Community Corner
My Baby is a Chupacabra, Free Blood Pressure Screening in Granby, Town Positions Open
Here are five things of note for today.

Good morning, Granby and East Granby! Today is Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013; there are 152 days left in the year.
Typically, I’d write something humorous here. But it’s late and I have a fussy baby. So I leave you with this photo to gaze at our little Chupacabra. I’m serious, vampire baby doesn’t sleep at night. Which means neither does daddy. And, worse, neither does mommy.
They make babies cute, because we’d kill them otherwise.
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Here’s what’s going on in the area:
Free blood pressure screening at the Granby Senior Center at 11 a.m.
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The town is hiring for two positions. Visit here for more information.
Well, I won’t say this is an endorsement, but if mom gets a facial, so can her teen. So, uh, there’s that.
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