Recent Stories

Letter to the Editor

Affordable Housing

|

Appearing on the first page of the March 2022 edition of the Drummer was an article entitled: Granby answers state call for Affordable Housing Plans. The name(s) of the author(s) are missing.

Local Voices

Federal funding for cultivated meat research

|

With China including cultivated meat in its latest five-year agricultural plan, the United States should make sure it isn’t left behind by not investing heavily into cellular-agriculture development.

Town/Govt

Town of Granby Meeting Calendar

|

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.

Local Voices

Affordable housing plan needs a closer look

|

Connecticut’s Section 8 statute has been equitable in providing low-income families with rent and affordable housing. We do not need section 8 30-J or G, Public Act 21-29 (aka House Bill 6107).

College Scholarships

Scholarships

|

Citizens for a Better Granby, Inc., publishers of the Granby Drummer will award a $1,500 college scholarship to a graduating high school senior.

Events

All About the Buzz…

|

Hive you been hankering for a night out with friends? Looking to show off your queen bee costume skills? Does trivia sweeten the honey jar? The 17th (not quite) Annual Gran-Bee flies into view on Friday, April 22, at 6:30 p.m. in the GMHS Auditorium.

Verse

The Forsythia’s Endurance

|

Throughout the long winter months, I’ve waited for spring and for my beloved forsythia to blossom again.

Letter to the Editor

Thank you from Dr. Addley

|

As you may know, after 11 years as the Superintendent of Schools, and 21 years in the district, I will be leaving Granby this summer to assume a new professional opportunity serving as the Superintendent for Darien Public Schools.

Letter to the Editor

Superintendent of Schools search

|

After 21 years of service, including 11 as the Superintendent of Schools, Dr. Alan Addley has informed the board he will be leaving Granby to serve as the Superintendent of Darien Public Schools.

Letter to the Editor

Paper towels: a school’s worst nightmare

|

In many school communities throughout the United States of America, paper towel consumption and wastage is very high. Despite the clear detrimental effects caused by the consumption of paper towels, schools still need to heavily reduce their use of paper towels and other single-use resources.

Letter to the Editor

Community Fund

|

THANK YOU! Once again Granby residents have supported the Granby Community Fund, which in turn supports your neighbors.

School & Sports

Wells Road School principal named

By |

Pauline P. Greer has been named as the new principal of Wells Road Intermediate School, effective July 1. Greer brings 14 years of K-6 teaching and instructional leadership experiences to the district with expertise in literacy and social emotional learning.

Town/Govt

Granby PD earns national accreditation

By |

The Granby Police Department has been awarded national accreditation by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA) at the commission’s recent conference in Huntsville, Ala. This achievement signifies GPD’s commitment to professional excellence.