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Updates to School Program is Music to Students’ Ears

|Date: July 30, 2018

Updates to School Program is Music to Students’ Ears

At the very end of the 2017-18 school year, teachers from all four Orange schools gathered to hear about ...

At the very end of the 2017-18 school year, teachers from all four Orange schools gathered to hear about new changes and innovations to the district’s music curriculum. As Turkey Hill Music Teacher Ky ...

July 30, 2018
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Community Forums Planned

|Date: July 30, 2018

Community Forums Planned

Superintendent Search The Amity Regional School District No. 5 Board of Education, in partnership with JE ...

Superintendent Search The Amity Regional School District No. 5 Board of Education, in partnership with JE Consulting, will be hosting a number of community forums to ascertain information from multipl ...

July 30, 2018
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Projects at Three Schools This Summer

|Date: July 30, 2018

Projects at Three Schools This Summer

Several projects are well underway at Orange Schools this summer, all part of a capital improvement plan. ...

Several projects are well underway at Orange Schools this summer, all part of a capital improvement plan. At its June Board of Education meeting, Superintended Vince Scarpetti told the board that the ...

July 30, 2018
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Cottage Community Denied

|Date: July 30, 2018

Cottage Community Denied

While Town Plan and Zoning Commission Chairman Ozzie Parente didn’t agree with all the reasons why reside ...

While Town Plan and Zoning Commission Chairman Ozzie Parente didn’t agree with all the reasons why residents were opposed to a proposed Cottage Project Development Area (CPDA) in their backyards, he d ...

July 30, 2018
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First Week of August Means Orange Firemen’s Carnival!

|Date: July 30, 2018

First Week of August Means Orange Firemen’s Carnival!

It’s not December, but the month of August that the town’s volunteer firemen dub “the most wonderful time ...

It’s not December, but the month of August that the town’s volunteer firemen dub “the most wonderful time of the year,” when the town prepares for the annual Firemen’s Carnival August 2-5 on the Orang ...

July 30, 2018
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Town Of Orange Concert & Fireworks Set For Sunday On The Fairgrounds

|Date: June 28, 2018

Town Of Orange Concert & Fireworks Set For Sunday On The Fairgrounds

The Town of Orange may be small in population, but it has gained the reputation for bringing in top fligh ...

The Town of Orange may be small in population, but it has gained the reputation for bringing in top flight bands and one of the best fireworks displays in the New Haven County. For this year’s Indepe ...

June 28, 2018
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Orange Native, Long-Time Teacher Appointed New Principal of Mary L. Tracy School

|Date: June 28, 2018

Orange Native, Long-Time Teacher Appointed New Principal of Mary L. Tracy School

Tricia Lasto of Orange has been appointed the next principal at Mary L. Tracy School, a position she call ...

Tricia Lasto of Orange has been appointed the next principal at Mary L. Tracy School, a position she calls her ‘dream job.’ The Orange Board of Education announced and celebrated her new role at its ...

June 28, 2018
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Amity Senior Looks to Inspire Youths to Make A Difference

|Date: June 28, 2018

Amity Senior Looks to Inspire Youths to Make A Difference

Amity High School student Sheariah Stevens is hoping her senior project will be the catalyst to inspire y ...

Amity High School student Sheariah Stevens is hoping her senior project will be the catalyst to inspire young people to give their two cents –literally—to charity. The accomplished senior, who is also ...

June 28, 2018
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Cottage Community Continues Zoning Application

|Date: June 28, 2018

Cottage Community Continues Zoning Application

Robert Treat Extension resident Richard Meisenheimer intends to develop the more than 14 acres that his f ...

Robert Treat Extension resident Richard Meisenheimer intends to develop the more than 14 acres that his family owns in the Turkey Hill Road area, but it’s up to the Town’s Plan and Zoning Commission t ...

June 28, 2018
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Amusement Centers Approved

|Date: June 28, 2018

Amusement Centers Approved

Orange residents will soon have new entertainment options as two new amusement centers bring big fun to t ...

Orange residents will soon have new entertainment options as two new amusement centers bring big fun to town. A plan to build a 4,000 square foot virtual reality entertainment center was unanimously a ...

