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Children made Cat in the Hat masks and sang Happy Birthday Feb. 27, at Cossitt Library to celebrate the children’s author’s birthday. The activity was part of the weekly Bedtime Stories program that is held there Thursday evenings at 6:30 p.m.
I’ve learned that my reference to Cliff Notes in the last issue dated me, and that SparkNotes is trending now. There’s always something new, including at Town Hall.
Granby’s 1970s growing pains— controversial budgets, development proposals, plans for creating a commercial center in the wedge between Route 189 and Route 20, a school system with growing pains, a failed sewer system and cars lined up for blocks waiting to pump rationed gasoline all shared space on the Drummer’s front page.
Granby Public Library and Granby Ambulance Association teamed up in February to offer the nationally recognized program, “Stop the Bleed” at Granby Public Library.
In February the Board of Finance reviewed revenue and expenditure projections for next year, as submitted by unanimous votes by the Boards of Selectmen and Education and prepared by their respective administrations. After duly considering all relevant information, the Board of Finance, without dissent, set operating budget guidelines of under 3 percent for the FY21 budget that will be submitted by the other two boards to the Board of Finance on March 30.
For a decade now, the mill rate change has averaged below 2 percent.
PRESENT: B. Scott Kuhnly, Glenn Ballard, Sally King, Mark Neumann, Edward Ohannessian, John D. Ward, Town Manager; and Student Liaison Jillian Thrall
PRESENT: Mark Lockwood (Chair), Jonathan Boardman, Margaret Chapple, Christine Chinni, Eric Lukingbeal, Eric Myers and Brennan Sheahan. Also present was Abby Kenyon, Director of Community Development.
Tony Cappelli and his two daughters are raising a new puppy—Kiki, his fourth—for Guiding Eyes for the Blind. Lizzie, who is herself visually impaired and may someday require the assistance of a guide dog, is now applying to colleges, runs cross country and swims on her school
Many poll workers will be needed for the April 27 Budget Referendum and April 28 Presidential Preference Primary, as well as the August 11 Federal Primary and for the Presidential Election on Nov. 3.
On Monday, April 27, the Town Budget Referendum will be held in the Town Hall Meeting Room, 15 North Granby Road.
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