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Ravenswood celebrates five years

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Ravenswood celebrates five years of herbal remedies From treating her childhood asthma to helping college friends over their colds, Sara Thornton has used herbal remedies for a long time. Opening Ravenswood Natural Health in March 2010 seemed the next logical step. Jobless, like so many in the economic crash of 2008, Thornton combined her decades of herbal studies with her corporate experience in purchasing and inventory control and leaped into her first retail store. Stepping into a building […]

Local Voices

Reducing the risk of dementia 

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By Traci Tefft, RN, MSN If you haven’t heard enough reasons why you should exercise, maybe this fact will convince you. Regular exercise reduces the risk of developing dementia. Exercise has persistently been promoted to combat obesity and the related health risks but now there is another compelling reason—dementia. Dementia is a growing health concern in our country. As the baby boomer generation (born 1946–1964) achieves senior citizen status combined with the increase in […]

People

My Last Gift

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New business lets you send gifts to loved ones even after you’re gone Dawn Whelan of East Granby has launched My Last Gift LLC, a new concept for end-of-life planning services. Individuals can pre-plan gifts and services to be delivered to their loved ones after they have passed. This service allows for one time or re-occurring gifts to be delivered to pre-designated recipients, on planned dates in the future. The gifts can range from flowers on an anniversary to a bottle of wine on a wed […]

Events

Zombie Trail event planned for October 

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By AnneMarie Cox, Town of Granby Youth Service Bureau Do you have the courage to brave the Zombie Trail? If you do, your team will be tasked with making it through approximately three miles of woodland and meadow on Zombie-infested trails to four different checkpoints. Get through the checkpoints and to the finish line without being tagged three times by a zombie and win! If you lose all three lifelines (i.e. get tagged 3 times), finish the trail anyway as the soon-to-be-walking dead! The eve […]

Town/Govt

Town Board Volunteers

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The Town of Granby looks for volunteers to serve on town boards, commissions and committees to work with our full time staff who work on our behalf. There are more than 225 volunteers who currently serve the Town on 30 boards/commissions/committees.  Since the responsibility of filling the positions on boards and commissions is usually the job of the Democrat and Republican Town Committees, there was a joint venture to reach out to people at the Volunteer Fair on April 15. We had fact sheet […]

People

Granby Lions Club helps VNA 

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Incy S. Muir, executive director of the Farmington Valley VNA receives a donation check from Bob Francolini, chair of the Granby Lions Club giving committee. Photo by Andrea Boyle Granby Lions Club helps VNA meet community needs By Andrea Boyle As part of the Lions Club International, the world’s largest service organization, the Granby Lions Club exemplifies its commitment to making a difference in the local community as long-term supporters of the Farmington Valley Visiting Nurse Ass […]

Fun & Rec

Two Coyotes Wilderness Camp

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Photos by Phyllis Meredith, phyllismeredith.com Justin Pegnataro, Executive Director of Two Coyotes founded Two Coyotes in 2000, a non-profit organization dedicated to nurture healthy, whole human beings through building self-awareness, community, and connecting people to nature. Recently, the school started an amazing summer camp program in Granby. In this program Justin states, “We use wilderness survival, wildlife tracking, and naturalist skills as tools that help us to better understand ours […]

Events

YSB Turns 20!

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The Youth Service Bureau Board invites all former Youth Service Advisory Board members to join them for breakfast on Thursday, May 14 at 8 a.m. at the Senior/Youth Services Building for a look back on 20 years of serving the youth and families of Granby. The bureau’s rich history of providing counseling and support services, positive youth development programs like GO! and WOW, drug and alcohol prevention, suicide prevention training, support groups and much more to the youth and families […]

Drumrolls

In Memory of Ginny Wells

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Virginia S. Wells, 93, passed away on March 27, at Seabury Retirement Community in Bloomfield. Before moving to Seabury in 2004 she had lived in Granby, CT, for 53 years. She was wife of the late Edward L. Wells who predeceased her in 2007. She graduated from Vassar College. During World War II she served in the WAVES. She was elected to the Granby Board of Education and served 10 years. She was elected to the Connecticut State Legislature in a special election, but, as the legislature didn’t m […]

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In Memory Of…

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In Memory Of … Anderson, Carolyn (Dewey), 89, December 11 Smith, Ruth (Roche), 88, March 6 Robinson, Evelyn (Wallach), 97, wife of the late Dale Robinson and Sidney Sprague, March 12 Silkey, Ernest Richard, 68, March 20 Lee, Ronald Massey, husband of Alta (Anthony) Lee, March 26 Havens, Catherine Marie, 67, wife of Charles McColgan, March 27 Campbell, Dennis W., companion of Melanie Stewart, March 28 Raggio, Edwin C., 65, husband of Maryellen (Quinn) Raggio, March 28 Lapent, Fran […]

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