June 28, 2018
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Orange Native Approved for New Office Building

|Date: May 23, 2018

Orange Native Approved for New Office Building

With the green light from the Town Plan & Zoning Commission, Orange native Shawn Liu will make his ho ...

With the green light from the Town Plan & Zoning Commission, Orange native Shawn Liu will make his hometown the world headquarters of his family’s international company. Last month the Town Plan ...

May 23, 2018
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Turkey Hill School Project Empathy

|Date: May 23, 2018

Turkey Hill School Project Empathy

On April 30th, Turkey Hill School (THS), one of the elementary schools in Orange, held a school-wide asse ...

On April 30th, Turkey Hill School (THS), one of the elementary schools in Orange, held a school-wide assembly to honor the characteristic of empathy. The goal was to encourage a “Gift of Empathy” and ...

May 23, 2018
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Zone Change Sought For Possible Adult Community

|Date: May 23, 2018

Zone Change Sought For Possible Adult Community

The Town Plan and Zoning Commission tabled a proposal for a zone change that would permit the development ...

The Town Plan and Zoning Commission tabled a proposal for a zone change that would permit the development of a Cottage Active Adult Community (CAAC) with up to 50 units to be constructed off Turkey Hi ...

May 23, 2018
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Royal Wedding Pez Containers for Charity

|Date: May 23, 2018

Royal Wedding Pez Containers for Charity

A little piece of majestic memorabilia manufactured right here in Orange has raised almost $10,000 to ben ...

A little piece of majestic memorabilia manufactured right here in Orange has raised almost $10,000 to benefit the UK branch of the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Earlier this month Pez Candy Company launche ...

May 23, 2018
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Amity Begins Search for New Superintendent

|Date: May 23, 2018

Amity Begins Search for New Superintendent

After four years as superintendent of Amity schools, Charles (Chip) Dumais announced his resignation and ...

After four years as superintendent of Amity schools, Charles (Chip) Dumais announced his resignation and the district has begun a search for his replacement. His last day of leading Amity will be Jun ...

May 23, 2018
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Orange Historic Houses to be Salvaged

|Date: May 03, 2018

Orange Historic Houses to be Salvaged

A piece of Orange history may wind up in Nashville if the bones of the home on the former Finer Farm are ...

A piece of Orange history may wind up in Nashville if the bones of the home on the former Finer Farm are right for a Tennessee couple putting an addition on their 1780 house. If not Nashville, there’ ...

May 03, 2018
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Middle School Students Create Memorial for School Shooting Victims

|Date: May 03, 2018

Middle School Students Create Memorial for School Shooting Victims

When four Amity Middle School Orange students heard about the February school shooting in Parkland, Flori ...

When four Amity Middle School Orange students heard about the February school shooting in Parkland, Florida, they became angry and wanted to get the message out that something has to change. “I was f ...

May 03, 2018
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Orange Schools Budget Set For Vote

|Date: May 03, 2018

Orange Schools Budget Set For Vote

The Orange Board of Education presented a budget with a 1.17% increase at the annual town budget hearing ...

The Orange Board of Education presented a budget with a 1.17% increase at the annual town budget hearing April 27. A majority of the $235,000 increase is in contractual obligations and special educat ...

May 03, 2018
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Residents “Blinded By The Light”

|Date: May 03, 2018

Residents “Blinded By The Light”

Cedarwood Drive residents Pat and Paula Minore have been blinded by the light—and not in a good way. Aft ...

Cedarwood Drive residents Pat and Paula Minore have been blinded by the light—and not in a good way. After nearly two years enduring high intensity floodlights from Turkey Hill School shining into th ...

May 03, 2018
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Town Records Preserved With Historic Grant

|Date: May 03, 2018

Town Records Preserved With Historic Grant

The handwritten minutes of the town’s first meetings in 1921 when the population was just 983 people are ...

The handwritten minutes of the town’s first meetings in 1921 when the population was just 983 people are among the hundreds of volumes of town records preserved for eternity with historical grants fro ...

May 03, 2018
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