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Winter storms and the resulting snow removal can be a challenge for all Granby residents. We do our best to keep the roads passable and safe. Please note these suggestions, ordinances and rules to ensure a safe winter season for all.
On Nov. 5, the Granby Lions distributed almost 5,000 pounds of birdseed to customers who pre-ordered from them over the prior few weeks.
Gabapentin, which is sold under the brand name Neurontin, is commonly used in people for the treatment of chronic pain. Veterinarians have borrowed this prescription medication from human medicine to help dogs and cats with chronic pain.
Charmaine Glew gave a wonderful presentation on her travels in Asia to the Granby Women’s Breakfast Group on Nov. 2.
The focus of the Social Service Department is to coordinate existing federal, state, regional and local services, to increase community awareness of these services and to develop new programs to meet the needs of Granby residents.
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.
For the month of December, the Friends of Granby Public Library will have several tables set up for gift giving this holiday season.
When I was a young girl, we heated our house with coal. A chute brought it through a basement window to a big pile in a corner of the cellar. A piece of coal was handy for drawing on sidewalks or making the lines for hopscotch.
Samuel Bartoes, of North Granby, graduated in May from Roger Williams University with a B.A. in public relations.
The job: long hours, dangerous clients, calls for help 24-7. Horses and cows, skunks and coyotes and the occasional escaped boa constrictor are in the mix.
McLean Life Plan Community proudly announces that Lisa Clark, Vice President and Administrator of the Health Center, has been selected to receive the 2020 LeadingAge Connecticut Humanitarian award.
Pawsitive Steps Dog Training Beginner Classes, Columbus Day Youth Basketball Clinic…
The Granby Public Library offers limited open hours at the Main Branch, access to the Children’s Room by appointment, and continued Curbside Library Pickup, digital services, and telephone support. The library’s focus remains public and staff safety, continued access to information, and exceptional service to the Granby community.
Not one to sit around doing nothing, Granby resident and Hartford school teacher Sean Wynne was not content with building just a fire pit in his back yard—he decided to design and execute a compass rose around it.
From 1921 to 1946, the house at 225 Salmon Brook Street was owned by Dr. Ernest Pendleton. From 1921 to 1928 Dr. Pendleton lived on the first floor with his family and ran a hospital on the second and third floors.
With the flu season upon us during the COVID-19 pandemic, it is doubly essential to lessen the risk of getting the flu. In a typical year, flu is seen from fall to early spring, with varying degrees of severity.
Now that it is fall, I enjoy making soups again. I love a good butternut squash soup but have never had a good recipe—until now.
For over 60 years, Granby Community Fund has been raising money to provide grants to local nonprofit agencies. Some of you may recall when Community Fund volunteers went door-to-door soliciting pledges.
Granby has an amazing connection with the famous Juilliard School in New York City.
Remember the wet spring and summer of 2019? Well, 2020 has been a little different.
The Winter 2020-21 CSA is open for purchase, and always sells out.
The Summer 2020 CSA shares sold out incredibly quickly and we know our customers are anxious to reserve their shares for next summer, so we have opened our online sales earlier than usual: Oct. 1 via the website (holcombfarm.org).
2020 was a rough year for humans, but it was a great year for tomatoes!
In the absence of a true executive director, the Friends of Holcomb Farm board president Bob Bystrowski saw the need for a person to bridge the goals of the board with community and financial resources.
Back in the Holcomb Farm Farm Store for another season is the infamous umami bomb… black garlic!
These three elm trees are on the Tree Trail at Holcomb Farm. All three were planted in October 2018, and have grown several feet since.
There is something about hardship (for example, a pandemic) that brings out the best in many people, and the many supporters of the Friends of Holcomb Farm’s Fresh Access program is a case in point.