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Granby Open Farm Day 2025 is September 6th.
For the second year in a row, Shirley Murtha has won an award in the Connecticut Press Club’s 2024 annual competition. Her article, How the loss of insect populations affects bird life, placed second in the Green/Environmental category.
How electricity is supplied to our town of Granby is not something everyone thinks about. But for Reinhard Maier, Granby resident for 37 years, the field of electricity is his bailiwick. He holds certification from the state of Connecticut as a licensed professional engineer with more than 50 years of experience in the electric power generation industry.
The Granby UNICO held its annual golf tournament June 6 at the Simsbury Farms Golf Club, which offered a challenging and fun day filled with raffles and prizes. A delicious buffet and beverages followed for all participants.
The Carroll Sisters Trio is set to release its much-anticipated second album, Radiance, as part of Granby’s beloved Salmon Brook Music Series on Sunday, Sept. 28, 4 p.m. at the Granby Congregational Church.
Dr. Douglas Tallamy may be doing more than anyone in our time to illuminate the crucial and imperiled interdependence of insects, birds, bees, plants, and the rest of us.
Golfers of all skill levels are invited to hit the links for a great cause at the St. Therese Catholic Church Charity Golf Tournament taking place Saturday, Sept. 20 at the beautiful Airways Golf Course in West Suffield.
A great spangled fritillary butterfly sips nectar from a native ironweed plant (a valuable late-season nectar source for a variety of pollinators) on the Mary Edwards Mountain Property in North Granby.
The board of directors of Citizens for a Better Granby (CBG) has named Heather Lockwood of Granby as the new managing editor of The Granby Drummer. She will begin her duties on July 1 and succeeds Jen Bell who is rejoining the CBG board.
At the May 18 annual meeting of Holcomb Farm, I was asked to share a few thoughts with the many volunteers of the Friends of Holcomb Farm.
Last month, this column introduced a review of the departmental work plans for the Town of Granby. The departmental work plan focuses on functions over and above the daily operations with the overarching goal to move the town forward while introducing resiliency and efficiency into the operations of the town.
After 95 years of life, Moe Bressard has gathered a boatload of memories, and he is happy to share them with his friends and neighbors in Granby, where he spent 43 of those years.
As the saying goes, “time goes by fast when working with a great team.”
Donald Rethke, known affectionately as “Dr. Flush” for his contributions to NASA’s space toilets during the Apollo program, was recognized for his work with the award-winning GMHS Robotics team at a ceremony on Oct. 7.
Last year at this time, the Drummer was operating in the “red” and you responded generously to help us finish 2023 in the “black.” This year, thanks to a lot of hard work, modestly higher advertising revenue, a successful PuzzleSlam fundraiser and a grant from the Granby Community Fund, we’re looking at breaking even in 2024.
Highlights from the meeting held on October 7th, 2024
Support for Anderson, Support for Becker, and Support for Kissel
Check Town of Granby website or call Town Manager’s office to verify date, time, location, and get information on how to participate on Zoom, if needed.
As summer winds down and autumn approaches, the board of finance shifts its focus from the close-out of the FY24 budget to monitoring the current FY25 budget and developing FY26, which runs from July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026.
The election has brought abortion to the forefront of my mind. Money issues will “ebb and flow”, but life and death issues take priority.
As the lead developer for Key Capture Energy (KCE) in Connecticut, I want to introduce our company and our proposed battery energy storage project here in Granby.
While youth soccer and field hockey have almost wrapped up for the season, Granby recreation has some other fun events coming up.
Highlights from the meeting held on September 24th, 2024
On Oct. 2, local author Faith Tyldsley presented a program to the Women’s Breakfast Group based on her book, To Granby with Love, about the life of Carol Laun, the late historian and archivist at the Salmon Brook Historical Society.
Transfer Station hours: The transfer station will be open Wednesday mornings (8 a.m. to noon) through Nov. 20.
Highlights from the meeting held on September 4th, 2024
Granby Memorial High School’s dramatic arts program is taking on The Twisted Tales of Poe as its fall play.
One-way Election Day traffic at GMHS, Expect a line to vote on Nov. 5, IVS Ballot Marking System is available for eve-ryone, Ballot Question, Early Voting is here Oct. 21 through Nov. 3, Sign up for the Election Traffic Team now, and Calendar Review
Voters will be able to vote for one candidate in each category to serve the term noted.
The focus of the Social Services Department is to coordinate existing federal, state, regional and local services, to increase community awareness of these services and to develop new programs to meet the needs of Granby residents.