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On Oct. 15 and 16, Granby Artists Open Studios Tour invites visitors to artists’ studios to meet the artists, watch demonstrations and find art and gifts.
Granby 4-H sign-up night is scheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 5 at the Holcomb Farm Workshop.
Granby Racial Reconciliation (GRR) is facilitating a docent-led tour of the New Britain Museum of American Art’s 30 Americans on Sunday, Oct. 23 at 1 p.m.
In the last two years, many nonprofit organizations in town have celebrated anniversary milestones.
What could cause a person to leave retirement and return to work? “I had no plans to come out of retirement,” marvels Pastor Matt Marzluft, the new Senior Pastor of Pilgrim Covenant Church (PCC) in Granby. “But I felt a genuine call from God.”
For the past two years the Salmon Brook Historical Society has been restoring the Captain Sadoce Wilcox House and Lyman Wilcox Barn in West Granby.
For many years, the first Sunday in October was a big day in Granby—the day of the Cossitt Library Fair.
The Granby UNICO Club will present a night of comedy on Saturday, Oct. 22 at Manitook Lake Hall, 70 Lakeside Drive.
This narrative is unlike the usual Drummer article which imparts information and meaning. Using amalgams of words and of expressions in current use, the narrative is meant to amuse.
The focus of the Social Services 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.
Historic Sites of Connecticut’s Farmington Valley Bus Tour
Join us Friday, March 13, at the Granby Senior Center. March’s presenter will be Barkhamstead’s Phil Prelli, National Grange Executive Committee Chair.
The Granby Camera Club will meet on Monday, March 2, at the Granby Senior Center at 7 p.m. The program will be a travel program.
Mary’s Kitty Korner, Granby’s no-kill cat shelter, is looking for volunteers to help care for its kitties until they find their “fur-ever” homes.
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.
On Wednesday, March 4, the Granby Women’s Breakfast Club welcomes Connor Hogan, Director of McLean’s Game Refuge, to talk about Predator and Prey Relationships at the refuge.
The Granby Civic Club will meet on Thursday, March 19, at 1 p.m., at the Senior Center, to share thoughts and remembrances of a dear member, Lila Innes, who recently departed life on earth for heavenly places.
The Salmon Brook Music Series presents singer songwriter David Mallett on Saturday, March 14, at South Church, 242 Salmon Brook St. The cool breezes of Maine’s northlands have flowed through the songs of David Mallett for more than four decades.
A Cossitt History: Tuesday, March 3, 6:30–7:30 p.m., (snow date March 10) at Cossitt Branch. F. H. Cossitt Library is one of two library branches serving Granby.
Potluck and Author Talk with Dorie Greenspan: Monday, March 9, 6 p.m. Greenspan is the author of 13 cook books, including one with the late chef and PBS host Julia Childs.
My husband and I are the third generation to work on his family farm. My father-in-law detailed income and expenses out on a piece of paper at the kitchen table when we talked about taking over, but it has taken us 15 years to get to a comfortable spot in our farm finances and will take us years more to create something that we want to hand down to our kids.
When we took over the farm, our goal was to have the farm “pay for itself.” My husband had the off-farm job that would support our family expenses.
After a planned hiatus, The Brewery at Maple View Farm will open on March 7 with fresh beer and live music. With a successful year under its belt, The Brewery is ready for 2020.
The Town of Granby has a wealth of history and a number of notable treasures for residents and visitors to enjoy.
Taylor Nowak was named to Worcester Polytechnic Institute’s fall 2019 dean’s list.
Whenever you see or feel a mass on your dog it is important to have it checked out by a veterinarian. The most common tumor on older dogs is called a lipoma or fatty tumor.
William Moomaw, Ph.D., a lead author of the 2007 Nobel-Peace-Prize-winning report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) will discuss the ways that we in New England, can help mitigate climate change.
Garlic mustard is a small green invasive plant with leaves that smell like garlic when crushed. It’s an unusual invasive because almost anyone, regardless of age, ability or tool readiness, can pull garlic mustard plants.
Adult Rec basketball
Monday and Tuesdays, 7–9 p.m., at the high school. Pick-up games for two hours for those ages 18 and up.
Granby Memorial High School Performing Arts will be presenting Mamma Mia!, Friday, March 13, and Saturday, March 14, at 7 p.m., and Sunday, March 15, at 2 p.m.
The Painting Study Group, a group of 10 Granby artists, will exhibit its oil, watercolor, acrylic and pastel paintings with the theme “For the Love of Art” from March 2 through 30 in the Simsbury Library’s Program Room during regular library hours.