Fun & Rec
The Granby Land Trust needs you
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Please join The Granby Land Trust on Sunday, Oct. 6, at 12:30 p.m., for a fun and productive afternoon on the Land Trust’s Mary Edwards Mountain property on Mountain Road in North Granby.
Events
Town of Granby Meeting Calendar
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Board of Selectmen, 7:30 p.m., Town Hall, Mondays, October 7, October 21
Fun & Rec
Rebecca Lobo and Steve Rushin to speak at YMCA event
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Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame star Rebecca Lobo is best known for her career highlights on the court playing for UConn, the New York Liberty and the USA’s Olympic Team, but as a Granby resident with her husband, author Steve Rushin, and their four children, she is an active participant in the Granby community and a stalwart at the Farmington Valley YMCA.
School & Sports
2019 Granby Memorial High School Homecoming Oct. 24-26
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The 2019 Granby Memorial High School Homecoming, sponsored by the GMHS Athletic Booster Club, is set to begin on Thursday, Oct. 24. Plans are underway so that students, families and the entire community will witness some of the most exciting competitions of the high school fall sports season
Fun & Rec
Parks & Recreation
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Have your next family or other private event at Salmon Brook Park or Holcomb Farm. The Salmon Brook Park House is a beautiful facility that can accommodate up to 99 people, featuring a gas fireplace and central air.
The Arts
Artists association community art show opening reception on Oct. 11
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The Granby Artists Association is excited to announce a brand new All Member Show. In an effort to continue to create a vibrant and supportive community for the arts, it has enlisted all members to show off their talents.
Events
Camera club hosts fine arts photographer
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The Granby Camera club is hosting Photographer/Artist Mark Battista at its Oct. 7 meeting. His presentation will cover Still Life Photography and Compositional Concepts.
The Arts
Artists invited to enter Granby Land Trust Art Show
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Calling all artists—you are invited to enter your work in the Granby Land Trust’s 14th annual juried art show celebrating nature and the art it inspires. Works should be inspired by New England’s natural beauty.
Great Outdoors
Friends of Holcomb Farm
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It is fall in New England, and Granby offers some of the best open space hikes around; the Town’s own Holcomb Farm is one of them. The Friends’ Stewardship volunteers have been busy mowing the east field, maintaining walking paths, planting and labeling trees, installing eight new interpretive signs, installing new boardwalks over muddy areas, and rehabbing the South East Field.
The Arts
Salmon Brook Music Series features folk/rock artist Susan Werner
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Susan Werner has made a name for herself coast to coast. From her 1995 major label folk/rock debut Last of the Good Straight Girls to her 2007 collection of agnostic gospel hymns The Gospel Truth to her 2017 travelogue An American In Havana, Werner writes ambitious concept albums with subject matter and sounds to match.