🌱 Patch AM: Granby Pension Nears Full Funding; Retiree Health Fund Has $5M Gap

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In today's newsletter:

• Granby inches closer to fully funding pensions and retiree health care
• How Granby's new bear normal reached right into one family's home

Also on today's calendar: Holcomb Hoedown and 6 more events.

Today's riddle: What has a neck but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Partly sunny and less humid, with a high of 79 and low of 55 degrees.
• Sunday: Clouds and breaks of sun, temps: high: 84, low: 64.
• Monday: An afternoon shower or two, with a high of 82 and low of 64 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Granby Pension Nears Full Funding; Retiree Health Fund Has $5M Gap (patch.com) — Granby officials report the town's pension fund is now more than 93 percent funded, with the remaining shortfall projected to be closed by 2032 if contributions stay on track. A separate retiree health benefits trust still has a $5.02 million gap, though its funding level has improved significantly, and rising health care costs are nudging required contributions slightly higher.
   

• 10 Places In Connecticut Where Black Bears Have Made Summer Appearances (takingthekids.com) — Granby residents are seeing more black bears, including a mother and three cubs that recently slipped into a Barndoor Hills Road home through a basement screen door before leaving on their own. The town's 2021 bird-feeder ordinance, nearby Massacoe State Forest, and ongoing bear research all highlight how closely neighborhoods and wildlife now overlap, making secure trash, clean grills, and prompt DEEP reports increasingly important.
   

📸 Around Granby

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Granby

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★ Featured events ★

Sunday August 30
• Holcomb Hoedown! →
  Holcomb Farm, 113 Simsbury Rd, West Granby
  2:00 pm

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Other local events

Sunday August 30
• Holcomb Hoedown →
  Holcomb Farm, 113 Simsbury Rd, Granby
  2:00 pm
Wednesday September 2
• Opening Ceremony of the North American Festival of Wales →
  Springfield City Hall, 36 Court St, Springfield
  9:00 am
Thursday September 3
• North American Festival of Wales →
  Sheraton Springfield Monarch Place Hotel, One Monarch Place, Springfield
  9:00 am
• THRIVE CT-Thursday Night MTB Group Ride →
  Cowles Park, 250 S Main St, East Granby
  5:30 pm
Friday September 4
• North American Festival of Wales →
  Sheraton Springfield Monarch Place Hotel, One Monarch Place, Springfield
  9:00 am
Sunday September 6
• North American Festival of Wales →
  Sheraton Springfield Monarch Place Hotel, One Monarch Place, Springfield, MA
  9:00 am
Tuesday September 15
• Grass Roots Give Back Day! →
  Grassroots Ice Cream & Deep Roots Street Food, On the Town Green, Granby
  11:00 am
Friday September 18
• Comedy Night at Brignole Vineyards →
  Brignole Vineyards, 103 Hartford Ave, East Granby
  7:30 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Saturday August 29
• WWII Weekend at New England Air Museum →
  New England Air Museum, 36 Perimeter Rd, Windsor Locks
  9:00 am
• Gathering at Summer's Edge →
  Unicorn Meadow Farm, 1349 Spruce St, Suffield
  10:00 am
Sunday August 30
• CMS PTO Lobster Loop 5k Race
  Canton Middle School 76 Simonds Avenue , Canton, CT 06019
  8:00 am
• Holcomb Hoedown
  Simsbury Chamber of Commerce Holcomb Farm, 113 Simsbury Road, West Granby, CT
  2:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• This Tuesday, Sept. 1, Windsor Food & Fuel Bank F00d Collection and "Still Kickin' with the Big City Horns" —Laura Soll Read on Patch

• What has happened to Granbrook Park in East Granby?
  You can't even see the water anymore. Does anyone know the plans for the future of this park? (Nextdoor Granby)

• VSE Corporation posted a job opening for Quality Assurance Inspector I, MRO in Bloomfield. Apply here.
• TIBCO Software, Inc. posted a job opening for Machine Operator in Windsor. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Granby here.

🗞 Nearby News

East Granby

• Simsbury Nonprofit's Avon Fundraiser To Help Kids With Cancer (patch.com)
• Basema (backstage.com)
• Several Simsbury residents impacted by water main break on Hopmeadow Road (wfsb.com)

Simsbury

• Suffield Academy Welcomes 8 New Faculty Members (patch.com)

Windsor

• Windsor Office Building Could Become Apartments (patch.com)

Ok Granby! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A bottle (Thank you Netty W. for sending it in!)
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