Granby News

School Stuff Submitted by Jessica Pace, The Connecticut Association of Boards of Education, on 2009-11-25.   State of Connecticut Department of Education Deputy Commissioner George Coleman and Granby Board of Education Member/CABE Past President Cal Heminway.

I love it. The Manchester Road Race committee is going to honor all its 75 and over runners with a lunch at The Arbors Dec.

Submitted by Jessica Pace on 2009-11-20.   Lori Ethier and Terry Boulton of Simsbury Bank's Simsbury office raise money for the MDA during its recent "Lockup" fundraising event at Dakota's Restaurant in Avon.

Police are searching for a man they say robbed the Northwest Community Bank on Hartford Avenue Wednesday, one day after another branch of the same bank was robbed in Torrington .

Police are searching for an unknown man who on Wednesday afternoon robbed a branch of Northwest Community Bank on Hartford Ave, roughly 4 miles south of the Massachusetts state line in Southwick.

Jefferson Radiology in East Hartford has expanded its medical imaging practice by acquiring a competitor's two medical-diagnotics offices in Bloomfield and Granby.

About 45,000 people came to Hartford on Sunday afternoon to watch the Connecticut Veterans Day Parade, the largest in New England.

Clubs & Organizations Submitted by Carole Day on 2009-11-04.   More than twenty five members of the Granby Artists Association will hold a Holiday "Small Works" Show from Friday, Dec.

An East Granby woman was carried to safety by members of the Suffield Fire Department on Thursday evening after injuring her ankle while hiking on the Metacomet Trail.

Paul Morrissette of Granby is a printer by trade and a woodcarver by passion. He has won numerous awards in local wood carving competitions and also creates wood furniture and wood strip kayaks.

Submitted by Laurie Batignani on 2009-10-25.   The guest on the next episode of "New England Cuisine" has a restaurant menu that's wonderfully unique and different from most others.

Additional Fall Clean-up Hours Government Announcements Submitted by James M. Hayden on 2009-10-22.   The East Granby Refuse Collection Center will be open extra hours on selected Saturdays for fall clean-up. The RCC will be open from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Oct.

Out Of The Attic At The Library Submitted by Joan Fox on 2009-10-21.   How did antiques make the transformation from family keepsakes to valuable artistic objects? On Thursday, Nov.

A Granby man stopped by police about 6:30 p.m. Tuesday on Route 10 for not having working brake lights or taillights on his car took off as the officer approached, and crashed head-on into another car a short time later, police said.

It's been awhile since Massachusetts could run with Connecticut on the college hardwood, but the Bay State trounces Nutmeggers on another front: trash and recycling.

Diners hoping for a special deal over the next two weeks during "Dine West Hartford " are out of luck.

More than 20 re-enactor groups from throughout the region will gather Saturday for a fife and drum muster to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Marquis of Granby Junior Ancient Fyfe & Drum Corps.

Submitted by James M. Hayden on 2009-09-28.   Catch Basin Repair on Newgate Road East Granby.

"It's going to make a big difference," says Joan M. Fox, director of library services for the town of Granby , as she walks through the historic Frederick H. Cossitt Library before the start of a major renovation funded in large part by a grant from the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving.

Clubs & Organizations Submitted by Joyce Kennedy Raymes on 2009-09-24.   The Lower Farmington River/Salmon Brook Wild & Scenic Study committee invites you to any one of three Community Open Houses to be held this fall.