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Good morning Granby! Your connection to what's happening around town is here. Take a sip of coffee and read on. ☀️

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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🗞 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)

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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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