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School & Sports

National Football Foundation recognizes two GMHS seniors

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By Shirley MurthaRoger Pearl, a member of the Northern Connecticut Chapter of the National Football Foundation, presented Granby Memorial High School seniors Connor Field and Dominic Pagano the foundation’s annual scholar-athlete award on March 31.Made up of administrators, coaches and businessmen, the local committee chooses recipients on the basis of academic achievement, athletic accomplishments and community leadership. Pearl noted that Field and Pagano had received the highest possibl […]

Events

In Town Focus

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​GAA Spring ShowThe Granby Artists Association announces a new spring show of member’s artwork at the Simsbury Library in the downstairs program room and display case, from May 2 through May 31. The library hours are: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 9:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and Sunday 1 to 5 p.m.The public is invited to a reception for the artists on Thursday, May 5 from 6 to 8 p.m. in the program room. This is a free e […]

People

Granby Pharmacy now prescribing, dispensing Narcan

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Narcan, a life-saving drug used in the event of an opioid overdose, can be prescribed by pharmacists. Granby Pharmacy is now prescribing and dispensing Narcan to patrons seeking the drug. Narcan, also known as naloxone, is used in the event of a suspected opioid overdose. Opioids include prescription pain medications and heroin.“This is a great opportunity for pharmacists, the most accessible healthcare professional, to get this lifesaving drug into the hands of people who need it. If I am […]

Fun & Rec

Granby 5K Challenge runs June 19

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The Granby Bear 5K Challenge has become a fun-filled tradition for the Granby community and the Granby Memorial High School Booster Club is looking forward to offering its third annual event. This year’s race takes place on Sunday, June 19, at 9 a.m.  Advertisement for Swim Center at Westminster School The run starts and ends at the GMHS track.  It’s a fun event for the whole family, with a 5K division and also a Kid’s Fun Run after the 5K. This year the […]

History

Exhibit focuses on Granby’s children—photographs, toys and textiles

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By Jean PotetzThe Salmon Brook Historical Society’s 2016 summer exhibit will focus on Granby children featuring photographs of them, the toys they played with and the clothing they wore. In addition, several quilts will be on display including an embroidered red-work quilt that would delight any child. Many of the quilts are from local Granby families.The entry to the Weed-Enders House will feature a large wooden wagon from the Beman family with a framed photograph of its owner, three-year […]

Events

Donate to the American Legion and wear a poppy with pride!

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Shannon Shattuck Post #182 American Legion will hold American Flag and Memorial Day Poppy sales on Saturday, May 21 and 28 at the Granby Geissler’s Supermarket and Stop&Shop from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.The American Legion will also receive, at that time, for proper disposal, old un-serviceble American flags. Sale proceeds help defray the costs involved in the Memorial Day parade and programs and cemetery decorations.  […]

People

​Copper Hill United Methodist Church celebrates 200th birthday

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By Carol GriffinNestled in the valley beneath the shadows of Newgate Prison in East Granby lies a settlement known as Copper Hill. Many recognize the name as a street or golf course, but few realize that in the 1800s the people of the area considered themselves a community. After all, it had its own schoolhouse, railroad line, corner store, church and post office (Copper Hill, Conn.). Perhaps because of its location it was difficult in the winter for the people to travel to the “other side […]

The Arts

A Marquis mom hangs up her(tricorn) hat

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By Lori Catlin GarciaThis is the last Marquis of Granby article I will write for the Granby Drummer. After more than 10 years as a “Marquis Mom,” I will retire from my board position after this year’s Memorial Day parade. As I contemplate my soon-to-be-empty nest, I want to thank every person who ever directed, chaperoned, cooked, sewed, donated funds, or participated in any one of the hundreds of other tasks that have kept the Marquis marching for almost 50 years.Privately funde […]

Town/Govt

DOT presents plan for Five Corners roundabout

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By Shirley MurthaPrincipal engineer for the design unit of the state Department of Transportation, William Britnell, presented an informative view of the DOT’s plan for alleviating the accident situation at the intersection of Rtes. 10/202, East Street and Notch Road. A large turnout of interested residents packed the Senior Center on March 25 to learn about this project.As with the previous DOT presentation on plans to re-design the center intersections, this meeting was held to inform an […]

Verse

GMMS student spells her way to the top will represent Connecticut at National Spelling Bee

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Dwaritha Ramesh, 8th Grade student at GMMS, will represent Connecticut at the Scripps National Spelling Bee in National Harbor, MD in May. Submitted photoDwaritha Ramesh, an eighth-grade student at Granby Memorial Middle School, bested 62 other students from around the state Saturday, March 12 to win the Connecticut Spelling Bee at Quinnipiac University.Ramesh, 14,will represent Connecticut at the 2016 Scripps National Spelling Bee in National Harbor, Maryland in May. The Quinnipiac Univers […]

Events

Valley Brook offers summer camps

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Valley Brook Community Church is offering three camps this summer for children age 4 through 12. All camps are held at Valley Brook’s campus, 160 Granville Road (Route 189), North Granby.

People

Granby Girl Scouts earn Silver Award

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Granby Girl Scouts Lauren Badorek and Amber Tomasino from Troop 66174 have been awarded the Silver Award, the highest award a Girl Scout Cadette can earn. The idea behind this award is to help the community and to make a long lasting impact.

