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Highlights from the meeting held on October 12th, 2022
Granby Fire Marshall Brian Long successfully applied to the Change Your Clock, Change Your Batteries program for a grant from the Energizer Corporation. Last year, the town received a small number of batteries from the Connecticut Fire Academy, but Long knew more could be done.
Major Melinda Rizer Gould, USMC, Retired, entertained the Granby Women’s Breakfast Group on Oct. 5 with her global experiences as a helicopter pilot.
The colors! How many times have we all remarked on the beautiful foliage this year?
Immerse yourself in New England’s natural beauty at the Granby Land Trust’s 15th annual juried art show, open through Sunday, Nov. 27, at Lost Acres Vineyard, 80 Lost Acres Road in North Granby. Gallery hours are Friday and Saturday from 12 to 6 p.m., Sunday from 12 to 5 p.m.
Congratulations to the Granby Rovers U15 Girls team for winning its division at the Capitol Cup Tournament in Concord, N.H. on Oct. 8-9. This was the team’s first tournament out of state since 2019, and everyone was excited to play against new teams and have some fun.
Every fall, the Granby Board of Selectmen appoints a student representative from Granby Memorial High School to attend meetings and give updates on the happenings at the school. This year, that representative is junior Chas Orluk.
Granby Memorial High School Performing Arts will present an original work, Daughters of the Appalachians, on Nov. 11, 12 and 13.
It’s mid-October as I write this, and I still haven’t turned on the oil furnace to heat my home.
Twenty exhibiting members of the Granby Artists Association (GAA) are showing their work at the Windsor Art Center (WAC) from Oct. 1 to Oct. 29.
What does it mean to be vital? To be truly needed? Essential? Important?
The Farmington Valley Chorale continues its 50th anniversary year with a multi-faceted program that provides new opportunities for singers to engage with music making and learning.
Critical to the administrative infrastructure of Connecticut, the Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD) oversees a wide range of programs promoting business retention and recruitment, Brownfield redevelopment, the arts, historic preservation and tourism.
A large selection of books are available for sale on the Friends of Granby Public Library (FOGPL) Used Book Sale table and book carts. The selection varies from month to month.
East Granby has opened its first story trail at the East Granby Land Trust’s Ian Clark Preserve. Family hikers are welcome to explore the half-mile loop and enjoy the story, When Grandma Gives You A Lemon Tree, by Suffield author, Jamie L. B. Deenihan and illustrated by Lorraine Rocha.
Kerry Anne Riek, operations manager at ECRI, and Christopher Kenneth Dauerbach, a landscape architect at Derstine Landscaping Design and Build, were married on May 24, in Pennsylvania.
The McLean Life Plan Community has moved forward with plans to construct a residential building adjacent to the current Burkholder building in the McLean Village, which overlooks beautiful Hop Meadow Country Club.
Transfer Station hours: In addition to Saturdays, the transfer station will be open Wednesday 8 a.m. to noon through Nov. 18.
All programs will be held online via Zoom. Pre-registration is required.
Over the past year, Not Wanted has identified some of Granby’s worst invasive plants, discussed control strategies, and described alternative plants. We could cover many more invasives—the state list includes almost 100.
Rev. Haynes spent the next 30 years of his ministry in West Rutland, Vt. His congregation was very attached to him and vigorously objected to any disparaging remarks about their “coloured minister.”
Too soon the summer has left us —
In the gardens, the flowers have produced their seeds.
Granby Public Schools will start the school year on Sept. 1, 2020, using a hybrid model as a transition to a full reopening. This will allow the implementation of proactive health and safety protocols.
Squadron Capital’s David Pelizzon made summer camp possible for many children with a gift of $100,000. Holding the check is (l-r) YMCA Director Brian Liss, Pelizzon and Aina Hoskins, also of Squadron Capital.
This has been a most disconcerting year, but one thing here in Granby has remained constant: the power of agriculture.
Photographer Rob Flanigan captured this bird’s eye view of the new roundabout at East Street and 10/202 with his drone camera. The new intersection was designed to reduce speed and increase traffic capacity and efficiency, with less potential for accidents.
At the June 1 meeting, multiple appointments were made to the Long-Term Recovery Committee. There were two open spots that were not filled at that time.
Sage Kingsley and Jack Tortland, both of West Granby, were named to the dean’s list at Emerson College in May.
The recent article headlined, Granby gathers in a show of support for Black Lives Matter, highlights the passion and determination of Granby residents to enact change not only in our town, but in our nation.