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Photos by Flo Bischoff, Megan Garbutt and Shirley Murtha
On May 22, First Congregational Church and South Congregational Church voted overwhelmingly to reunite, forming one United Church of Christ (UCC) congregation in Granby
The Farmington Valley Visiting Nurse Association has announced that Nancy A. Scheetz, agency CEO, has been chosen as the Simsbury Chamber of Commerce Business Leader of the Year 2022. The designation is particularly significant as it is the first time a woman business leader has been recognized.
Nutmeg Senior Rides provides affordable, door-through-door, personal transportation for people 50 and older and adults with visual impairments.
After months and months of hard work in the “off” season, our amazing Farm Crew was excited to open the Farm Store to the public on June 14, and to welcome Summer 2022 CSA members to the farm.
The Holcomb Tree Trail is a small arboretum on the Town-owned, 312-acre Holcomb Farm in West Granby. Volunteers planted its first 16 trees in October 2018. Some of those trees, including a Princeton Elm, are now more than 15 feet tall. Planting has continued, with the total plantings now numbering about 80 trees. One of the design principles has been to plant trees with spring blooms or fall color—or both.
“At last came the golden month of the wild folk—honey-sweet May, when the birds come back, and the flowers come out, and the air is full of the sunrise scents and songs of the dawning year.”
— Samuel Scoville Jr.
Several people showed up to plant wildflower plugs in the meadow across from Maple View Farm on Salmon Brook Street.
Both major parties will hold primaries on Aug. 9.
A vaping panel will be held Dec. 3 with Connecticut State Representative Tami Zawistowski, who will be joined by Granby community panelists from school, police, youth services and public health.
Winter storms and snow removal can be a challenge for all Granby residents. DPW does its best to keep the roads passable and safe.
The Democratic Town Committee is currently seeking residents interested in filling two vacancies in town government. Due to election results, there are openings as Alternates on both the Planning and Zoning Commission and the Zoning Board of Appeals.
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.
