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The Granby Artists Association (GAA) will present its annual All Members Show at Lost Acres Vineyard from June 7 to July 7.
Find your Fun at Camp Farmington Valley at Farmington Valley YMCA! Our licensed summer camp is available for students entering K-8th grade. Each day is packed with activities including arts and crafts, rock wall, STEAM, team building, sports, games and swimming. Campers receives daily swim instruction building campers’ confidence and strength around the water.
What do you get when you join committed volunteers, generous businesses, and a responsive town department? A Granby Community Garden to be very proud of!
The full May and June calendars and the buzz of excitement from our students tells us that the end of the school year is approaching. The activities and enthusiasm of our students and staff are high energy right now as everyone is focusing on exciting end-of-year activities, spring sports, field trips, prom, concerts, senior outings and awards celebrations.
Half-way through the school year, Granby Memorial High School junior Ben Lavigne was appointed the second student representative to the Board of Selectmen, joining senior Chas Orluk in reporting scholastic and sports news from the school.
Call it ignorant, but I generally ignore the announcements that blare across the high school intercom system each morning. Ask any GMHS student, and they will likely attest to committing the same offense. However, one spring morning during my freshman year, with the sun gleaming across my desk and my mind clear from distractions, I turned my ear to the wave of advertisements and reminders spouting from the ceiling speakers.
Granby seniors Ben Weber and Nathan Griswold concluded their G-4s 4-H Robotics experience with a trip to the VEX Robotics World Championship in Dallas, Texas. Middle schoolers Dylan Hamilton and Emma Doherty assisted as pit crew.
Pack a picnic, bring a blanket and enjoy smooth tunes from the Wells Road Intermediate School, Granby Memo-rial Middle School and Granby Memorial High School jazz bands. This free event starts at 5 p.m. at the bandshell in Salmon Brook Park. Presented by the Granby Public Schools music department.
The countdown is on! Only two weeks remain until the event Granby Parents for a Safe Graduation (GSPG) has been planning all year! GSPG has been working hard to create a memorable evening to celebrate the Class of 2024.
Samantha Kovaleski, East Granby, a freshman engineering major, achieved the dean’s list at UConn.
About 75 members of the Granby Land Trust gathered at the Holcomb Farm North Barn on Oct. 23 for a 50th Anniversary Celebration Potluck Dinner.
Trash Holidays: The Christmas and New Year holidays will not affect trash service this year. Barrels must be out on your regularly scheduled day.
Winter storms and the resulting snow removal can be a challenge for all Granby residents. We do our best to keep the roads passable and safe. Please note these suggestions, ordinances and rules to ensure a safe winter season for all.
On Nov. 5, the Granby Lions distributed almost 5,000 pounds of birdseed to customers who pre-ordered from them over the prior few weeks.
Gabapentin, which is sold under the brand name Neurontin, is commonly used in people for the treatment of chronic pain. Veterinarians have borrowed this prescription medication from human medicine to help dogs and cats with chronic pain.
Charmaine Glew gave a wonderful presentation on her travels in Asia to the Granby Women’s Breakfast Group on Nov. 2.
The focus of the Social Service 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.
Please visit granby-ct.gov/senior-services or check your Center Life Newsletter for a complete listing of health services, support groups, clubs and ongoing activities.
For the month of December, the Friends of Granby Public Library will have several tables set up for gift giving this holiday season.
When I was a young girl, we heated our house with coal. A chute brought it through a basement window to a big pile in a corner of the cellar. A piece of coal was handy for drawing on sidewalks or making the lines for hopscotch.
After a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic, the Granby Land Trust and the Granby Artists Association came together to host the 15th Granby Land Trust juried art show: Celebrating New England’s Natural Beauty.
Dear Santa:
Last time I wrote, we were nearing the end of 2020. And, oh my, what a year that was: impeachment proceedings, a global pandemic, Brexit. You must have had your hands full with the annual naughty-nice list. I hope the brownie toffee cookies we left for you provided at least some solace.
Salmon Brook Veterinary Hospital (SBVH) will be holding its annual pet food drive on Saturday, Dec. 10, 2022, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Granby American Legion Post #182 partnered with the Riverton Grange #169 recently to conduct their fourth American Flag retirement ceremony at the private residence of Nate and Karen Roberg on the bank of the Farmington River in Pleasant Valley.
One of the Friends’ strategic goals is to “grow the growing season,” and in New England that means greenhouses aka hoophouses. In February 2019, Mother Nature decided to challenge that goal with 70 mph winds, which took down what was then our beloved Greenhouse #6 (GH6), home to our best chemical-free spinach.
Although she wasn’t born here, Holcomb Farm employee Michelle Dingivan’s childhood memories were set in Granby, for she was only three years old when her family moved here from Hluboka, Czechia. One of those early memories was a third-grade field trip to what was then the educational center at the Farm.
Got a way with words and pictures? Care about the health of Granby’s birds and bees? Submit a Pro-Pollinator Sign Design.
