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There were 13 student-athletes from Granby Memorial High School who received All-Conference and/or All-State recognition for their outstanding performances during the 2025 spring season.
Granby students Marcus Ivanynyuk and Emma Pagliaro recently participated in Rotary Youth Leadership Award (RYLA) training at Springfield College. Seventy-five students throughout Northern Connecticut and western Massachusetts attended.
Quaren Joyce (left) received $1,000 from the Sylvia Davis Patricelli Foundation, an annual presentation to a student in the visual arts department at CREC Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts.
The Simsbury-Granby Rotary Club recently awarded $24,000 in college and vocational school scholarships to deserving Granby and Simsbury high school graduates.
The Granby Lions awarded three scholarships at the June 3 Granby Memorial High School Senior Awards Night.
The Granby Memorial High School dramatic arts program closed out its 2024–25 season with a standing ovation, earning an impressive 15 nominations and two wins at the prestigious Connecticut Halo Awards.
Each year, the Granby Men’s Golf League (GMGL) awards scholarships to Granby high school seniors who are student-athletes or who intend to pursue a career in an athletics-related field.
Nestled into the ground floor of Granby’s historic F.H. Cossitt Library is a makerspace built for the community. From laser cutting and 3D printing to a digitization station, this open workspace features a variety of high-tech equipment to bring creative ideas to life.
Please visit granby-ct.gov/senior-services or check your Center Life Newsletter for a complete listing of health services, support groups, clubs and ongoing activities.
Glenna Ann Hadden (Banta), born April 10, 1933, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, June 10, 2025, at the age of 92 after a short illness.
The Friends of Holcomb Farm learned that Auer Farm in Bloomfield might need items for its new Discovery barn, so we invited them to come and take whatever they could put to good use.
A while back I was looking to get more involved in the community, to find a way to lend a helping hand, and I knew there were many great options. This town is full of generous, giving people and organizations that reach out to help others, but it can be a bit overwhelming to know where to start.
It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Audrey M. Phelps beloved Wife, Mother, Grandmother, Great Grandmother, and Friend, of West Suffield, CT who peacefully passed away at home on January 22, 2025 at the age of 89.
For decades, the Cooley Schoolhouse sat quietly on the Clark family property, a relic of a bygone era when one-room schoolhouses were the heart of local education. Weathered by time in history, the building had a second chance. That chance came on August 26, 1980, when a determined community effort brought the schoolhouse to its new home at the Salmon Brook Historical Society, ensuring its legacy would live on.
Registration is required for all library programs unless otherwise indicated. To register, visit granby-ct.gov/Library, and click on “Register for a Program” or call the library at 860-844-5275. To learn more about upcoming programs, sign up for the library’s monthly eNewsletter. For the most updated information on dates and programs, refer to the library’s online calendar.
“I don’t travel a great deal but this was definitely one of my favorite trips.” So began Jennifer Jalbert’s narrative about her and her husband’s 2024 trip to Iceland. Coincidentally, Suzanne Scarcella and her husband had visited Iceland one year earlier in 2023.
Graduating high school seniors who are permanent residents of Granby, are invited to apply for the 2025 Granby Artists Association Annual Scholarship. The scholarship is a cash award of $1,000 given to a student with higher artistic skill to be utilized toward upcoming college expenses.
In a heartwarming display of community spirit and creativity, four local artisans—Jane Furca, Tracy Marlor, Linda Yurasevecz and Avis Cherichetti—visited a local Girl Scout meeting last week to teach the girls how to create unique clay pieces. From bowls to small sculptures, the girls spent the afternoon discovering the art of pottery in a hands-on workshop that encouraged both creativity and teamwork.
As reported in last month’s Drummer, USA Waste and Recycling is now working in partnership with Paine’s Inc. to provide municipal trash and recycling service to the residents of Granby.
The Granby Stop & Shop teamed up with customers in a friendly competition to see which donation cart win: the Eagles or the Chiefs.
On Saturday, Jan. 18, 46 Girl Scouts held a Girl-Powered Pinewood Derby in the East Granby Community/Senior Center showcasing their creativity and competitive spirit. The girls were given a race car kit and encouraged to customize it however they pleased. Cars ranged from glittery fuchsia to a mouse atop a cheese wedge.
It was early February, just after a light, fluffy snowfall, but I was already thinking spring! Two of my favorite late-winter events triggered such sunny thoughts.
Mama’s Moments is a monthly gathering for mothers and their children up to age 8 to get together to share life with others, play together, pray, and participate in community projects. It takes place on the first Saturday of the month and runs from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. at Valley Brook Community Church.
Here we are at the culmination of our five-part series. We started with Granby’s Congregational church life and added the Connecticut River Valley’s Great Awakening, plus the church’s harsh response. This awakening moved to the Southern colonies, resulting in yet harsher persecution by the Episcopal Church of Virginia. Madison and Jefferson were instrumental in the Virginia Declaration of Rights in 1776, but how did their religious freedom idea get to be the First Amendment to the Constitution in 1789, 13 years later?
When did it happen? I surely don’t know
But honestly it distresses me so.
I look in the mirror and what do I see?
Certainly no one that looks like me!
Susan Regan, host of CT Valley Views recently spoke with Dr. Jane Anderson, a career pediatrician and board member of the American College of Pediatricians.
A hardy group of hikers braved single-digit temperatures on Martin Luther King Day to enjoy the beauty of the GLT’s Mary Edwards Mountain Property together.
On Jan. 23 the Connecticut Siting Council approved an application by Key Capture Energy (KCE CT 11, LLC) to build a 4.99-megawatt lithium-ion battery energy storage facility (BESS) at 100 Salmon Brook Street.
Jan. 1 marks the halfway point in the FY25 budget. It’s time to look back at our projections and look forward to the end of the budget year. It is also time to present the Plus One FY26 Budget Forecast to project into the following year.