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Town/Govt

Let’s Golf!

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It’s time for the 2017 Joseph B. Nilsen Memorial Golf Tournament. Join the Granby and Bradley Regional Chambers of Commerce for another fun-filled day on a great course for a great cause at Crestview Country Club, 281 Shoemaker Lane, Agawam, Mass., on Monday, June 5, from 11 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Registration Includes: putting green, 18 holes of golf, greens fees and golf cart, social hour, deluxe dinner buffet, contests and raffle prizes. Fees are $600 for a foursome, $750 for a f […]

Town/Govt

BOE looks to the future

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By Kim BeckerPressure is mounting on the schools and Town in light of the revenue shortfall facing the State. Governor Malloy’s revised budget demands almost $4 million from Granby, including cuts to the ECS and shifting the cost of the State’s contributions to the teachers’ pension fund to municipalities. Though the Town passed a budget last month, deep funding cuts will make it difficult to maintain services. The Board of Education and the school administration ha […]

Events

2017 Memorial Day activities

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The Granby Memorial Day parade will be held Monday, May 29. The honorary parade marshall will be Gilbert F. Justo who served with the U.S. Army 101 Infantry Division during the Korean Conflict. The parade will line up at 9:30 a.m. in the parking lot on Bank Street and step off at 10 a.m. sharp. Stops will be made to lay wreaths at the Civil War, War on Terror, Legion and World War I monuments before continuing to the cemetery. Services there will include guest speaker Town Manager William F. Smi […]

Events

Holcomb Farm, Granby Land Trust co-host tick talk

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Dr. Kirby C. Stafford III, Chief Scientist and State Entomologist at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, will give a “tick talk” on Thursday, June 8 at 7 p.m. in the North Barn at Holcomb Farm. This event is open to the public and admission is free. Dr. Stafford will talk about ticks, particularly the black-legged tick (or deer tick), their biology, life cycle, and the diseases they may carry, such as Lyme disease, babesiosis, anaplasma, and erlichiosis. He w […]

Events

Virginia rail highlights GLT bird walks

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By Trish PercivalThe Granby Land Trust hosted its annual bird walks in May and, once again, the birds did not disappoint. Led by John Weeks and Christine Chinni, the walks have become a springtime tradition in town.This year the sky was overcast for the May 13 walk, but the rain held off. Twenty people turned out and the birds cooperated nicely, treating the participants to many superb looks. Ten beautiful warbler species all came in for close-ups. As usual, the Virginia rail was the showstopper […]

Events

Celebrating Strawberries

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Strawberry FestivalWest Granby United Methodist Church will have its third annual Strawberry Festival on Saturday, June 24, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. There will be grilled food, fabulous homemade strawberry shortcake, live music by Carrie Johnson, fun for the entire family, face painting, a bounce house, outdoor games and activities of all kinds. The church is located at 87 Simsbury Road, West Granby. For more information, call 860-970-5695. Strawberry Supper First Church of Granby will […]

School & Sports

Creative Makers at Wells Road

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Wells Road students were excited to participate in Simsbury Public Library’s Mini Maker Faire on Saturday, April 1. No Fooling! The newly formed MakerSpace Club accepted the challenge to design and create marble runs out of cardboard, water bottles, popsicle sticks and other common materials, and demonstrated them at a booth at the Faire. Makers is a collaborative group, so students prepared for the event by finding a marble run activity for visitors to make and setting up a schedule so th […]

School & Sports

Fine Arts Scholarship to be awarded in 2018

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A new fine arts scholarship for GMHS graduates will be offered for the class of 2018. Granby resident Susan Patricelli-Regan is establishing the scholarship in her mother’s name.Sylvia Davis Patricelli was a young and well-known portrait painter in Sydney, Australia, who had attended the Royal Academy of Fine Arts. She had her first exhibition of Solomon Island paintings opened by Lady Gowrie, wife of the Governor-General of Australia in 1941 in Sydney at Anthony Hordern’s Gallery.Sh […]

School & Sports

Honor teachers, administrators,volunteers and students

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By Deb RanicarThe end of the school year is one of the best times to honor exemplary students, favorite educators, graduating seniors and community members who have made a difference in education in the town of Granby. A tax-deductible contribution to the Granby Education Foundation (GEF) is the perfect way to recognize that person! The GEF provides the community with an opportunity to acknowledge these special individuals through tax-deductible donations via the annual Tribute Program.Each […]

School & Sports

Therapy dogs visit Wells Road students

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By Anna Forlenza-BaileyEvery Monday and Friday selected students at Wells Road Intermediate School get to visit with a therapy dog. According to the Bright Spot website, “Therapy dogs are unique. Successful therapy dogs possess good manners but need to know more than sit, stay, and come. They require additional socialization to work despite constant distractions. They must appear receptive, confident and steady in settings where most dogs never venture.” The canine visitors certainly […]

In Town Focus

SBHS Events

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Open House Tours at Salmon Brook Historical Society will be Sundays, Sept. 8, 15, 22 and 29, 2–4 p.m. Special Exhibits: Circa 1830s Eight-Pointed Star Quilt Reproduction, Stitch in Time exhibit featuring antique sewing machines, textiles and sewing items with interactive displays.

In Town Focus

MS Support Group

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The Granby Multiple Sclerosis Support Group meets at the Senior Center at 1 p.m. on the second and fourth Monday of each month. For more information, please contact Meaghan at 860-428-2463.

In Town Focus

Civic Club

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Kim Becker, chair of Granby Education Foundation (GEF), will speak to the Granby Civic Club on Thursday, Sept. 19, 1 p.m. at the Senior Center.

Events

Bruce Porter Music Series begins 2019-2020 season

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This fall, the Bruce Porter Memorial Music Series (BPMMS) will launch its eighth season of bringing classical music to life in Granby. This series was established in 2012 in memory of Bruce Porter’s leadership as music director at South Congregational Church.

Fun & Rec

Granby Cubs 2019 season in review

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The Granby Cubs men’s baseball teamfinished the regular season 2-15. The team moved up to the 35+ division for the 2019 season and played many close games after playing in the 25+ division in 2018.

Verse

My Thoughts on Finding Inner Peace

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With all the violence and hatred in our world today, how does one find inner peace? I think to myself, how does one find inner peace?

Fun & Rec

Granby girl is state swim champ

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Margot Levesque, a 10-year-old Granby resident, competed in the Connecticut Swimming’s 2019 Long Course Swimming Championships at Cheshire on July 25–28. Margot is a member of the Aquabears Swim Team and had an outstanding weekend, finishing first in one event, second in four events, and third in one event.

People

In Praise of the Snout House

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Our House became one of Crosby, Stills and Nash’s top 10 songs after its debut in 1970. No wonder: it tapped into our very human desire to have a safe and welcoming retreat to come home to. 

History

Granby Library Association 1869–2019

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The Granby Library Association is a unique organization. It has operated and then supported a public library in Granby for 150 years, although it is a private organization.

Verse

Chorale invites young poets to submit entries

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To celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2020, the Farmington Valley Chorale has commissioned a new musical composition by Ellen Gilson Voth. For lyrics, the composer hopes to incorporate an original poem by a local teen with poetry of Connecticut’s past Poet Laureate Rennie McQuilken.