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Granby voters nix animal control bylaw
10-22-2024 4:53 PM

By EMILEE KLEIN

GRANBY — Residents voted down the proposed animal control bylaw at the special Town Meeting Monday night, calling the legislation “unduly restrictive” for a farming community.“It seems very atypical for a farming community to have a leash law,”...

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Granby residents air concerns with Wine Haus winery
11-26-2024 2:46 PM

By EMILEE KLEIN

GRANBY — More than a year after approving permits for winery Wine Haus and Vineyard, the Select Board is seeking legal advice about the validity of a cease-and-desist order issued to the business in June by the town’s Building Department.Located at 16...


State doles out $3.4M to regional farms for infrastructure work
11-03-2024 10:30 AM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

NORTHAMPTON — Still recovering from a devastating fire that destroyed its barn and farm store at 7 Carver St., Red Fire Farm in Granby is receiving $500,000 from the state’s Farm Security Infrastructure Grant program, money that will go some of the...


Granby voters to consider new leash laws, property tax work off program at special TM on Monday
10-15-2024 2:06 PM

By EMILEE KLEIN

GRANBY — A special Town Meeting next week will give residents a chance to approve a property tax work off program for seniors and veterans and adopt a new animal control bylaw with stricter leash laws.Voters will discuss the six-article warrant...


Daniel S. Miller: One percent: What's the problem?
10-07-2024 5:34 PM

In his Oct. 5 letter [”Weakening academic standards will result in fewer job opportunities for Mass. students”], Ed Lambert encourages citizens to vote “no” on Ballot Question 2. He states that businesses are having a hard time finding qualified...


Mission with a vision: Granby Lions Club completes free eye screenings on some 400 children in two-town region
10-02-2024 3:32 PM

By EMILEE KLEIN

GRANBY — Luka Azeuedo, who is just under 2 years old, squirms in the arms Alphabet Soup Childcare Center emplyee Casey Rougeau while she positions him to look into a small black machine playing bird sounds and flashing blue, green and red dots.“Can...


Granby moves to tighten leash, nuisance laws for animals
09-23-2024 5:24 PM

By EMILEE KLEIN

GRANBY — A new animal control bylaw approved by the Select Board would impose stricter leash and nuisance laws for all domestic and personally-owned animals, from dogs and cats to ferrets and horses.The decision to revamp the laws came in the wake of...


Granby alum a DC hero: 1998 grad saves man who fell on subway tracks
09-14-2024 9:21 AM

By EMILEE KLEIN

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Sometimes heroes are made by happenstance.That certainly is the case for Mike Barker, a 1998 Granby High School graduate and resident in the Washington, D.C. area who found himself at the right place at the right time late on the...


Granby marks 9/11 with special memorial made out of piece of NY fire truck, rather than World Trade Center
09-10-2024 8:40 PM

By EMILEE KLEIN

GRANBY — While making its journey to the Barnes Air National Guard Base in Westfield, a piece of a New York fire truck that melted and warped from the flaming aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks snapped in half from the vibrations from travel.Matt Bail,...


Leash laws and public safety: Requirements vary throughout Hampshire County communities
09-08-2024 4:01 PM

By EMILEE KLEIN

NORTHAMPTON — Give, touch, wait, OK.Winnie, a gray poodle mix with fluffy ears and a puff at the end of her tail, looks at her owner Naomi Rosenberg with big, excited eyes. She had followed each command from Rosenberg enthusiastically to get to her...


Granby Select Board postpones public hearing on gravel pit
09-04-2024 3:48 PM

By EMILEE KLEIN

GRANBY — A public hearing to discuss a special permit for a controversial proposal for a gravel pit on Trompke Avenue was postponed Tuesday evening due after the applicant and representatives reported that three of them were too ill to attend the...


Granby priest tapped to lead Catholic Charities in new executive role; will continue to lead town church
09-03-2024 4:33 PM

By EMILEE KLEIN

GRANBY — Father Michael Goodreau, pastor at Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish, will oversee the Catholic Charities Agency of the Diocese of Springfield as its new president, expanding his work as a Catholic and spiritual leader from his parish in Granby...


Work continues at 2 busy intersections in Granby
08-27-2024 5:24 PM

By EMILEE KLEIN

GRANBY — A new roundabout is taking shape along Route 202 at its intersection with School Street — not far from The MacDuffie School — one of two busy intersections undergoing renovations under a combined $4.2 million project led by the Massachusetts...


Messages from beyond?: Local psychics ‘channeling the truth’ and spirits of the dead
08-09-2024 12:43 PM

By ELISE LINSCOTT

“The first thing I felt was cancer … she said ‘I was tired and there was no way back,’ which is pretty common for cancer,” South Hadley-based psychic medium and fiction writer Lisa Lanno said to a room of about 50 people one recent Thursday night at...


Granby Town Administrator Christopher Martin to retire
08-09-2024 11:34 AM

By EMILEE KLEIN

GRANBY — After 23 years as town administrator, Christopher Martin will retire on Nov. 1, leaving the Select Board to rethink the position’s responsibilities before hiring a replacement.“I’d truly like to thank you for your service to the town for...


‘Granby Girl’ gets her name back: Family unveils new tombstone for Patricia Ann Tucker, who’d been missing for 44 years
08-08-2024 5:09 PM

By EMILEE KLEIN

GRANBY — Closure for Matthew Dale meant giving his mother her name back — and he did just that on Thursday in a quiet ceremony at the West Street Cemetery.In 1978, Dale’s mother went missing when he was 5 years old. His family reported her...


Dog bite incident in Granby sparks bylaw review; victims to help rather than press charges
08-06-2024 4:56 PM

By EMILEE KLEIN

GRANBY — The Select Board is moving ahead with plans to review and rewrite the town’s leash laws in the wake of a dog bite incident at Dufresne Park in which a resident suffered an arm laceration — with the couple who were victims of the recent attack...


Jon Weissman: Single-payer health care the solution
08-04-2024 9:43 AM

Thank you for highlighting (again) the crisis in primary care [”Primary care in crisis,” Gazette, July 27].As the board chair of Mass-Care: The Massachusetts Campaign for Single Payer Health Care, I appreciate being quoted, but I want readers to...


South Hadley man arrested after police chase involving 4 departments
07-25-2024 5:33 PM

By Staff Report

SOUTH HADLEY — A 25-year-old South Hadley man who threatened suicide, before leading South Hadley, Granby, Hadley and State Police on a vehicle pursuit from the Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Charter School campus to Route 9 in Hadley Thursday...


Carol Mardeusz: ‘Appalled’ by Supreme Court article placement
07-05-2024 12:37 PM

I am appalled that a July 1 story about such an important decision by the Supreme Court was relegated to the lower right corner of the front page the following day [“Ruling grants ex-presidents immunity,” Gazette, July 2]. In my opinion, it deserved...


Budget rift emerges at Granby TM: Finance Committee at odds with School, Fire departments
06-17-2024 1:01 PM

By EMILEE KLEIN

GRANBY — The town recently completed its two-part annual Town Meeting, at which residents passed a $29.1 million budget for fiscal 2025 while also listening to a contentious disagreement between the Finance Committee and the School and Fire...

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