High School Report

How CREC Choice benefits the whole school

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For most students at Granby Memorial High School, the school day begins at about six in the morning. This gives them enough time to eat breakfast, get dressed, and catch their bus, the earliest of which comes around 6:25 a.m. They go to school until 2:20 p.m. and then go right home.

School & Sports

Notes from Board of Ed April 18 Meeting

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 Business Manager’s Report

Business Manager Anna Robbins, presented the March statement of accounts that reports a negative forecast of $251K, which is $97K worse than the prior month. Special education expenditures are projected to be unfavorable at $297K, which is $57K less favorable than last month.

School & Sports

GMMS Honor Roll 3rd Quarter

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Grade 8 High Honors Brian Austin, Lauren Badorek, Alexa Bajek, Alexa Becker, Katherine Benoit, Pearce Boit, Ashley Bristol, Tyler Brown, Griffin Carey, Brianna Cassin, Courtney Cassin, Ashlyn Clapprood, Troy Crockett, Amelia Davis, Kayla Davis, Carly DeMartino, Maeve Dingley, Kylie Downs, Natalie Ehrenwerth, Madison Ellrod, Isabella Garbeck, Eleanor Gies, Andrew Giuliano, Jessica Gnesda, Benjamin Gottsche, Madeline […]

Out of Town

Memorial Day Events

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The 2018 Memorial Day parade and ceremonies, Monday, May 28, marks the 100th anniversary of Memorial Day events in Simsbury. The Simsbury American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars are once again organizing two parades in celebration of Memorial Day.

Out of Town

Music on Windsor Green

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Music can be heard wafting through the center of Windsor from the Broad Street Green on Thursday nights in the summer. Concerts on the Green are a prime example of the Windsor Chamber of Commerce, a non-profit business organization.

Out of Town

Be part of Connecticut Trails Weekend

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As part of the 2018 Connecticut Trails Weekend, the Friends of American Legion, Peoples State Forest and the Barkhamsted Historical Society will host a three-mile educational walk on Saturday, June 2, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. State Representative Bill Simanski will participate and he urges residents to join him. The meeting place will be the Nature Museum off Greenwood Road in Peoples State Forest, about one mile north of Pleasant Valley on East River Road.

Out of Town

New England Air Museum

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Open Cockpit Day

The New England Air Museum will hold an Open Cockpit Day on Father’s Day, Sunday, June 17, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Special activities include climb-aboard experiences in historic aircraft, flight simulators, hands-on Build and Fly Challenges, and much more. A variety of aircraft will be open for visitors including the WWII-era Republic P-47D, the Vietnam War-era Bell UH-1B “Huey” helicopter, as well as supersonic jet fighters including the North American F-100 Super Sabre jet fighter and the Lockheed F-104C Starfighter.

In Town Focus

Memorial Day Parade

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On Monday, May 28, Granby’s Memorial Day parade will start at 10 a.m., on Bank Street and proceed through the center of town up Route 189 to the cemetery led by Parade Marshall James Hall. Veteran/military groups includes the American Legion and the Connecticut Air National Guard, emergency services, scouts, youth sports teams and clubs, and local bands including the Marquis of Granby Fife and Drum Corp and the GMHS band will march.

In Town Focus

Camera Club

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The Granby Camera Club will meet on Monday, June 4, at the Senior Center at 7 p.m. There will be a scavenger hunt first and then photo-taking around the town center. There should be time for ice cream at Grassroots Creamery before returning to the Senior Center by 8:30 to share our best shots.

In Town Focus

Women’s Breakfast

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On Wednesday, June 6, the Granby Women’s Breakfast Group will hear local wildlife conservationist, Jason Hawley, talk on Connecticut Canids: Wolves in Connecticut. Breakfast will start at 8:30 a.m. with the program at 9 a.m. The group meets at the Granby Senior Center.

In Town Focus

MS Support

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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.

In Town Focus

SBHS Events

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The Salmon Brook Historical Society is at 208 Salmon Brook Street. For more information on the following events, please visit www.salmonbrookhistoricalsociety.com

Antique Car Show

Saturday, June 2, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. on the society’s grounds.

In Town Focus

GMMS Performs Just Like Us

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The Granby Performing Arts at Granby Memorial Middle School presents Just Like Us, a play about accepting differences and seeing the best in everyone. There’s a land of Blues and Greens and they are having a hard time getting along until a stranger from the land of Purple arrives and helps them accept their neighbors for who they are.

In Town Focus

Civic Club

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The Granby Civic Club will meet at Lost Acres Orchard on June 21 at 12 p.m. It has been the Club’s tradition to hold the final meeting of the year at the Orchard—partaking of a fabulous farm-to-table luncheon, discussing current events of the town and planning future club activities. The ladies enjoy a great time of food, fun and fellowship as they eat under the apple trees or on the Farm Store porch.

In Town Focus

Shelter Volunteers Needed

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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. If you love cats and have some time to spare please call 860-379-4141 or visit maryskittykorner.org.

In Town Focus

GCC annual golf tournament is June 4

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The Granby Chamber of Commerce and the Bradley Regional Chamber Commerce have set the annual Joseph B. Nilsen Golf Tournament for June 4. The event will be held at Simsbury Farms Golf Course with tee off at 11 a.m.

Registration is open to the public and includes 18 holes of golf, a deluxe dinner buffet, social hour, contests and prizes, and a raffle.