Granby Living Sept 2018

FEATURE STORY
“I especially am happy in
Granby as a single senior
citizen because I have a sense
of place here...I can’t imagine
living anywhere else.”
— Sandra Flagg
A graduate of Granby Memorial High School
(1993) and Paier College of Art (1998), Brett is
engaged to Amy Laureno of East Granby.
For 20 years, Sandra ran her own business,
The Trumpet Vine, a garden center and gift
shop on Hopmeadow Street in Simsbury, on
the Granby town line. For about the last five
years, she added an eatery at the store location.
She closed up shop in 2009.
“Both of my sons learned a work ethic there,”
Sandra affirms. “If anyone came to the store for
more than five minutes, I’d give them a job to
do.” Excluding customers, of course.
Today, Sandra lives in Stony Hill Village, the
senior housing complex in Granby center.
“The most important thing to me about
living in Granby is that it is so naturally
beautiful,” Sandra says. “I especially am happy
in Granby as a single senior citizen because I
have a sense of place here. ... I feel safe, I feel
at home, and I feel a part of the community. I
can’t imagine living anywhere else.”
Meanwhile, Lance and his wife Tanya live in
Dunbarton, New Hampshire, with their two
children.
A graduate of Northwest Catholic High
School (1997) and Saint Anselm College
(2002), Lance played football at both schools
and at Bridgton Academy in Maine as a
postgrad.
In Dunbarton, Lance’s family has a vegetable
garden, makes maple syrup and raises chickens
for fresh eggs.
“Sounds like Granby, doesn’t it?” Sandra quips.
“Granby was a great New England town to
grow up in,” Lance says. “As a young kid I loved
the ability to roam free around town. Although
it was a far ride, we could get on our bikes and
head out to the center of town without our
parents worrying about us. ... Salmon Brook
Park is still one of my favorite parks.”
Lance relishes his return trips to visit family
and enjoys being on location to tell his children
about the adventures he had as he grew up in
Granby.
“I loved all the streams and brooks we used
to swim and fish in,” he says. “And I’d go bass
fishing with my dog Copper.”
"Granby was a great New
England town to grow up in.”
— Lance Flagg
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