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Conservation Award

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DAR honors winners of student essay contest. From left are: Judy Schaefer, Conservation Chairman; Donald and Sally Rieger, winners of the Conservation Award. Winning students who were present at the ceremony, but not listed in order: Julia Vassillo, Claire Newall, Katrina Bade, Sam Kelley, Phillip Kholond, Anna Foster, Zachary Finman and Neena Eubanks. Far right, Sherry Griffith, Essay Contest Chairman and Debbie Payne, Regent. […]

Town/Govt

Public Utilities Regulatory Authority

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Susan Regan speaks with Art House the Chairman of Public Utilities Regulatory Authority about public concerns regarding electric and natural gas supplier rates, water distribution concerns and the complaints received on monopolies that control theses areas of provision and service. Photo by Bill Regan […]

School & Sports

School’s Tackle “Hot Topics”

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Obum Njeze, Avon Old Farms School Senior, CTVV Host Susan Regan, Kiri Gair-MacMichael, Ethel Walker School Senior and Dr. Sheri Schmidt, Director of Equity and Social Justice at Ethel Walker School. Watch Susan Regan, Host of CT Valley Views with her guests here: All programs are available at www.ctvalleyviews.com. […]

School & Sports

Cobb School Productions

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Travis Reid of Granby, a 6th grader at The Cobb School plays Azteca in the school’s production of Azteca and the Peacemakers. Photos by Lara Hunt Caroline Burnett of Granby and Carter Sirois of Simsbury, both 5th graders perform in The Cobb School’s annual opera. This year’s performance was held at Westminster’s Werner Centennial Theater […]

People

Distinguished Leadership Award

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YMCA of Greater Hartford 2013 Annual Meeting highlights Al Wilke, community leader was awarded the 2013 robert c. Knox, Jr. YMCA Distinguished Leadership Award From left: Gary Wolff, Chairman, YMCA of Greater Hartford Board of Directors, Al Wilke, RC Knox Award recipient, James Morton, President and CEO, YMCA of Greater Hartford, and Brian Liss, Executive Director Farmington Valley YMCA. […]

Fun & Rec

Barbershop Quartet

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Granby’s own Don Dickey (left) together with members of his barbershop quartet “The Four Tune Seeker” presented a delightful music program May 7 at the Granby Senior Center. There were 100 women in attendance to hear their old time melodies. Photo by Joan Ducharme […]

Fun & Rec

Granby Softball

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The Wildcats farm softball team, sponsored by Walker Kitchen Design, show their funfilled spirit. From l.: Audrey Kruger, Lauren Psutka, Iris Rooney, Clare Heinze, Ava Ryan, Violet Peverly, Isabella Hassett, Angela Harris, Zoe Kelly and Shaylyn Gilbar. The team coaches are Brian Peverly (l.) and Brian Harris. Photo by Sandra Wainman […]

School & Sports

Wells Road Environmental Club

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By Dwaritha Ramesh The Wells Road Environmental Club has certainly made a difference this year! They have set aside some of their precious time to work together with students from grades five and six to improve the school’s environment and educate their peers on environmental issues, which are now posing a colossal threat to the welfare of the Earth. Some projects the club has commenced are creating bird feeders to hang in various locations outside (which are composed of completely […]

Fun & Rec

Valley Pre-School look to nature…

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Valley Pre-School students look to nature for art and creative inspiration By Andrea Burns From the shriveled apples used to make figures for the recent art show to the moss and pinecones used to make a habitat for a gnome, nature plays a prominent role in helping students at Valley Pre-School to think creatively. “In this digital age where children have so many forms of media and toys available to capture their attention, they don’t always spend as much time just exploring nature […]

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