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In Town Focus

In Town Focus

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Salmon Brook Historical Society news, Wildflower Meadow Plant-In, Camera Club, and more

Browse & Borrow

Browse & Borrow

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Registration is required for many of the library’s programs. To register, follow the links on the library’s website or call the library. To learn more about upcoming programs, sign up for the library’s monthly eNewsletter in person, on the website or by phone.

People

Burkentine will sponsor Granby Road Race through 2024

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Burkentine, the developer of Station 280, and the Farmington Valley YMCA celebrated the 8:30 a.m. start of the Granby Road Race with a $5,000 sponsorship check presentation to Brian Liss, executive director of the Farmington Valley YMCA.

Drumrolls

In Memory Of…

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Berard, Jeffrey Albert, 67, long-time friend and companion of Heather Frost, April 11

History

High school history lesson

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On graduation day, high school seniors receive their diplomas and head off to college or the workforce. Each high school diploma has three signatures: the superintendent, the principal and the chairperson of the Board of Education. For some Granby graduates, those signatures will look familiar because many had a parent serve as the chairperson of the board, including myself.

People

Granby welcomes Dr. Shannon Wilson

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Even as a child, Shannon Wilson knew she wanted to work with animals. As she passed through her school years, she discovered a passion for science. Veterinary medicine was an easy choice—a career in which she could pursue both.

Town/Govt

A look back: The Granby Drummer: 1970–2019

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In the late 1960s, CPPAC* didn’t exist; there was no financial model to predict and prepare for capital expenditures or taxes. Granby’s population was booming, and the schools weren’t keeping pace. Granby Memorial High School was overcrowded and on the brink of losing accreditation, mainly because of a lack of classrooms and support infrastructure.

Town/Govt

Mill rates and such – How do we stand?

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Occasionally the question arises on how Granby compares to other towns in Connecticut and what factors affect the mill rate. This is the rate per thousand dollars of assessed value in real estate, motor vehicles, and business personal property.

Letter to the Editor

Ban glyphosate

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The town is once again spraying glyphosate (Roundup) in Salmon Brook Park and throughout the Town Hall complex. Glyphosate is a known carcinogen and in August 2017 the Board of Selectmen placed a moratorium on the use of glyphosate until a committee was established to investigate the herbicide and make a recommendation on its use. 

In April 2018 the Herbicide Committee concluded that the town should ban its use by the town.

Letter to the Editor

Kearns Community Center

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I’m a freelance writer and the mother of one small child. My husband provides much of the childcare, but he has a job as well, and often I find myself torn between the demands of work and the need to take my son out so he can play with other children.

Letter to the Editor

Support for BOS candidate

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In our Nov. 5 local election, I am voting for Jim Lofink, a Democrat who has been on the Board of Selectman for several years. I hope you do too.

Town/Govt

Granby Food Bank

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Donations may be dropped off at the Shed at Food Bank site on Salmon Brook St., Stop & Shop, Geissler’s, FV-YMCA, and Granby Senior Center.

Town/Govt

Tsaptsinos to fill Bischoff vacancy on BOF

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At the special meeting on Sept. 5, the Granby Republican Town Committee selected James Tsaptsinos to fill a vacancy on the Board of Finance. The vacancy was created by the passing of Gordon Bischoff whose term was to run through 2021.

School & Sports

2019 Granby Memorial High School Homecoming Oct. 24-26

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The 2019 Granby Memorial High School Homecoming, sponsored by the GMHS Athletic Booster Club, is set to begin on Thursday, Oct. 24. Plans are underway so that students, families and the entire community will witness some of the most exciting competitions of the high school fall sports season

The Arts

Salmon Brook Music Series features folk/rock artist Susan Werner

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Susan Werner has made a name for herself coast to coast. From her 1995 major label folk/rock debut Last of the Good Straight Girls to her 2007 collection of agnostic gospel hymns The Gospel Truth to her 2017 travelogue An American In Havana, Werner writes ambitious concept albums with subject matter and sounds to match.

Verse

Fall Thoughts

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Even though Fall’s great Beauty may be touched with poignancy, we must partake of it with fullness of heart.

Town/Govt

A look back: The first issue of the Granby Drummer

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Once the high school building project was settled, the newly formed Citizens for a Better Granby started work on the first edition of The Granby Drummer. For the first time since its adoption, the town charter was being revised by a BOS-appointed commission and was scheduled for a referendum in November of 1970.