🌱 Patch AM: How many hidden day trips surround Granby’s own trails and refuge?

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In today's newsletter:

• How many hidden day trips surround Granby's own trails and refuge?
• Granby remembers former curriculum director among recent Canton-area death notices.

Also on today's calendar: Scarecrow Day and 5 more events.

Today's riddle: What is the difference between black eyed peas and chick peas? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 78 and low of 62 degrees.
• Thursday: Humid; a shower in the p.m., temps: high: 79, low: 66.
• Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 80 and low of 49 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Long before it was a prison, this Connecticut tunnel dug up the nation's first copper (wheninyourstate.com) — Granby residents are reminded that the McLean Game Refuge and Farmington Canal Heritage Trail offer extensive free hiking and biking right in town, alongside nearby Old New-Gate Prison & Copper Mine in East Granby. The piece walks you through mine tours, art exhibits, bat celebrations, and easy day trips like Talcott Mountain, the Old Drake Hill Flower Bridge, and the New England Air Museum, all within a short drive.
   

• Recent Death Notices From Canton, Former First Selectman Mourned (patch.com) — Granby readers will notice longtime educator Karen Vandersloot Richards, who worked in local school systems and later served as Granby's director of curriculum, among the recent Canton-area death notices. The list also honors a former Canton first selectman, local veterans, and community volunteers whose lives touched schools, transportation, health care, and the arts across the Farmington Valley.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Granby

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday September 19
• Scarecrow Day →
  Simsbury Historical Society, 800 Hopmeadow St, Simsbury
  10:00 am
Saturday October 10
• Simsbury High School Class of 1975 Reunion →
  At The Rooftop, 220 Albany Turnpike, Canton
  6:30 pm

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Other local events

Wednesday September 16
• Public Building & Capital Project Committee →
  Granby Senior Center, 15 North Granby Road, Granby
  6:00 pm
Friday September 18
• Windsor Locks at Granby Memorial →
  315 Salmon Brook St, Granby
  5:45 pm
• Comedy Night at Brignole Vineyards →
  Brignole Vineyards, 103 Hartford Ave, East Granby
  7:30 pm
Monday September 21
• Board of Selectmen →
  Town Hall Meeting Room, 15 North Granby Road, Granby
  7:00 pm
Tuesday September 22
• Planning & Zoning Commission →
  Town Hall Meeting Room, 15 North Granby Road, Granby
  7:00 pm
Monday September 28
• Board of Finance →
  Town Hall Meeting Room, 15 North Granby Road, Granby
  7:30 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday September 16
• Cross Country vs. Wilbraham & Monson Academy →
  The Ethel Walker School, 230 Bushy Hill Road, Simsbury
  3:00 pm
• Thirds Soccer Jamboree →
  The Ethel Walker School JV/Varsity Soccer Fields, 96 Sand Hill Road, Simsbury
  3:30 pm
• JV Volleyball vs. American School For the Deaf →
  The Ethel Walker School, 230 Bushy Hill Road, Simsbury
  3:30 pm
• CMS Cross Country Meet HOME
  Canton Middle School, 76 Simonds Avenue, Canton
  4:00 pm
• Economic Development Commission →
  Simsbury CT
  5:30 pm
• Simsbury Civic Forum →
  725 Hopmeadow Street, Simsbury
  6:00 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Simsbury

• Recent Death Notices From Simsbury (patch.com)
• In a CT suburb, a continuing life care community wants to expand. Not as much as it had sought to. (courant.com)
• Simsbury Stop & Shop building sold for $17.3M (westfaironline.com)

Canton

• The Absolute Best Bagel Shop In Every US State (thetakeout.com)

Bloomfield

• Fine Fettle Packaging Technician in Bloomfield, CT (masslive.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Black eyed peas can sing us a song but chick peas can only hummus one. (Thank you Bev H. for sending it in!)
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