Granby Board of Health approves septic design to unblock Aldridge Road home sale

GRANBY — June 17, 2025 — Granby Board of Health approves contested septic design, tightens screws on failed-system enforcement. The board voted unanimously at its June 17 meeting to approve a Title 5 repair design at 74 Aldridge Road over the objections of a scheduling gap, allowing the Sheridan family to proceed with a summer home listing. All three food-service licenses for Winehouse on Carver Street were extended — but only to September 1, 2025, a shorter runway than previously indicated — after Building Inspector Tom Quinnland confirmed no plumbing permit has been filed and no interior bathroom plan yet exists for the required septic connection. The board authorized a registered-mail enforcement letter to the owner of a failed system at 49 Barton Street, demanding a face-to-face appearance with a repair timetable and warning that failure to respond will trigger referral to town counsel. A 10-day emergency beaver dam permit was approved at 134 Bachelor Street with an advisory urging the property owner to install a flow-control device instead: "You're going to end up repeating this," the chairman told applicant Andre at the meeting.