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Highlights from the meeting held on October 3rd, 2022
State Law requires all municipalities to conduct a revaluation of all properties every five years so that all properties can reflect their current market value. Granby’s last Revaluation was completed in 2017. The Assessor’s Office has been engaged in the process to complete the 2022 Revaluation over the last 18 months.
The Town of Granby is governed by charter, carried out by a board of selectmen and a town manager as established in 1960.
The Granby Grunts Robotics Team showed off the versatility of #3146 at the September Men’s Breakfast meeting.
Please be advised that the statement that I made to the Board of Selectmen on September 6 was incorrect.
When did we start believing that the two major political parties—vehicles designed to hoard power—get to dictate our values? Weren’t values supposed to be determined by our local communities, through culture, civics and spiritual life?
Farmington Valley Quilters is sponsoring the second Connecticut Hang-A-Quilt Day on Saturday, June 20, with a rain date of Sunday, June 21. This free outdoor quilt exhibit will showcase the art and beauty of quilting.
The Granby Public Library continues to offer many of its services, including programming, reference help, and circulation, even though the buildings are closed to the public until further notice.
Foxfield F.A.R.M. (For A Recovery Mission) Foundation is proud to announce that Mark W. Anderson has joined its advisory board.
The Friends of the Granby Public Library have researched whether donations for the Used Book Sale can begin as normal on June 1.
To gain party affiliation, you can go online and fill out a voter registration card and check the box marked “party enrollment change”
Noah Goddard was named to the dean’s list at Westfield State University for the fall 2019 semester. Goddard is a communications major.
Where there is a will, there is a way. Adjusting to the new normal, the Marquis of Granby Ancient Junior Fyfe and Drum Corps has been marching on.
The historic houses in Granby have sheltered many prominent individuals, but none more so than those along Salmon Brook Street. As you drive south past the center green, you’ll notice a large American Gothic-style house on your right.
On May 15 the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) honored Dr. Harry Werner of North Granby, as the winner of the 2020 AVMA Animal Welfare Award.
Sometimes in history two seemingly unrelated events will fit together to solve a puzzle—and also add another fascinating footnote to the history of Granby.
The Sylvia Davis Patricelli Fine Arts Scholarship Non-Profit Foundation has made a donation to the Oak Hill School Special Education Art Department, which will be used to purchase a variety of materials to provide inspiration and creative stimulus to students who find imagination a constructive part of their therapy program.
During the coronavirus pandemic our health concerns, for ourselves and our loved ones, have been at the top of our minds. But financial worries have been there, too, both for people whose employment has been affected and for investors anxious about the volatile financial markets.
As we are growing up, our fathers teach us many things and give us the love of their hearts. On Father’s Day we remember them and thank them for all the ways they have made us who we are today.
Eric Clapprood, long-time Granby resident and principal at Deloitte Consulting, LLP, is the new board chair for the YMCA Greater Hartford. The YMCA is excited to have Clapprood in this new role and look forward to the dynamic and innovative leadership he will bring to the organization.
A household hazardous waste collection is scheduled for Saturday, June 13, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Simsbury DPW facility, 66 Town Forest Road, Simsbury.
Even with the windows down a bit, your car’s temperature can climb to dangerous levels in just a few minutes, causing your pet to suffer heat stroke.
Memorial Day, as we traditionally celebrate it, was cancelled by COVID-19. This year the pomp and circumstance, parade, community picnic and concerts on the green were absent but our gratitude for those who served and gave their lives has not diminished.
It is a special time, this day when we remember. The sun shines, the flags fly. Parades march down every town’s main street.
