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Orange Faced with Possible $1.5 Million Loss in Education Funding

|Date: August 31, 2017

Orange Faced with Possible $1.5 Million Loss in Education Funding

Governor Dannel Malloy’s proposed cuts to 85 schools across the state including Orange came as no surpris ...

Governor Dannel Malloy’s proposed cuts to 85 schools across the state including Orange came as no surprise to town and school administrators in late August. Earlier in the month, Superintendent of Sc ...

August 31, 2017
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Students Return For 2017-18 School Year

|Date: August 31, 2017

Students Return For 2017-18 School Year

When students were welcomed back to school on August 28, they were greeted by their new teachers and thos ...

When students were welcomed back to school on August 28, they were greeted by their new teachers and those from past years, new friends and old and filled with wonder of the things to come in the scho ...

August 31, 2017
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Ozzie Parente Elected Chairman of the Town Plan & Zoning Commission

|Date: August 31, 2017

Ozzie Parente Elected Chairman of the Town Plan & Zoning Commission

Oscar (Ozzie) Parente has been elected Chairman of the Town Planning and Zoning Commission. Parente, who ...

Oscar (Ozzie) Parente has been elected Chairman of the Town Planning and Zoning Commission. Parente, who has been a member of the commission since 2006 and served as the board’s secretary, will run f ...

August 31, 2017
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Developers Plan to Appeal TPZC Decision in Court

|Date: August 31, 2017

Developers Plan to Appeal TPZC Decision in Court

Developers who were refused approval to build a mixed use development that included affordable housing un ...

Developers who were refused approval to build a mixed use development that included affordable housing units will appeal the Town’s Plan and Zoning Commission’s decision in court. The application, su ...

August 31, 2017
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TPZ Holds to 62 & Over Age Restriction

|Date: August 31, 2017

TPZ Holds to 62 & Over Age Restriction

An attorney hired by a property owner seeking to amend zoning regulations to lower the age in their senio ...

An attorney hired by a property owner seeking to amend zoning regulations to lower the age in their senior housing complex from 62 to 55 did little to convince the Town Plan and Zoning Commission to c ...

August 31, 2017
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Board of Education Continues to Review Food Policies

|Date: August 31, 2017

Board of Education Continues to Review Food Policies

The Board of Education will vote on a new policy regarding food in classrooms at its next monthly meeting ...

The Board of Education will vote on a new policy regarding food in classrooms at its next monthly meeting on Monday, September 18. The board had a first read of a policy that states that birthday and ...

August 31, 2017
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Jim Zeoli Accepts Nomination for First Selectman

|Date: July 26, 2017

Jim Zeoli Accepts Nomination for First Selectman

First Selectman Jim Zeoli believes he has the best resume for the job he’s seeking in November – another ...

First Selectman Jim Zeoli believes he has the best resume for the job he’s seeking in November – another term as the town’s First Selectmen. “I’ve had 12 years of on-the-job training,” he said. “And ...

July 26, 2017
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Novicki Nominated by Orange Democrats

|Date: July 26, 2017

Novicki Nominated by Orange Democrats

For a woman who has faced African war lords during UN peace-keeping negotiations, the challenge to take t ...

For a woman who has faced African war lords during UN peace-keeping negotiations, the challenge to take the town’s top job from long-time incumbent Jim Zeoli in this fall’s election is hardly daunting ...

July 26, 2017
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Independent Running For First Selectman: Alex DeAngelo

|Date: July 26, 2017

Independent Running For First Selectman: Alex DeAngelo

With the required 44 signatures on Nominating Petition documents for the Secretary of State, 24-year-old ...

With the required 44 signatures on Nominating Petition documents for the Secretary of State, 24-year-old Alex DeAngelo is one step closer to throwing his hat into the ring to run as an independent can ...

July 26, 2017
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Town Plan & Zoning Commission Says Yes to New Hotel

|Date: July 26, 2017

Town Plan & Zoning Commission Says Yes to New Hotel

Approval from the Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) cleared the way for the Town Plan and Zoning Commissioner ...

Approval from the Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) cleared the way for the Town Plan and Zoning Commissioners to welcome a new extended stay hotel to town. The application to build a Homewood Suites hot ...

