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Public Works Nov 15

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Transfer Station Extended hours: The transfer station will be open on Wednesday mornings from 8 a.m. to noon through Wednesday, November 18.Hazardous Waste Collection: A hazardous waste collection will be held Saturday, November 7, from 8 a.m. to noon at the Simsbury DPW facility, 66 Town Forest Road, Simsbury.  Call the Granby DPW for details,  860-653-8960.Trash Holiday: Please be aware that Thursday, November 26, (Thanksgiving) is a holiday for Paine’s and all Thursday and Fri […]

Great Outdoors

The journey from grape to glass

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by Shirley MurthaMid to late September and into early October truly is the harvest season for Lost Acres Vineyard. It is then the grapes are ripe for the picking, starting the journey that will eventually take them to the glass of wine that accompanies your dinner.photo 3 caption:The contents of the crate are turned into the crusher/destemmer, resulting in a pulpy mash.photo 4 caption: The pulpy mash is poured into the press, from which is extracted the liquid that will become, after fermentatio […]

Town/Govt

Land use committee reaches conclusion

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by Shirley MurthaReporting to the Board of Selectman for the Town-owned Land Use Study Committee, chairman Mark Higby said that after reading the resident surveys and discussing the situation with the town boards and commissions, it is recommended that the former Evonsion farmland remain in agricultural use. This is what the majority of residents desire, and there is no need at this time for any other town use of the property. The committee feels that using the land for both private and town agr […]

Town/Govt

Student liaisons join Board of Selectmen

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by Shirley MurthaEach year, the Board of Selectmen invites high school students to apply for the two available student liaison positions on the board. In addition to keeping the board and town apprised of significant goings-on at Granby Memorial, students are educated in the ways of town government, which may prove valuable in their roles at school and in their future.For the 2015–16 school year, the two students are Alex Domanico and Mark McDermott, both seniors.McDermott is returning for […]

Fun & Rec

First Four Reunion

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The brick high school building on the hill above Salmon Brook Street opened in 1948 as Granby’s first consolidated grade school. The second and third graders who moved from the town’s two-room neighborhood schools were also the first two classes to graduate from Granby Memorial High School in 1958 and 1959. The class of 1960 began its education as the first first-graders in the new school and would be part of its transition to a middle-high school and then to the high school campus. […]

Events

​FV-VNA Events

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Blood Pressure ScreeningsThe Farmington Valley VNA’s free blood pressure screenings are available without appointment Mondays, Oct. 5, 10:30–11:30 a.m. at Hartland Town Hall, 22 South Rd., E. Hartland; 11 a.m.–12:30 p.m., at East Granby Senior Center and Oct. 19, 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m., at East Hartland First Church Parish House; Tuesday, Oct. 6, 9–10:30 a.m., at the Farmington Valley YMCA and Thursdays, Oct. 8, 15, 22 and 29, 11 a.m.–12:30 p.m., at Granby Seni […]

Events

​Jazz Alive!

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Internationally acclaimed jazz bassist, Nat Reeves, will kick off the 2015-16 season of the Bruce Porter Memorial Music Series with Mark Templeton on piano and Kurt Berglund on drums on Sunday, Oct. 18, at 4 p.m. at South Congregational Church, 242 Salmon Brook Street. Admission free, donations welcome. Wheelchair accessible. 860-653-7289. […]

Events

​Haunted House Diaries

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The Friends of the Cossitt Library will host William T. Hall, author of The Haunted House Diaries, Sunday, Oct. 25, 2–3 p.m. Hall will talk about a 1790 farmhouse that sits near the epicenter of a paranormal commotion, nestled deep in Litchfield Hills. Registration is required.  Advertisement for Action Carpet and Floor Covering in Simsbury CT and Windsor CT […]

Events

​GEF Grants

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The next deadline for application submissions to the Granby Education Foundation’s Grant Programs is Oct. 15. Please visit the website for further information at www.granbyeducationfoundation.org.    […]

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