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Date: Sept 23-25, 2016Location: Holcomb Farm, Granby, CTThe Friends of Granby Public Library hold its annual used book sale in late September. The organization collects gently used books and learning toys throughout the year to sell at this popular event. Proceeds benefit Granby Library activities.For more information, visit the Town of Granby Website […]
Date: September 10, 2016Time: 10 am – 4 pm Location: Granby, CT Granby Open Farm Day offers a glimpse behind the scenes at several farms in Granby, Connecticut: See the fields where your food grows and the facilities where milk turns into cheese. Watch a horse-training clinic and a sheep shearing demonstration. Take a wagon ride, taste a new wine or the first apples of the season, try out spinning some wool, or take your photo on a tractor. Experience the variety of agriculture in G […]
Congratulations to the Granby Memorial High School Class of 2016. […]
By Polina R. CrottyAnother full summer is in store for Marquis of Granby Ancient Junior Fyfe and Drum Corps. The corps has already participated in a flurry of events including the Granby Little League Opening Day parade at the end of April, the North Haven, Enfield and Simsbury Memorial Day parades and, most recently, the Gaspee Days celebration in Rhode Island. Marquis of Granby marched in the Gaspee Days celebration in Rhode Island. Photos by Kent McCord We all missed Granby’s own […]
By Deborah CareyThe Farmington Valley Chorale invites all singers to join its members in an open Sing In of choruses from Mendelssohn’s great oratorio, Elijah, on Sunday, August 14, at 3-5 p.m. The 100-member chorale, under the direction of Dr. Ellen Gilson Voth, is beginning preparations for a Spring 2017 performance of Elijah. “This is an exciting way for us to kick off our Elijah year,” said Chorale President, Lorna Wright. “We hope that the opportunity to perform this […]
The West Granby United Methodist Church is hosting its Annual Blueberry Pie Supper on Saturday, July 23. Sittings are at 5 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. at the church, 87 Simsbury Road in West Granby. The menu includes delicious ham, turkey, potato salad, cabbage salad, baked beans, dinner rolls and, of course, its famous blueberry pie with real whipped cream. Please call 860-653-2449 or 860-653-8045 to make your reservations. Tickets for adults are $14; children 6–12 are $7, and child […]
By Kathleen MackThe Friends of Granby Public Library (FOGPL) will gladly accept your “gently loved” books, CDs, DVDs, puzzles, games, toys and other book-related items for the 34th Annual FOGPL Used-Book Sale. From June 6 – August 13, all items may be dropped off at three convenient locations: Granby Public Library, Farmington Valley YMCA and Geisslers’s Supermarket. Please note that if you are bringing your items to the YMCA, Granby Public Library or Geissler’s Supermarket, do […]
by Shirley MurthaPrior to the Board of Selectmen meeting on June 6, several Granby residents were recognized for outstanding service to the town. First up were the Community Service Awards, which are based on nominations by residents and selected by a committee of representatives from the Drummer, GCTV and Selectman Mark Neumann.This year, there were two outstanding individuals who received the award. Cheryl Wickham was recognized for her contributions as a hospice volunteer for the Farmington V […]
By Kathleen MackThe Friends of Granby Public Library (FOGPL) will gladly accept your “gently loved” books, CDs, DVDs, puzzles, games, toys and other book-related items for the 34th Annual FOGPL Used-Book Sale. From June 6 – August 13, all items may be dropped off at three convenient locations: Granby Public Library, Farmington Valley YMCA and Geisslers’s Supermarket. Please note that if you are bringing your items to the YMCA, Granby Public Library or Geissler’s Supermarket, do […]
1921 – 2016Glidden Doman, a pioneer in the design of helicopters and wind turbines, passed away June 6.Born in Syracuse, New York, in 1921, he came from a family of inventors and entrepreneurs. He majored in aeronautical engineering at the University of Michigan, and after hearing Igor Sikorsky speak at a Society of Automotive Engineers meeting he became interested in helicopter rotors. In 1943, Doman went to work for Sikorsky in Bridgeport where he participated in intensive experimentation and […]
Emlyn Ngai and the Hartt Collegium Musicum to perform Sunday, April 22, at 4 p.m. on the Bruce Porter Memorial Music Series Baroque at South Church, 242 Salmon Brook Street, Granby. Orchestral music by Handel, Bach and their contemporaries. Admission is free, donations welcome.
