East Granby Gets $3,600-Plus In Latest Round Of CT Nip Bottle Payouts

EAST GRANBY, CT — More than 73,000 nip bottles were sold at liquor establishments in East Granby over the past six moths, rendering more than $3,600 to the municipality as part of Connecticut's Nickel-Per-Nip program.

Under the program, each city and town in the state receives 5 cents for each nip sold within its borders every six months.

The funding is intended for locally driven environmental stewardship programs.

Here are the numbers for East Granby from April 1 through Sept. 30, 2024, according to the Wine and Spirit Wholesalers of Connecticut:

EAST GRANBY

• Nips sold: 73,882
• Payment to town: $3,694.10