Clubs & Organizations

Kara Lightowler is one of 32 brave women that will be participating in a cancer fundraising event called Belles of the Brawl. Haymakers for Hope sponsors this national event that takes place in six cities throughout the United States. Kara will be in an amateur boxing fight on October 12th raising

Many people and families from Connecticut enjoy vacations in Jamaica, visiting the beautiful beaches in well-known resort areas like Ocho Rios, Negril, and Montego Bay. For one family from Orange and a group of their friends, an upcoming trip to this Caribbean Island will have a different focus.

As we bounce around from one part of our lives to another, we may or may not visit with family members, especially if they live many miles away. A small staff of the Orange Historical Society has made it their mission to find those members of the town who helped make it a town, but are only known

It's officially June: the days are getting longer and its almost time for this troop to go camping! Troop 60274 is officially wrapping up its first year as Cadette level girl scouts. I am very proud of the work they put in these past few months especially. We completed several badges including: 

Welcome to the world of farms in Orange. Field View Farm deserves top billing as the oldest working farm in the United States. Having begun as a dairy in 1639, Field View continues to provide Orange with a vista of farming with its cows, grazing on the hillside and its pure, white barns adjacent

Mekhi McCoter of New Haven has been named Youth of the Year by Big Brothers Big Sisters of Connecticut, the state affiliate of the 117-year-old Big Brothers Big Sisters of America youth mentoring organization. The recognition was presented at the 2023 Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Year Awards

In May, the Stratford Historical Society is hosting a ball in honor of Goody Bassett, a woman whose life was cut short by the lack of understanding of life, differences in people and perhaps jealousy. Connecticut colony is credited with 11 hangings of women who chose to wear their clothes different

The Great Give, a 36-hour online fundraising event created by The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven in 2010, unites donors with nonprofits serving Greater New Haven in a fun and engaging way. It raises money and awareness for so many causes important to our region, with valuable matching

The Orange Historical Society will be holding a Vintage & Collectibles sale on Saturday, May 6, 2023 at the Academy, 605 Orange Center Road from 10am-3pm. For more information, email orangehistorical@yahoo.com or call 203-795-3106.

The Garden Club of Orange will be holding it’s annual May Market at the High Plains Community Center Pavilion on Saturday, May 13th, from 9am to 2pm. The May Market will be selling perennials grown by Garden Club members, and colorful annuals from Shamrock Farm.