“Mary’s Kitty Korner,” a no-kill cat shelter, is looking for volunteers to help care for kitties until they find their “fur-ever” homes. If you love cats and have some time to spare on a weekday morning or evening or on a weekend morning or afternoon Mary’s 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 Women’s April 4 breakfast meeting will feature author Janet Barrett who wrote the fascinating book, They Called Her Reckless-A True Story of War, Love and One Extraordinary Horse. Breakfast at the Granby Senior Center starts at 8:30 a.m. with the program beginning at 9 a.m. Cost is $4.
The American Legion will hold its famous pancake breakfast on Saturday, April 14, from 6 a.m. until 12 p.m. at the Post Hall, 244 North Granby Road. The date coincides with the opening of fishing season.
The Granby Camera Club will meet on Monday, April 2 at the Granby Senior Center at 7 p.m. Jay Harder will present a program on Macro Photography. The scavenger hunt words are Favorite, Graffiti, and Water. To learn more about the club go to: GranbyCameraClub.com.
Valley Pre-School’s annual Spring Tag Sale will be held Saturday, April 21, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Early birds can begin shopping at 8:30 a.m. for a $10 donation to the school. The sale will held at First Congregational Church/Valley Pre-School, 219 North Granby Road, inside Cook Hall.
The Granby Drummer’s website has undergone an overhaul. The previous website only listed a limited amount of information each month, but the new site hosts the entire monthly issue.
The community garden plot gardens are located just north of Ahrens Park on Hungary Road and are divided into an organic section and a conventional one. A pump well provides a water supply.
The Salmon Brook Historical Society’s annual Spring Flea Market will be held on Saturday, May 12, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. There will be 40 to 50 vendors showing and selling their wares. Admission and parking is free to the public.
The Granby Horse Council will again sponsor the annual Blessing of the Mounts at the West Granby Methodist Church. The Blessing will take place behind the church at 87 Simsbury Road West Granby, at 1 p.m. on Saturday, April 28.
Granby history comes alive at the April Lunch for the Mind program as attendees learn about some of Granby’s more colorful residents and their historical houses. Join the Civic Engagement Education Team at the Granby Senior Center on Wednesday, April 18, at 12:30 p.m. as Carol Laun, Archivist at the Salmon Brook Historical Society presents Touring The Street, as Salmon Brook Street was referred to by residents in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
The Farmington Valley Trails Council will hold its 9th annual Trail-wide Clean Up Day on Saturday, April 14, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. (Rain date is Sunday, April 15). Last year’s event drew more than 200 volunteers at six staging areas across eight Farmington Valley towns that encompass the estimated 22.4 (and growing) miles of the Farmington Canal Heritage Trail and the 10.2 miles of the Farmington River Trail.
About 25 people turned out at the Emery Farm Sugar House on March 18 for a hands-on demonstration of how maple syrup is made. Granby Land Trust Board Member Dave Emery taught his visitors, many of whom were fewer than three feet tall, about the process of sugaring, from sap collection, to boiling, to the filtering and bottling of the finished product. Everyone was invited to taste some Emery Farm maple syrup—served, deliciously, over snow!
Join us for a Land Trust tradition, our Spring Bird Walks led by Land Trust members and expert birders John Weeks and Christine Chinni. These walks, on the mornings of May 12 and 13, will take place on Jamie Gamble’s beautiful North Granby property located at 253 Loomis Street (almost to the Massachusetts line.
When Lucy Holcombe passed away in January of 2016, she left her beloved, 150-acre property on Silver Street in North Granby, to the Granby Land Trust. Lucy and her husband, Seth, were longtime, loyal and generous GLT supporters and friends.
Walk into HOME Fine Art and Antiques and you can discover unique and interesting pieces to fall in love with, and that’s just what owner Marti Long wants. The Springfield resident decided to completely upend her working life because of an ad on Craigslist.
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Volunteers needed to sort books
The Friends of Granby Public Library (FOGPL) is gearing up for its 36th Annual Used Book Sale on Sept 21-23 at Holcomb Farm, and your help is needed! The Friends will be ready to accept your donations of gently used books, free from markings and the smell of mildew or smoke, at Granby Public Library beginning Saturday, June 2.
