What makes a town a thriving, desirable place in which to live besides low taxes and good schools? Vibrant town centers with a variety of local businesses, shops and restaurants? Open spaces where we ...

Fertilize your garden or lawn without chemical additives. Got compost? You should—composting is a great way to use food waste to fertilize your garden or lawn without chemical additives. Compost is ...

Author’s note: what follows is the first of a two-part story about a trip I took this spring to Pyramid Lake outside Sparks, Nevada. The mood changed in an instant, from the usual smiles and light ...

From the late 19th to the mid-20th century, culinary ephemera, including recipe booklets and appliance advertising pamphlets, were published by the US government, farmers’ organizations, and food ...

Carol Laun wrote many articles about the iconic Granby Oak, also referred to as the Granby-Dewey Oak. Three of her columns, spanning several decades, combine to commemorate Arbor Day, celebrated on ...

If you get the automated Spotlight emails from Granby Town Hall you will have seen the information about a composting service called Blue Earth. The Granby Conservation Commission has worked with Blue ...

It’s easy to be happy in the summer, surrounded as we are by the magnificent beauty of the natural world. This year the blossoming of trees, shrubs and gardens are as lush as I can remember. It seems ...

Months of public hearings for a 42-unit apartment building at 37 Hartford Ave. ended at the Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Commission meeting on April 10. Vessel RE Holdings and Vessel Technologies, ...

When you drive by the snow-swept Holcomb Farm fields along Simsbury Road in West Granby, you may think the Friends of Holcomb Farm are in hibernation. You would be wrong. This is our opportunity to ...

A bit of information has to be added to last month’s article on the town’s new AEDs. The new cabinets installed outdoors have a keypad on them. The user must call 911 to get the code to punch into the ...

American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds were allocated to upgrade the cameras located in Granby’s police cruisers. This project was completed in July and all cruisers now have the AXON Fleet Cruiser ...

The state mandates that each town reviews and updates its charter every 10 years. Granby started the review process in 2022, and on July 10, 2023, the Board of Selectmen (BOS) held a Public Hearing ...