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On Sunday, May 22, at 3:30 p.m., the Windy Hill Guitar Ensemble will present Limerick Lane, a concert of traditional folk music from Ireland and Scotland arranged for classical guitar, interspersed with limericks and jigs composed by the students.
Highlights from the meetings held on March 8th and April 12th, 2022
Chase Alexander, a student at Granby Memorial High School, placed third in the Connecticut Press Club’s annual writing competition.The high school contest is run in conjunction with the Connecticut Press Club’s professional contest. The entries were judged by communications professionals who are members of the press club.
Falcetti School of Music and Playhouse Theatre Academy invite you to attend its Grand Opening Event, The Perfect Pair, at Simsmore Square in Simsbury in celebration of the new shared teaching facility.
Kathy McDonnell took this early morning photo of a bald eagle on the footbridge in Salmon Brook Park on March 21.
Please visit granby-ct.gov/senior-services or check the Center Life newsletter for a complete listing of health services, support groups, clubs and ongoing activities.
My husband, Maurice, and I were watching over my grandchildren in Granby when he received the kind of phone call from his brother that no one likes to receive. Their 96-year-old mother had suffered a major stroke. She had been rushed to the hospital in the small town of Calico Rock, Arkansas and was in very serious condition. My brother-in-law urged us to get there right away.
The recent deaths of Eileen and Michael Guarco on March 14 and April 10, respectively, has left a large void for the remaining generations of a family instrumental in Granby’s business community since 1915.
Parents of Granby Memorial High School students – we need you!
The southern-fried Christmas comedy, Dashing Through The Snow, by Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope and Jamie Wooten, will be performed on Friday, Dec. 6 and Saturday, Dec. 7, at 8 p.m., andSunday, Dec. 8, at 2 p.m. at Mapleton Hall in Suffield.
The Old St. Andrew’s Church Christmas Bazaar will be held on Saturday, Dec. 7, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday, Dec. 8, from noon to 4 p.m. Homemade cookies will be sold by the pound.
The Simsbury Woman’s Club offers a $2,500 scholarship to a Connecticut woman who has completed at least 60 credits of undergraduate work with a 3.0 or higher GPA and who is currently enrolled in an institute of higher learning. In addition, the General Federation of Woman’s Clubs of Connecticut (GFWC/CT) offers $2,000 and $1,000 scholarships.
The Farmington Valley Chorale and Artistic Director Dr. Ellen Gilson Voth invite the public to join them in a carol sing on Sunday, Dec. 8, 7 to 8 p.m. at First Church of Christ Congregational, 689 Hopmeadow Street, Simsbury. This is a free event—donations welcomed.
On Thursday, Dec. 5, from 6:30 to 8 p.m., the Storyteller’s Cottage will host a Holiday Literary Gift Crafting Studio. The cost for this class is $45 and includes book pages and other crafting supplies.
The Oliver Ellsworth Memorial Association is hosting its annual Christmas tour on Friday, Dec. 6 and Saturday, Dec. 7 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Come one, come all to the Good Company Theater’s production of Godspell! Directed by Nikki Currie-Huggard and co-produced by Susan Accetura and Kim Zanini-Bryant, Godspell lays out parables mostly from the Book Of Matthew while interspersing musical numbers ranging from hymns to rock and roll.
The Granby Camera Club will meet on Monday, Dec. 2, at the Granby Senior Center at 7 p.m. The program will be photographing the moon.
The Granby Women’s Breakfast group will meet on Wednesday Dec. 4, at 9 a.m. at the Granby Senior Center.
The New England Ringers, New England’s premier handbell choir, will present Christmas Around the World on Sunday, Dec. 8, at 4 p.m. This oncert is presented by the Bruce Porter Memorial Music Series at South Congregational Church, 242 Salmon Brook St.
Join us Friday, Dec. 13, at the Senior Center, and wear an ugly Christmas sweater to enter the worst sweater contest.
The Granby Civic Club will meet Thursday, Dec. 19, at 1 p.m. in the main room of the Senior Center.
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.
Mary’s Kitty Korner, Granby’s no-kill cat shelter, is looking for volunteers to help care for kitties until they find their “fur-ever” homes. If you love cats and can spare time on a weekday morning or evening or on a weekend morning or afternoon the shelter would love to hear from you.
Scientific information and studies show that dogs are called “Man’s Best Friend” for good reason. The interactions between dogs and humans is like no other.
Sarah Klotzman, daughter of Deborah and Drake Klotzman, (Oliver Wolcott Technical High School, Class of 2017), was featured on the Nichols College website recently in its Friday Student Spotlight.
Mark your calendars to go back in time at the South Congregational Church, 242 Salmon Brook Street on Friday, Jan. 10, at 7 p.m., for the Sixth Annual Family Night at the Movies.
Eversource joins other utilities urging caution to customers. Whether it’s over the phone, online or at the front door, sophisticated scammers are finding unusual ways to exploit people and steal their money.
Local Stop & Shop staffers went to Dunkin Donuts Park to hand out Hallow’en goodies to over 3,000 kids and parents on Oct. 27.