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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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Amity High School Students Stage Mock Fatal Car Crash

|Date: May 05, 2022

Amity High School Students Stage Mock Fatal Car Crash

Amity High School’s SADD (Students Against Destructive Decisions) club staged a mock fatal car crash with ...

Amity High School’s SADD (Students Against Destructive Decisions) club staged a mock fatal car crash with students acting out the parts of victims of a drunk driving crash. It was a powerful visual r ...

May 05, 2022
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Political Fault Lines Emerge at Budget Hearing

|Date: May 05, 2022

Political Fault Lines Emerge at Budget Hearing

Cultural and political divisions over race and sex education at Amity schools overshadowed the question-a ...

Cultural and political divisions over race and sex education at Amity schools overshadowed the question-and comments portion of the Orange budget hearing April 21 at the High Plains cafeteria. In fac ...

May 05, 2022
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Amity Athletics Celebrates Its Alumni

|Date: May 05, 2022

Amity Athletics Celebrates Its Alumni

Life’s ups and downs, its challenges but also its lighthearted moments were front and center as a new gro ...

Life’s ups and downs, its challenges but also its lighthearted moments were front and center as a new group of successful Amity alumni were inducted into the Amity Athletic Hall of Fame and the Hall o ...

May 05, 2022
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Orange Schools Slowly and Intentionally Return to Normalcy

|Date: April 14, 2022

Orange Schools Slowly and Intentionally Return to Normalcy

Orange Schools are slowly looking a bit more like they did pre-COVID in a variety of ways. On February 2 ...

Orange Schools are slowly looking a bit more like they did pre-COVID in a variety of ways. On February 28, Orange Schools made mask-wearing optional for students, staff and visitors. “The transition ...

April 14, 2022
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Planners To Work on Affordable Housing Plan

|Date: April 14, 2022

Planners To Work on Affordable Housing Plan

The South Central Regional Council of Governments (SCROG) has submitted a draft affordable housing plan t ...

The South Central Regional Council of Governments (SCROG) has submitted a draft affordable housing plan to the Orange Plan and Zoning Commission for its review. Zoning Enforcement Officer Jack Demirj ...

April 14, 2022
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Vote May 3 – Amity Budget Referendum

|Date: April 14, 2022

Vote May 3 – Amity Budget Referendum

Facts to Consider regarding the Amity Budget Request Student Enrollment and Staffing: Student enrollment ...

Facts to Consider regarding the Amity Budget Request Student Enrollment and Staffing: Student enrollment at Amity has in fact dropped by 425 students since 2009 - 2010. Despite this fact staff has inc ...

April 14, 2022
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Amity Referendum Set for May 3

|Date: April 14, 2022

Amity Referendum Set for May 3

People who have questions about the Amity budget for the 2022-23 school year can follow the presentation ...

People who have questions about the Amity budget for the 2022-23 school year can follow the presentation at the District Annual Meeting on Monday, May 2, at 5:30 p.m. in the presentation room at the D ...

April 14, 2022
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Orange Firefighters Ran Record Number of Calls During 2021

|Date: April 14, 2022

Orange Firefighters Ran Record Number of Calls During 2021

Fire Department Recognizes Service Anniversaries, Looks to The Future The Connecticut General Assembly re ...

Fire Department Recognizes Service Anniversaries, Looks to The Future The Connecticut General Assembly recognized the work of three Orange Volunteer Fire Department members who have given a total of 1 ...

April 14, 2022
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Telecommunications in Orange…

|Date: April 14, 2022

Telecommunications in Orange…

This is the History Corner, right? So, you may be wondering about the title…well, just sit back and see ...

This is the History Corner, right? So, you may be wondering about the title…well, just sit back and see just what the title means. The word telecommunication is a compound of Greek and Latin with “t ...

April 14, 2022
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OVNA Nurses Bring the Care Into The Home

|Date: April 14, 2022

OVNA Nurses Bring the Care Into The Home

After John McCarthy of Orange had ankle surgery last year, he couldn’t put weight on his foot for a long ...

