The Garden Club of Orange staged a celebration of the local flora by presenting a flower show dubbed Bice ...
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Flower Show Celebrates ‘Bicentennial Blooms’
|Flower Show Celebrates ‘Bicentennial Blooms’
The Garden Club of Orange staged a celebration of the local flora by presenting a flower show dubbed Bicentennial Blooms, on Sunday, June 5, at High Plains Community Center gym. The exhibit featured t ...
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Parade To Mark Town’s 200th Birthday
|Parade To Mark Town’s 200th Birthday
The Bicentennial Committee has unanimously selected Selectwoman Judy Wright Williams as grand marshal for ...
The Bicentennial Committee has unanimously selected Selectwoman Judy Wright Williams as grand marshal for the upcoming bicentennial parade. The parade is scheduled to take place this weekend, steppin ...
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You Can Visit “Them” in July…
|You Can Visit “Them” in July…
I have been writing for the Orange Town News since its inception and have had a wonderful time doing it. ...
I have been writing for the Orange Town News since its inception and have had a wonderful time doing it. This column is no less enjoyable but might be a bit grim at times. Many years ago, I wrote ab ...
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Third Time’s The Charm: Amity Budget Passes
|Third Time’s The Charm: Amity Budget Passes
The Amity Board of Education in a last-ditch effort managed to convince enough voters — at least in Woodb ...
The Amity Board of Education in a last-ditch effort managed to convince enough voters — at least in Woodbridge and Bethany — to pass its 2022-23 budget in a third referendum on June 14. In Orange, th ...
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2022-2023 Amity Regional School District Proposed Budget For 3rd Referendum
|2022-2023 Amity Regional School District Proposed Budget For 3rd Referendum
The initial Amity Regional School District Budget was set at a 3.99% increase higher than the current fis ...
The initial Amity Regional School District Budget was set at a 3.99% increase higher than the current fiscal year. After the failed referendum on May 3, 2022, 3 positions were removed from the operati ...
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Amity Hires Assistant Superintendent
|Amity Hires Assistant Superintendent
The Amity Regional School District will have a new leadership profile with the hiring of an assistant sup ...
The Amity Regional School District will have a new leadership profile with the hiring of an assistant superintendent. The Board of Education voted unanimously on May 9 to hire Frank A. Purcaro to fil ...
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Take A Tour of Historic Orange
|Take A Tour of Historic Orange
The Orange Historical Society, on the occasion of the town’s bicentennial, is inviting people to take a s ...
The Orange Historical Society, on the occasion of the town’s bicentennial, is inviting people to take a self-guided walking tour of the Historic District to appreciate all over again the historic char ...
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Amity Principal Moves On, Search Is Underway
|Amity Principal Moves On, Search Is Underway
Amity Regional High School Principal Anna Mahon announced last week that she accepted the position of Ass ...
Amity Regional High School Principal Anna Mahon announced last week that she accepted the position of Assistant Superintendent in Brookfield, a K-12 district. Her last day at Amity is July 31. “Amit ...
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Here It Is Again…Our Story
|Here It Is Again…Our Story
The 28th of May, 2022 is Founders Day, commemorating the day a true copy of the petition for separation f ...
The 28th of May, 2022 is Founders Day, commemorating the day a true copy of the petition for separation from Milford was examined and accepted by Thomas Day. The ball started to roll when West Farms ...
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New Haven-area Lifelong Learning Program Brings Fun, New Skills and Health to Area Adults
|New Haven-area Lifelong Learning Program Brings Fun, New Skills and Health to Area Adults
When you’re a grown-up, school is fun. Even the tests. Take Hilary Fried, for instance. He’s focused on ...
When you’re a grown-up, school is fun. Even the tests. Take Hilary Fried, for instance. He’s focused on a test and it’s decision time. That tile his classmate and wife just put down on the table…sh ...
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“The Weeklings” Featured for the Town of Orange Bicentennial Concert & Fireworks Show
|“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 ...
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Founding Day Events Coming Up
|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 ...
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Amity High School Students Stage Mock Fatal Car Crash
|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 ...
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Political Fault Lines Emerge at Budget Hearing
|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 ...
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Amity Athletics Celebrates Its Alumni
|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 ...
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Orange Schools Slowly and Intentionally Return to Normalcy
|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 ...
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Planners To Work on Affordable Housing Plan
|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 ...
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Vote May 3 – Amity Budget Referendum
|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 ...
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Amity Referendum Set for May 3
|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 ...
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Orange Firefighters Ran Record Number of Calls During 2021
|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 ...