Granby Drummer (https://granbydrummer.com/page/60/)
Sign up for a garden plot in the Granby Community Garden. Enjoy a fun, affordable way to grow and enjoy your own fresh vegetables, herbs, and flowers this season. Granby residents can lease a 20-by-20-foot garden plot for just $10.
Highlights from the meetings held on February 18th and 3rd, 2025
Come celebrate the twentieth running of Granby’s favorite trivia contest! This year’s GranBee will be held on Friday, April 25 at Granby Memorial High School.
Inserted in this month’s Drummer you will find our membership form for this year’s fund drive. We are reaching out to those who would like to become a new member and those renewing their current membership. By becoming a member, you are helping to support numerous activities and purchases for the Granby Public Libraries throughout the year.
Join your friends and neighbors for the fourth biannual Stony Hill Village Community Serve Day on Saturday, May 3 from 9 a.m. to noon. This community service event is a fantastic opportunity to give back and help improve the 49-unit Stony Hill Village affordable housing community located at 259 Salmon Brook Street in Granby.
The Community Scholarship Association of Granby (CSAG) has awarded over $650,000 in scholarships to nearly 400 college bound Granby Memorial Highschool seniors making a significant impact on their young lives since 1958. CSAG has been performing this service while managing contributions of all kinds, but particularly funds from a Holcomb Family Endowment.
Highlights from the meetings held on February 5th and January 15th, 2025
State Project No. 0055-0148 Replacement of Bridge No. 06680 Carrying Route 219 over Unnamed Brook Town of Granby
Thursday, March 20, 2025, 6:00 pm.
February was a busy month for the Granby Public Schools. Feb. 3 was Job Shadow Day at the high school. Eighty-five students participated and attended a variety of businesses and organizations including financial services, insurance, town and state government offices, veterinarians, auto body shops, builders, and health care organizations.
Granby Parents for a Safe Graduation (GPSG), an all-volunteer, non-profit organization, organizes a substance-free Grad Night celebration for Granby Memorial High School (GMHS) graduates. Full swing planning for this fun-filled event is happening now!
Beeman, Phyllis “Jill” (Cleaveland), 95, wife of the late Elmer (Al) Beeman, Feb. 12
Applications are now being accepted for the 2024 Simsbury Granby Rotary Club High School Scholarship program.
The Granby Men’s Golf League has a scholarship fund for a senior at Granby Memorial High School or a Granby resident who attends a different high school, who is an athlete and/or intends to pursue a career in an athletic-related field and who will be entering first year of college, university, or technical/vocational school as a full-time student.
The Community Scholarship Association of Granby (CSAG) has been awarding scholarships to deserving high school seniors since 1958.
Final reminder— don’t forget to apply! Graduating high school seniors who are permanent residents of Granby are cordially invited to apply for the Granby Artist Association (GAA) 2024 annual scholarship.
The tradition of posting American flags in Granby has existed for more than 17 years and reminds our citizens of the dedication and sacrifices made by our veterans, our families, friends and neighbors. The Granby Lions Club is again offering residents the opportunity to dedicate a new flag in memory of a beloved veteran or private citizen.
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.
Line dancing at Simsbury Grange, Musical Club’s April concerts, New England Air Museum Summer Camp, CT Trolley Museum April school vacation activities, Amp up your guitar IQ, You Can’t Take It with You will have captioned shows, Lively Lore and Legends bus tour, and Gifts of Love Charity Golf Tournament
Empty Bowls at GMHS, Women’s Breakfast, SBHS News, Civic Club, Camera Club, and Men’s Breakfast
On Wednesday, May 1, Jo-Ann Smith will speak to the Granby Women’s Breakfast group regarding her 2,194-mile hike on the Appalachian Trail with her husband, Jim Fergione.
Farmington Valley Chorale, under the direction of Artistic Director Ellen Gilson Voth, presents the Connecticut premier of George Frideric Handel’s oratorio Joseph and His Brethren. The concert takes place on Saturday, April 6, at 7 p.m. at St. Patrick/St. Anthony Roman Catholic Church, 285 Church Street, Hartford.
Mark your calendars, this year’s Friends of the Granby Public Libraries (FOGPL) 41st annual Used Book Sale will be held at Holcomb Farm, 113 Simsbury Road, West Granby. Preview Night is on Friday July 26, 5-8 p.m. with a $10 entrance fee.
As we approach the first Granby Racial Unity Festival on June 29, Granby Racial Reconciliation (GRR) will profile interracial relationships that are models of racial unity.
For the second year in a row, Granby Racial Reconciliation is happy that Lady Carrie, executive director of Jada Foundation CT Double Dutch League, accepted its invitation to direct the Double Dutch exposition at the Granby Racial Unity Festival Saturday, June 29. Her program was well received at last year’s Granby Celebrates Juneteenth Arts and Education Festival.
Valley Brook Community Church welcomes Brian Rooney as Director of Discipleship.
Dennis L.A. White, Hollywood actor, writer, and producer, will be the special guest at the Granby Racial Unity Festival on Saturday, June 29.
Granby Public Library is looking for fellow “makers.” A “maker” is someone who enjoys creating things from scratch, whether it’s electronics, crafts, or inventions. They like to tinker, experiment, and build, often using tools and materials to bring their ideas to life.