July 26, 2017
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Kevin Cornell Appointed To Fill TPZC Vacancy

|Date: July 26, 2017

Kevin Cornell Appointed To Fill TPZC Vacancy

Long-time resident Kevin Cornell has been appointed to the Town Plan and Zoning Commission to serve on th ...

Long-time resident Kevin Cornell has been appointed to the Town Plan and Zoning Commission to serve on the board until November. He fills the seat vacated by former Chairman Walter (Beau) Clark who l ...

July 26, 2017
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Amity Middle School Welcomes New Principal

|Date: July 26, 2017

Amity Middle School Welcomes New Principal

When Orange Middle School students return to school at the end of August, they’ll be greeted by a new lea ...

When Orange Middle School students return to school at the end of August, they’ll be greeted by a new leader. Kathy Burke began her new job as principal on July 1. Burke formerly taught math and hist ...

July 26, 2017
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Orange Middle School Students Receive Jack V. Levine Efficiency Award

|Date: July 26, 2017

Orange Middle School Students Receive Jack V. Levine Efficiency Award

Orange Middle School students Cory Richards and MaCaelan Rahn received awards for having efficient ideas ...

Orange Middle School students Cory Richards and MaCaelan Rahn received awards for having efficient ideas just before school got out in June. “The Jack V. Levine Award is presented as part of our dist ...

July 26, 2017
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Board of Education to Review New Food Policy

|Date: July 26, 2017

Board of Education to Review New Food Policy

The Orange Board of Education’s Policy and Personnel Sub-Committee will present to the full Board of Educ ...

The Orange Board of Education’s Policy and Personnel Sub-Committee will present to the full Board of Education a new proposal regarding food in schools at its next monthly meeting on August 21. At th ...

July 26, 2017
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“Strange Magic” Featured for the Orange Independence Day Concert & Fireworks Spectacular on Sunday, July 2nd

|Date: June 27, 2017

“Strange Magic” Featured for the Orange Independence Day Concert & Fireworks Spectacular on Sunday, July 2nd

The Town of Orange may be small in population, but it gained the reputation over the past several years f ...

The Town of Orange may be small in population, but it gained the reputation over the past several years for bringing in internationally renowned bands and one of the best fireworks displays in the New ...

June 27, 2017
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Black Bear Sighting in Town

|Date: June 27, 2017

Black Bear Sighting in Town

News that a black bear was passing through town earlier this month travelled nearly as fast as he did as ...

News that a black bear was passing through town earlier this month travelled nearly as fast as he did as locals called the Selectman’s office and Police Department to report its path. First Selectman ...

June 27, 2017
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Board of Education Jams Out at Monthly Meeting

|Date: June 27, 2017

Board of Education Jams Out at Monthly Meeting

The Orange Board of Education received an education itself at its monthly meeting June 19. Four fourth gr ...

The Orange Board of Education received an education itself at its monthly meeting June 19. Four fourth graders from Peck Place School and music teachers from Peck and Turkey Hill Schools taught the bo ...

June 27, 2017
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TPZC Extends Moratorium to TODD

|Date: June 27, 2017

TPZC Extends Moratorium to TODD

Developers interested in submitting plans for the Transit Oriented Development District at the site of th ...

Developers interested in submitting plans for the Transit Oriented Development District at the site of the proposed Metro-North train station will have to wait as the Town Plan and Zoning Commission v ...

June 27, 2017
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Zoning Applicant Requests Lowering Age for Senior Housing

|Date: June 27, 2017

Zoning Applicant Requests Lowering Age for Senior Housing

Property owner Sadri Sohayegh hopes the Town Plan and Zoning Commission will consider lowering the age of ...

Property owner Sadri Sohayegh hopes the Town Plan and Zoning Commission will consider lowering the age of her senior housing apartments to boost the spirits of the elderly people who live there. In a ...

June 27, 2017
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Voters Approve $15 Million Bond Vote

|Date: May 24, 2017

Voters Approve $15 Million Bond Vote

Officials got the go-ahead to begin a host of improvements on roads and facilities in town as the ...

Officials got the go-ahead to begin a host of improvements on roads and facilities in town as the nearly $15 million bond proposal passed by referendum. Just 399 residents cast their votes; wi ...

May 24, 2017
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