From Our Readers

I would like to make the town residents aware of a great program for Seniors at the Amity Regional High School called the Unpaid Experiential Learning Program (UELP). It is run by Lyn Cocco, College & Career Counselor, SAILS Program Counselor at Amity. This is a two-week internship program to give

As I watched the March 1st meeting on OGAT, since I was unable to attend, it is so concerning that the egos and pride of the people that made a decision as to where the playground is going, means more than taking a pause and actually getting the feedback from a Safety Consultant to be sure that the

When the Amity Finance Committee was formed more than twenty years ago, its purpose was to provide taxpayers comfort in that the three towns would be represented. After the financial crisis at Amity, it was the only way to pass the Amity budget after 17 failed referendums. For most of those years

Over the last two years several Orange town residents complained about the location of the proposed playground at Fred Wolfe Park. Several people attended the Orange Board of Selectmen meetings and expressed concern about traffic safety. Orange First Selectman Zeoli then created a seven person

On May 2nd, the BOW will hold our annual referendum to approve the proposed Amity Regional School District budget for the 2023-2024 school year. While this topic has caused some local contention in the recent past, I would like to share my perspective as a former educator and principal of Amity

A significant number of Jews in Israel and in the Diaspora, are quite unhappy about Israel’s newly elected government. Some rabbis have chosen, as a result, to change the wording of the traditional “Prayer for the State of Israel.” One rabbi, whose words, I’ve abridged below, explained it as

On Friday, January 20, 2023, the Orange Highway Department was served a wonderful, bountiful lunch courtesy of long-time Orange residents, Pat and Carol Luddy. Pat said he and Carol wanted to provide lunch as a gesture of appreciation for all the work the Highway Department does around the Town of

Over the past year there have been increased incidents of vandalism and misuse at various locations in the Town’s open spaces.At Turkey Hill Preserve, a wooden bridge installed and used for crossing wet areas was taken. The bridge was 16 ft. in length with an estimated weight of 600 lbs, so whoever

We would like to thank the Orange community for their ongoing support of our book sales held at the Case Memorial Library. Your donations and purchases help to support many of the programs offered by the library staff and our volunteer staff. Please join us once again on March 25th from 10am to 3p