowe, right, is one of three lucky recipients of a Stop & Shop gift card. Her name was selected in the library’s Good in Granby 2020 Summer Reading drawing along with Debbie Orszulak and Heather Guglielmone.
The Registrars of Voters are inviting all interested citizens and students to a Zoom class on voting, applying for an absentee ballot, absentee balloting, moderating elections, auditing returns, polling site protocols and everything in between.
Jeanne LaPierre participated in the Hang-A-Quilt Day on June 20. The three quilts, part of LaPierre’s Happy series, were hung from a line in front of her North Granby home.
1986 was a year of a grand celebration of Granby, both with a look back at the town’s 200-year history and a look forward to a future filled with promise.
Throughout the 2019-2020 school year donations were made to the Granby Education Foundation (GEF) in honor of the educators shown below.
Is your dog drooling excessively? We expect a certain amount of salivating from our canine friends especially when they are panting from hot weather.
Please visit our website at granby-ct.gov/senior-services or check your Center Life Newsletter for a complete listing of our health services, support groups, clubs and ongoing activities. All programs are currently being held on Zoom.
The Granby Public Library has moved to the next phase of reopening with preliminary open hours at the Main Branch, access to the Children’s Room by appointment, and continued Curbside Library Pickup, digital services, and telephone support.
September is Library Card Sign-Up Month, a nation-wide campaign to emphasize the importance of library cards to a child’s education and a community’s excellence.
Saturday, Sept. 12, 7 p.m. Zoom Live to benefit the East Granby Public Library. Tickets are presale only and sales close Wednesday, Sept. 9 at 5 p.m.
A young man of mixed parentage—black and white—through his talent, diligent study and hard work, became a well-known and much-loved minister.
Although the pandemic and Governor Lamont’s “stay at home’ order has kept us pretty much apart physically, the long-running Granby Men’s Breakfast group led by Duncan Rowles has continued to meet in a new virtual environment.