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Turkey Hill School Drama Club Returns to the Stage

|Date: May 26, 2022

Turkey Hill School Drama Club Returns to the Stage

Turkey Hill School Drama Club presents The Pirate Princess, the club’s thirteenth show. Featuring 67 act ...

Turkey Hill School Drama Club presents The Pirate Princess, the club’s thirteenth show. Featuring 67 actors from grades 1st-6th, the original show will premiere on Friday, June 3, 2022 at 7:00 p.m. a ...

May 26, 2022
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Peck Place School Art Show

|Date: May 26, 2022

Peck Place School Art Show

Due to the pandemic, students and parents have been unable to attend an in-person art show for the ...

Due to the pandemic, students and parents have been unable to attend an in-person art show for the past two years. This year, families were overjoyed as they searched for their children’s maste ...

May 26, 2022
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Congratulations Amity Regional School District Artists

|Date: May 26, 2022

Congratulations Amity Regional School District Artists

We would like to congratulate the following Amity Regional School District high school students who place ...

We would like to congratulate the following Amity Regional School District high school students who placed in this year’s SCC Art Show: 1st place Sophia Faryna (Ivy) of Woodbridge, 3rd place Olivia F ...

May 26, 2022
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“The Weeklings” Featured for the Town of Orange Bicentennial Concert & Fireworks Show

|Date: May 05, 2022

“The Weeklings” Featured for the Town of Orange Bicentennial Concert & Fireworks Show

As the Town of Orange holds its “Summer of Celebration” for the Bicentennial Year, the Orange Town News w ...

As the Town of Orange holds its “Summer of Celebration” for the Bicentennial Year, the Orange Town News will be producing a Bicentennial Concert and Fireworks Show. The show will be featuring “The Wee ...

May 05, 2022
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Founding Day Events Coming Up

|Date: May 05, 2022

Founding Day Events Coming Up

Ceremony Kicks Off Bicentennial The town will observe the 200th anniversary of its founding with a Foundi ...

Ceremony Kicks Off Bicentennial The town will observe the 200th anniversary of its founding with a Founding Day ceremony on Saturday, May 28, at 10 a.m. at the High Plains gazebo, with state and local ...

May 05, 2022
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“I Dissent” — The Life of Ruth Bader Ginsberg

|Date: May 05, 2022

“I Dissent” — The Life of Ruth Bader Ginsberg

The Friends of the Case Memorial Library is offering a one-act play, “I Dissent,” the life of Ruth Bader ...

The Friends of the Case Memorial Library is offering a one-act play, “I Dissent,” the life of Ruth Bader Ginsberg. This impersonation will be performed by Sheryl Faye on Saturday, June 18, at 1:30 pm ...

May 05, 2022
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New Arts Center Celebrates Grand Opening with Ribbon Cutting, Open House

|Date: May 05, 2022

New Arts Center Celebrates Grand Opening with Ribbon Cutting, Open House

Art People, a brand-new arts center with a distinctive mission, celebrated its grand opening with a ribbo ...

Art People, a brand-new arts center with a distinctive mission, celebrated its grand opening with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and open house on Saturday, April 9. Founded by two board-certified, regist ...

May 05, 2022
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An Afternoon of Irish Blarney

|Date: May 05, 2022

An Afternoon of Irish Blarney

The Friends of the Case Memorial Library is presenting a program of Irish songs, stories and humor perfor ...

The Friends of the Case Memorial Library is presenting a program of Irish songs, stories and humor performed by Tom O’Carroll on May 21 (rain date May 22) at 2:00pm outdoors on the Prown Terrace at th ...

May 05, 2022
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2nd Annual Orange Artisan Fest & Vendor Fair

|Date: May 05, 2022

2nd Annual Orange Artisan Fest & Vendor Fair

We are excited to announce the 2nd Annual Orange Artisan Fest & Vendor Fair is scheduled for Thursday ...

We are excited to announce the 2nd Annual Orange Artisan Fest & Vendor Fair is scheduled for Thursday, June 23, 2022 and registration is now open. Once again, the all-outdoor event will be held a ...

May 05, 2022
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Poet Emanuel Xavier Visits Amity Regional High School

|Date: April 14, 2022

Poet Emanuel Xavier Visits Amity Regional High School

Spoken-word artist and poet Emanuel Xavier visited Amity Regional High School on Friday, April 8th to spe ...

Spoken-word artist and poet Emanuel Xavier visited Amity Regional High School on Friday, April 8th to speak to students in English Language Arts classes. Mr. Xavier has published several collections o ...

