Granby Drummer - Your hometown VOLUNTEER newspaper
WEBCathy Watso, GRR board member | September 28, 2024. On the night of Oct. 21, 2023, a white supremacist group distributed propaganda to some Granby neighbors, seeking white men to turn New England into a whites-only ethnostate by any means. In response, the local nonprofit, Granby Racial Reconciliation, led a Stop the Hate Rally with 200+ people ...
Events - Granby Drummer
WEBEvents. Tour Granby Artists Open Studios! — Meet the artists Oct. 19 and 20. Connect with your local Granby artists at the annual Granby Artists Open Studio weekend on Oct. 19 and 20 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Open Studio tour invites visitors to artists’ studios to meet the artists, watch demonstrations and find art and gifts.
Town/Govt - Granby Drummer
WEBTown Hall Happenings: Fall sports, harvest celebrations and changes at the PD. Granby Parks and Recreation is busy with myriad sports activities for all ages, including the new Mountain Biking FUNdamentals and Advanced Skills Program Progression courses, split into three age groups: grades 3–5, ages 13–18 and adults.
Granby’s Oak - Granby Drummer
WEBMar 26, 2022 · by Carol Laun. —Granby Drummer, Sept. 2006. As well as appearing on the Granby Town Seal, the Oak is seen on several items in the Salmon Brook Historical Society’s gift shop. Carol Laun wrote many articles about the iconic Granby Oak, also referred to as the Granby-Dewey Oak. Three of her …
Open Farm Day returns to Granby! - Granby Drummer
WEBAug 30, 2021 · One of Granby’s most beloved events is back: Open Farm Day, a free experience for Granby and surrounding communities, will be held on Sept. 18 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. After planning was paused in 2020 due to pandemic safety concerns, the Granby Agricultural commission is thrilled to resume this fun family event.
Opening The Den - Granby Drummer
WEBNov 1, 2021 · As the dog days of summer dwindled down and became the crisp, cool mornings known as the signs of autumn’s imminence, it was only a matter of time before classic yellow buses navigated the streets lined with eager school-goers. For it was that time of year again, the annual return to school in Granby.
To Granby, with Love - Granby Drummer
WEBMay 28, 2022 · Originally published in June 1988. I say it simply—unashamed and unabashed—I love this town. I love the sight of the Barn Door Hills, visible from every lofty elevation; the beautiful stark tangle of our oak in winter; Salmon Brook in all its moods, serenely meandering through fields or rushing down Huggins Gorge and the North Granby Crags; turkey vultures gracefully riding the wind and ...
Granby Heritage—The Granby Fair - Granby Drummer
WEBAug 30, 2021 · From 1977 until her death on June 20, 2021, Carol Laun shared Granby history in the Granby Drummer; first with columns for the Conservation Commission then in a collaborative feature called Granby Heritage and later in her column Historic Footnotes.As archivist and curator of the Salmon Brook Historical Society (SBHS), she was a font of knowledge that she shared unstintingly, writing several ...
Keeping Granby fiscally strong and well positioned for tomorrow
WEBOct 4, 2021 · In the last issue of the Drummer, it was reported that Standard and Poor—one of the key municipal credit rating agencies—had reaffirmed our rating at AA+. That allowed the town to recently borrow at a favorable rate of interest on its bonds (1.55 percent net). It also recognizes our carefully managed position of fiscal strength as a municipality, as well as the value and benefit of our ...
Granby Strikes Back! - Granby Drummer
WEBNov 30, 2020 · Under clear blue skies on Nov. 7, nine intrepid Granby volunteers bravely strode into the prickers and vines at Holcomb Farm. Armed with loppers, shovels, pruners, saws and grim good humor, they hacked through multiple layers of robust invasives accustomed to frolicking freely and smothering native trees and shrubs.