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The invitation design contest winners for the 2022 Granby Parents for a Safe Graduation grad party recipients from left: ART CAS leader Hollie Hecht, first place winner Erin Panella-Malley, second place winner Travis Jude Green, third place winner Emma Hansen.
Africa Education Partnership (AEP), a 501(c)3 non-profit organization serving communities in Nigeria, felt the sting of the global pandemic along with thousands of other organizations. A benefit concert scheduled in late March 2020 was cancelled as the country shut down and regrouped.
Drop-in Construction Zone: Every Tuesday in July, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. in the main conference room. For ages 4-12 years with caregiver. Drop-in and explore the building stations.
Mary’s Place, A Center for Grieving Children and Families, held its ninth annual Memory Walk, on May 15 at Northwest Park in Windsor.
Membership in the Salmon Brook Historical Society, 208 Salmon Brook Street, offers many benefits including free tours, newsletters, annual dinner in April, Christmas house tour and Wassail party in December and the opportunity to learn and help preserve Granby history.
Independence Day: Monday, July 4, is a holiday for Paine’s. All trash pickups will be delayed by one day for that week.
Registration is required for many of the library’s programs. To register, follow the links on the library’s website, granby-ct.gov/library, or call the library at 860-844-5275. To learn more about upcoming programs, sign up for the library’s monthly eNewsletter in person, on the website or by phone.
Granby American Legion Post #182 joined with Riverton Grange #169 for its Third Annual American Flag Retirement Ceremony recently with almost 30 participants aged 9 to 92 participating. This solemn ceremony, authorized by U.S. code title 36, section 176, states, “The Flag, when it is in such condition that it is no longer a fitting emblem for display, should be destroyed in a dignified way, preferably by burning.”
Hobbs, Ernest “Joe” John, 96, husband of the late Elizabeth “Betty” Joyce Hobbs, May 1
Summer Sunset Concerts are returning to Salmon Brook Park for three consecutive Saturday afternoons in July.
Eliza Floran will present “From Grassroots Ice Cream to Deep Roots Street Food in Granby” to the Granby Women’s Breakfast Group on Wednesday, Feb. 5, at the Senior Center.
Mary’s Kitty Korner, Granby’s no-kill cat shelter, is looking for volunteers to help care for its kitties until they find “fur-ever” homes. If you love cats and have time to spare on a weekday morning or evening or on a weekend morning or afternoon contact the shelter at 860-379-4141 or through maryskittykorner.org.
Pilgrim Covenant Church, 605 Salmon Brook St., will hold a Swedish pancake breakfast and Scandanavian bake sale on Saturday, March 7, 8–10 a.m. Come for pancakes, lingonberries, bacon, sausage and fellowship. Cost is a free-will donation; proceeds benefit an upcoming mission trip.
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.
The annual Valley Pre-School Sale tag sale is Saturday, March 28, 8:30 a.m.–1 p.m. at First Church, North Granby Road. Early Bird access to sales from 8 to 8:30 a.m. is $10.
The Salmon Brook Historical Society has a big year ahead marking its 75th anniversary. Members encourage everyone to come celebrate with us at various events this year and, as always, tours are offered every Sunday from 2 to 4 p.m. starting Memorial Day.
Lots of pollworkers will be needed for the April 27 annual Granby budget referendum and April 28 presidential preference primary, as well as the Aug. 11 federal primary and for the presidential election Nov.
Donate your car, truck or van and help raise funds for a local private school. Free, fast, tow away.
February is National Pet Health Dental Month, which helps raise awareness that the number one health issue in our pets is periodontal disease. According to the American Veterinary Dental Society, 80 percent of dogs and 70 percent of cats will develop dental disease by the age of three.
Ginny Apple, a Master Wildlife Conservationist and volunteer for the department of environmental protection, presented a very interesting program on bobcats in Connecticut at the Jan. 8 Women’s Breakfast held at the Senior Center.
The Bruce Porter Memorial Music Series welcomes CitySingers of Hartford as they return with their Celtic Fire! program on Sunday, March 1 at 4 p.m., at South Congregational Church, 242 Salmon Brook St.
In an effort to raise awareness about Granby’s hiking trails and open spaces, the Conservation Commission will be challenging the public to a scavenger hunt event through the fall of this year.
I hope everyone had a happy and healthy holiday season and that 2020 is off to a good start for you. I have been enjoying trying some new recipes and making some old favorites.
Presidents’ Day (Feb. 17) is not a trash holiday. Please put trash out on regularly scheduled day. Stay tuned—Like us on the DPW Facebook page, Granby CT Department of Public Works.
BMarquis of Granby Ancient Jr. Fyfe and Drum Corps held its annual banquet on Jan. 11 at Cook Hall, First Congregational Church.
It’s a guy thing. We turn everything into a no-holds-barred, winner-take-all affair.
Salmon Brook Veterinary Hospital’s seventh annual pet food drive was a huge success. Thanks to community generosity, it collected 2,859.7 lbs. of dry cat and dog food along with 2,323 cans.
Based out of Brooklyn, N.Y,, Andrea Asprelli is a multi-instrumentalist, singer and songwriter. She has released two albums of original music as the front woman and songwriter for Cricket Tell the Weather, alumni winners of the FreshGrass Award.
Happy New Year from the Granby Education Foundation. 2019 was a busy year for GEF as it continues to support innovative educational and arts programs throughout the community.