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MeadowBrook of Granby staff and residents celebrated the 100th birthday of one of their very own residents Florence “Elsie Rowe”. Mrs. Rowe, born January 18, 1918, was showered with balloons and gifts as she celebrated her 100th birthday surrounded by friends and family.
Granby Public Library
Monday, Wednesday and Thursday: 10 a.m. – 8 p.m.
Tuesday: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Friday and Saturday: 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Cossitt Public Library
Tuesday and Thursday: 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. and 3 – 8 p.m.
Saturday: 12 – 5 p.m.
Find us online
Town of Granby (www.granby-ct.gov); also use the links to join us on Facebook and Pinterest. Pre-registration is required for many programs. Call 860-844-5275 (GPL Main Desk); 860-844-5284 (GPL Children); 860-653-8958 (Cossitt); or email gplibrary@granby-ct.gov.
Closing
Both libraries will be closed on Friday, March 30 and Saturday, March 31 for Easter weekend.
The Friends of Granby Public Library (FOGPL) membership year begins April 1. We are already planning the fall used book sale, which promises to be bigger and better than last year’s record breaking event. This is the perfect time to join the Friends in making it all happen.
We often think of older dogs being arthritic and having stiff joints and tense muscles. Cats have the same problems but tend to hide their pain and suffering.
Visitors to the Granby Public Library during the month of February were treated to a special display of paintings compliments of the Painting Study Group — a collection of local artists who meet monthly to discuss techniques, methodology and materials, and to also critique each other’s works. The idea for the showcase came from Pam Jones, who spoke to head librarian Kelly Marscycki for a Valentine’s exhibit, For the Love of Art.
Ashley Puglise, a Girl Scout Cadette, spends a significant amount of time helping her grandparents navigate technology, especially when they run into problems. So when she began thinking about earning her Silver Award, helping other seniors with technology just seemed natural. “Helping Seniors with Technology” will launch on Thursdays, from 4-5 p.m., and Saturdays, from 11-noon, throughout March and into April at the Granby Public Library.
Steve RushinJournalist, Sportswriter; (Sports Illustrated), novelist2005 Sportswriter of the Year(National Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association)Age: 51Tell about your career at Sports Illustrated… Steve Rushin photo by Rebecca Lobo I started working there about 30 years ago as a temporary fact checker. Then in 1991, while in my early 20s, I covered the Stanley Cup Playoffs in Minnesota. Over the years I have written up major league baseball, hockey and ten […]
William Hoadley was visiting the John Hillyer family at 2 Park Place in 1820. He kept a journal and signed it “Vatticus.” One entry concerned a quilting party he attended. The rather bizarre ceremony he described sounds almost pagan. I told this tale to a large number of quilters and no one ever heard of this. However, a quilting book with newspaper clippings from the early 1800s tells about similar ceremonies — all involving much kissing and dancing. It seems to be a way to ha […]
Ten local artists who form the Painting Study Group, will be exhibiting oil, watercolor, acrylic and pastel paintings from Feb. 1 through 28 in the library’s main reading room during regular library hours. Members include Carole Day, Dorothy Dumond, Carole Hartwell, Pam Jones, Suzanne Roz Magoon, Sally Sargent Markey, Rosemarie Mendes, Frances Miller, Marian Rowles and John Walker. The Painting Study Group was formed in 2011 by a group of like-minded painters. The group meets r […]
Granby Memorial High School Performing Arts is excited to announce the spring musical, Fiddler On The Roof, in cooperation with Music Theater International.Fiddler On The Roof tells the life-affirming story of Tevye, a poor milkman whose love, pride and faith help him face the oppression of turn-of-the-century czarist Russia. With music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, and book by Joseph Stein, it is set in the Pale of Settlement&nb […]
Valley Pre-School, celebrating 70 years of educating young children in Granby and surrounding communities, hosted its first Grandparents Day on Oct. 25 and 26.
Area residents will flock to Good Company Theater’s production of HONK! JR., a contemporary and comic re-telling of Hans Christian Anderson’s The Ugly Duckling.
For the month of December, the Friends of Granby Public Library will have books and DVDs for gift giving this holiday season. There will be a number of items for children and adults with a variety of different areas of interest.
Students of the Windy Hill Guitar Studio of Granby will present a program of music of the English Renaissance, the German Baroque, and traditional Latin American and Celtic folk music, on Thursday, Dec. 6, at 6:30 p.m. at the Granby Public Library.
The Farmington Valley Chorale with Ellen Gilson Voth, artistic director, will perform excerpts from Johann Sebastian Bach’s Christmas Oratorio (Weihnachts-Oratorium) in two December concerts in Granby. The oratorio relates the Christmas story in dramatic style and contains many familiar themes that have been used by other composers in Christmas music settings.
Salmon Brook Veterinary Hospital will be holding its sixth annual pet food drive on Saturday, Dec. 15, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., collecting dog and cat food as well as monetary donations.
For more information and directions to the museum, please visit neam.org or call 860-623-3305.
McLean Home Care and Hospice was named to the Top 500 of the 2018 HomeCare Elite, a recognition of topperforming home health agencies in the United States. For 13 years, HomeCare Elite annually identifies the top 25 percent of agencies and highlights the top 100 and top 500 agencies overall.
Dennis Sullivan spoke with Granby women at the Nov. 7 breakfast meeting. Sullivan also signed copies of his book, North End Memories of Hartford.
Manchester Community College Foundation awarded $217,000 in scholarship funding to more than 330 students for the 2018-19 academic year. MCC Foundation gives hundreds of deserving students the opportunity to achieve their academic dreams through the scholarship program.
Afternoon at the Movies
Every Wednesday at 1 p.m., enjoy free popcorn. Nov.
Attendees at the Granby Women’s Breakfast, Wednesday, Dec. 5, will be entertained by Choral Voices from Granby Memorial High School with director Mindy Shilansky.
Bring your children and join us for a fun morning exploring the magic of Valley Pre-School, 219 North Granby Road, on Saturday, Jan. 19, 9–11 a.m. (snow date Jan.
The Granby Camera Club will meet on Monday, Dec. 4, at the Granby Senior Center at 7 p.m. For this meeting we will share our interesting camera equipment and also plan to have a local camera store join us to let us know what is new and available for our cameras.
Mary’s Kitty Korner, Granby’s no-kill cat shelter, is looking for volunteers to help care for its kitties until they find their furever homes. If you love cats and have time on a weekday morning or evening or a weekend morning or afternoon the shelter would love to hear from you.
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.
The Granby Civic Club will meet Thursday, Dec. 20, at 1 p.m. in the main room of the Senior Center.
First Congregational Church invites friends and neighbors for a family-friendly Christmas jam session on Sunday, Dec. 16, 7 p.m.
