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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.
The Connecticut Allow for Early Voting Amendment is on the Nov. 8 ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment.
Join Expressions Pottery Workshop, the Women’s Club of East Granby and Friend to Friend for the 22nd Annual Empty Bowls fundraiser on Saturday, Oct. 15, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. at the East Granby Community/Senior Center.
Throughout October, the mine at Old New-Gate Prison and Copper Mine will be illuminated by 300 professionally carved pumpkins.
The State of Connecticut has continued to make progress in flattening the COVID-19 curve and the Town of Granby has been monitoring information on a daily basis. As the town’s response continues, a Long-Term Recovery Committee and the Granby School Reopen Task Force have been established.
The Granby Public Library will continue its phased reopening plans as public and staff safety guidelines are met and managed. Regardless of the building status, the library will continue to offer services throughout the summer in a variety of ways.
July 4th: There will be no changes to trash service due to the July 4th holiday.
John Frederic Mangold II, 93, of Granby, passed away on April 3, 2020. He was born on January 24, 1927, in La Grange, Il.
Art Contest: “Impressions”—Granby and the Pandemic
This recipe is from my friend Carolyn. I was looking to make something that would take advantage of our heading into the farm-fresh veggie season.
The other day, as I was walking through the Granby Cemetery, a gravestone caught my eye, that had AVERY written on the top and COLTON beneath it, specifically, Fred M. Colton. Across the street, I could see the Town Hall Complex and the Public Library, where 100 years ago, it would have been farm fields.
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. For more information about any of the following programs please call the office.
The CT Alert service allows you to sign up to get emergency alerts on your mobile phone, work phone, in text messages, email, home phone and more. The system will be used to notify residents about imminent threats to health and safety.
UPS driver Ray Haack is the highlight of the day for every dog in Granby. He’s a hero for lots of humans too!
It came so suddenly—the closing of colleges, schools, houses of worship, and libraries, hairdressers and bank lobbies. Everything that was a normal part of daily living was no more.
Sometimes, when you have friends like mine, the stories write themselves. What follows is a series of actual texts between a group of my closest fishing buddies.
Swimming at Salmon Brook Park: Open for lifeguarded swimming every day through August.
There are about 40 mature trees with identification tags along this self-guided route that is approximately two miles long. See how many you can find.
Our tireless correspondent, Shirley Murtha, paid a visit to the Farm in June, and met our newest employees.
The Friends of Holcomb Farm Stewardship committee and volunteers have been maintaining trails and planting trees as our Tree Trail, launched in 2019, really begins to take shape. In addition to planting new trees, they have been freeing older trees, like apple trees, that were almost lost to overgrowth and invasives.
This spring, the greenhouses full of seedlings and the freshly turned soil of the Salmon Brook flood plains at Holcomb Farm are providing a sense of normalcy in these unsettled times. Just as people turned to growing their own victory gardens in times of war, our community is counting on Granby’s own farm, under the stewardship of the Friends of Holcomb Farm—along with the whole local farming community—to fill tables with fresh produce.
Granby Memorial High School Performing Arts announced nominations for the HALO Awards that took place June 25 via Zoom. All nominations are for the fall production of James and the Giant Peach.