April 14, 2022
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Hulley Foundation Keeps the Arts Blooming

|Date: March 10, 2022

Hulley Foundation Keeps the Arts Blooming

The Jamie Hulley Arts Foundation announces its second annual KEEP THE ARTS BLOOMING virtual raffle campai ...

The Jamie Hulley Arts Foundation announces its second annual KEEP THE ARTS BLOOMING virtual raffle campaign. 100% of the proceeds will be dedicated to local educational programs, scholarships, and co ...

March 10, 2022
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Shirlala Family Concert Presented by B’nai Jacob in Partnership with PJ Library

|Date: March 10, 2022

Shirlala Family Concert Presented by B’nai Jacob in Partnership with PJ Library

Congregation B’nai Jacob, in partnership with PJ Library, is thrilled to present ShirLaLa live in concert ...

Congregation B’nai Jacob, in partnership with PJ Library, is thrilled to present ShirLaLa live in concert! Shira Kline is a performance and ritual artist, recognized as a revolutionary educator and n ...

March 10, 2022
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The Amity Middle School – Orange (AMSO) Spartan Players Spring Production Announced!

|Date: March 10, 2022

The Amity Middle School – Orange (AMSO) Spartan Players Spring Production Announced!

With a generous grant from their headlining sponsor, The Jamie A. Hulley Arts Foundation (jamiehulleyarts ...

With a generous grant from their headlining sponsor, The Jamie A. Hulley Arts Foundation (jamiehulleyartsfund.org), The AMSO Spartan Players (Orange Campus) are pleased to announce its production of M ...

March 10, 2022
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Tickets Available for Amity’s Spring Musical Mamma Mia!

|Date: March 10, 2022

Tickets Available for Amity’s Spring Musical Mamma Mia!

The award-winning Amity Regional High School Theater Department, under the direction of Robert and Andrea ...

The award-winning Amity Regional High School Theater Department, under the direction of Robert and Andrea Kennedy, is thrilled to announce the production of Mamma Mia!. Mamma Mia! is the hilarious sto ...

March 10, 2022
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2022 Scholastic Award Winners

|Date: March 10, 2022

2022 Scholastic Award Winners

Every year Amity High School enters the CT Scholastic Art Awards competition. Schools that have 7-12th g ...

Every year Amity High School enters the CT Scholastic Art Awards competition. Schools that have 7-12th graders can submit a selection of works in different categories. There are single artwork submi ...

March 10, 2022
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Bicentennial Plans Take Shape

|Date: January 13, 2022

Bicentennial Plans Take Shape

Celebration Will Stretch Throughout the Summer Of ‘22 The year 2022 promises to be a very special year fo ...

Celebration Will Stretch Throughout the Summer Of ‘22 The year 2022 promises to be a very special year for the town, as it marks its 200th birthday, its bicentennial. A coordinating committee chaired ...

January 13, 2022
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Local Dancers Performed In The Pearl Harbor Memorial Parade

|Date: December 16, 2021

Local Dancers Performed In The Pearl Harbor Memorial Parade

Orange residents Molly Blair and Greta Pedenski from the Amity High School Dance Team are two of more tha ...

Orange residents Molly Blair and Greta Pedenski from the Amity High School Dance Team are two of more than 600 high school cheerleaders and dancers from across the country that represented the camp br ...

December 16, 2021
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Payne, Percy Wed

|Date: December 16, 2021

Payne, Percy Wed

The marriage of Miss Katharine Colonna Payne, daughter of David Robert Payne and Sally Wool Pearson to Dr ...

The marriage of Miss Katharine Colonna Payne, daughter of David Robert Payne and Sally Wool Pearson to Dr. Andrew Percy, son of Craig Percy and the late Jayne Percy of Westlake Village, CA (formerly o ...

December 16, 2021
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Local Author Charles F. Rosenay!!! Releases First Pop Culture Book And Announces Area Library Appearance December 6

|Date: November 17, 2021

Local Author Charles F. Rosenay!!! Releases First Pop Culture Book And Announces Area Library Appearance December 6

New Haven’s Charles F. Rosenay!!! may be best known in the state as the producer of the Connecticut Beatl ...

New Haven’s Charles F. Rosenay!!! may be best known in the state as the producer of the Connecticut Beatles conventions and festivals for over four decades, or as a pro DJ/MC/Entertainer for as many y ...

November 17, 2021
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Bencos Celebrate 60 Years

|Date: October 28, 2021

Bencos Celebrate 60 Years

Robert and Jean Benco celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary with a renewal of their vows. Bobby Benc ...

Robert and Jean Benco celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary with a renewal of their vows. Bobby Benco, their grandson, officiated the ceremony on a beautiful Sunday afternoon surrounded by family ...

October 28, 2021
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