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The Granby Racial Reconciliation (GRR) Board of Directors would like to clarify a March 2022 Drummer article submitted by one of its task teams.
This past January, I had the misfortune of falling in my home early one evening. This was not my first fall at home and each occasion has resulted in a 911 call to secure assistance in getting back up.
To the many staff, volunteers and workers who make The Granby Drummer possible, my mother Shirley Hahn and I extend our heartfelt thanks for all you do to make the Drummer possible.
As mask mandates decrease and we hear less discussion surrounding the Covid-19 pandemic, there is a false sense that all is well—for everyone.
Check Town of Granby website or call Town Manager’s office to verify date, time, location, and get information on how to participate on Zoom, if needed.
Granby’s recently appointed Town Manager, Erica Robertson, wrote in the March edition of the Drummer: “My staff and I will have a road map for getting Granby to where we want to be in the future.” I understand that there has been some controversy on social media as to what was meant by Robertson’s statement.
The Connecticut Department of Revenue Services (DRS) has announced the 2022 Connecticut Neighborhood Assistance Act Program Proposal. This program provides tax credits to businesses that make cash investments in qualifying community nonprofit programs.
Meeting highlights for the meeting held on March 2nd, 2022
April was an exciting month for the Granby Public Schools. Our students and staff continue to make the community proud of our school district.
On Nov. 10, 2021, Governor Ned Lamont and Connecticut Education Commissioner, Charlene Russell-Tucker, announced the launch of Voice4Change, an initiative designed to give high school students a voice in how American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary Schools Emergency Relief funds may be spent at their schools.
The Granby Camera club is hosting Photographer/Artist Mark Battista at its Oct. 7 meeting. His presentation will cover Still Life Photography and Compositional Concepts.
It is fall in New England, and Granby offers some of the best open space hikes around; the Town’s own Holcomb Farm is one of them. The Friends’ Stewardship volunteers have been busy mowing the east field, maintaining walking paths, planting and labeling trees, installing eight new interpretive signs, installing new boardwalks over muddy areas, and rehabbing the South East Field.
Purple Loosestrife – Lythrum salicaria —is October’s Invasive of the Month. Here is how to identify it, and what to do about it.
The Sylvia Davis Patricelli Fine Arts Foundation, a sponsor of a Granby high school scholarship for a graduating student pursuing a post-secondary education in the creative arts since 2018, is now recognized as an IRS 501c3 charity.
The polls will be open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. for the Municipal Election on Tuesday, Nov. 5.
The Salmon Brook Historical Society’s always popular Fall Flea Market is scheduled for Saturday, Oct 19.
Please join the Registrars on Tuesday, Oct. 8 at 2 p.m. to learn all about the joys of helping democracy happen here in Granby.
Foxfield F.A.R.M.’s groundwork equine therapy program to overcome the issues related to PTSD and related mental health issues has been chosen to be the leading and featured program through a new website—VetConnect.
Africa Education Partnership (AEP), a 501(C)3 organization, welcomes Bishop Markus and Mrs. Nana Dogo to speak at the Gathering Room, Park House, Salmon Brook Park, on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 7—9 p.m.
On Nov. 8, 2019, the special services department of the Granby Public Schools will destroy all special education and related records of students no longer enrolled in the school system for a time period of six years or greater.
Please visit granby-ct.gov/senior-services or check the Center Life Newsletter for a complete listing of health services, support groups, clubs and ongoing activities. To register for a program please call 860-844-5352.
The Granby Senior Center offers a variety of affordable exercise classes throughout the week for anyone 25 and older. Intensity levels range from house cat to cheetah.
The Farmington River Quilt Project is an inspiring and creative undertaking by dozens of quilters. The culmination of their effort is a 50-foot long quilt representing 25 locations on the Wild and Scenic Farmington River.
As part of his visit to Hartford Area Habitat for Humanity to celebrate its 30th year, and in recognition of Granby hosting Hartford Habitat’s first rural build in 2016, Clive Rainey, Habitat’s very first volunteer,will be speaking at First Congregational Church on Sunday morning Nov. 3.
Poet Kate Rushin and the Nat Reeves Jazz Quartet will open the 2019-2020 season of the Bruce Porter Memorial Music Series at 4 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 20 at South Congregational Church, 242 Salmon Brook St.
Diabetes is a fairly common problem in cats. Some pet owners are daunted by the thought of managing this complex disease.
