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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.
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.
During these coronavirus times I have been exploring YouTube for documentaries on polar Eskimo culture. This has led to a little reading on the subject as well.
Becker College is proud to announce that Nakiska Vaughan,of Granby, has been named to the Alpha Chi honor society at Becker College. Vaughan is pursuing a degree in veterinary science, pre-veterinary concentration.
A hundred years ago, Granby had the reputation of having the best 4th of July in the Farmington Valley. The town was also famous (or infamous) for the noise and mayhem produced by the “boys” of Granby.
Kelly and Amber, members of the Anderson family in Granby, practice social distancing.
This column has profiled an Invasive Plant of the Month since last October, providing season-specific information about seven damaging invasive plants that proliferate in town. This month covers summer strategies for gaining control over invasive plants and describes some key resources.
Zachary Ziemnicki, a 2016 graduate of GMHS, recently graduated from the University of New Haven with a degree in National Security and Criminal Justice minor.
Employees at the Granby Stop & Shop were treated—two at a time—to an ice cream social in the store’s break room recently.
Round in Common Time is a choral piece written this spring to express love, gratitude and support for the essential workers in the coronavirus pandemic. As a Granby musician and poet, I composed the piece as a song/prayer for those risking their lives to help the rest of us survive.