After John McCarthy of Orange had ankle surgery last year, he couldn’t put weight on his foot for a long time. He couldn’t drive; he couldn’t get up and down the stairs of his house. That’s when the ...

April 14, 2022
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Playground Project Moves Forward

|Date: March 10, 2022

Playground Project Moves Forward

The Board of Selectmen gave the green light for the Playground Committee to move ahead with its plans for ...

The Board of Selectmen gave the green light for the Playground Committee to move ahead with its plans for an all-inclusive playground at Fred Wolfe Park. “Our goal is to create a destination playgrou ...

March 10, 2022
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Bicentennial Committee Has Us Booked for The Summer

|Date: March 10, 2022

Bicentennial Committee Has Us Booked for The Summer

There are so many ways a town like Orange can mark its 200th birthday that the group planning this milest ...

There are so many ways a town like Orange can mark its 200th birthday that the group planning this milestone has scheduled a whole season – the Bicentennial Summer Celebration – to give it its full du ...

March 10, 2022
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Cost of Surplus, Amity Budget Update, & Voting Awareness

|Date: March 10, 2022

Cost of Surplus, Amity Budget Update, & Voting Awareness

Responding to Taxpayer’s Questions The feedback from the prior two articles in the Orange Town News has b ...

Responding to Taxpayer’s Questions The feedback from the prior two articles in the Orange Town News has been extensive. People have numerous questions & seem to be connecting to the topic of budg ...

March 10, 2022
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Orange Firefighters Train for Ice Rescue

|Date: March 10, 2022

Orange Firefighters Train for Ice Rescue

Winter Increases the Danger of Cold-Water Drowning and Orange Firefighters Will Be Ready Orange firefight ...

Winter Increases the Danger of Cold-Water Drowning and Orange Firefighters Will Be Ready Orange firefighters spent their weekend honing their skills at pulling drowning victims out of icy ponds and st ...

March 10, 2022
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History Corner: Growing Up in the Bronx…

|Date: March 10, 2022

History Corner: Growing Up in the Bronx…

We had wonderful neighbors while I was growing up on Garrison Ave. in the Bronx. Rabbi and Mrs. Steinber ...

We had wonderful neighbors while I was growing up on Garrison Ave. in the Bronx. Rabbi and Mrs. Steinberg lived on the 3rd floor of our building and the Goldberg’s lived next door. Rabbi was an inva ...

March 10, 2022
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Zoners Schedule Hearings on Accessory Buildings

|Date: February 10, 2022

Zoners Schedule Hearings on Accessory Buildings

The Orange Plan and Zoning Commission has scheduled public hearings as it is faced with the question whet ...

The Orange Plan and Zoning Commission has scheduled public hearings as it is faced with the question whether or not to allow detached accessory buildings on single family lots. The hearings will be h ...

February 10, 2022
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PJ Shanley to Join the Board of Selectmen

|Date: February 10, 2022

PJ Shanley to Join the Board of Selectmen

First Selectman Jim Zeoli last week appointed former Board of Finance member PJ Shanley to serve on the B ...

First Selectman Jim Zeoli last week appointed former Board of Finance member PJ Shanley to serve on the Board of Selectmen. The appointment comes after the surprise resignation of recently elected Co ...

February 10, 2022
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Proposed Amity FY 22-23 Budget Would Significantly Impact Taxes

|Date: February 10, 2022

Proposed Amity FY 22-23 Budget Would Significantly Impact Taxes

Orange BOF Supports up to 0.41% Increase, Ultimately Taxpayers Will Decide on Budget to Support by Jim Le ...

Orange BOF Supports up to 0.41% Increase, Ultimately Taxpayers Will Decide on Budget to Support by Jim Leahy, Vice-Chairman, Orange Board of Finance On January 24, the Orange Board of Finance (OBOF) m ...

February 10, 2022
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