An Orange mom with two children at Race Brook School is pleading with the Board of Education to consider ...
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Orange Schools Revisits Policies on Food in Classrooms
|Orange Schools Revisits Policies on Food in Classrooms
An Orange mom with two children at Race Brook School is pleading with the Board of Education to consider adopting a food-free celebration policy at Orange Schools. Roo Ciambriello has daughters in fi ...
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Zeoli Addresses State Cuts: “We Are In For a Rocky Ride”
|Zeoli Addresses State Cuts: “We Are In For a Rocky Ride”
First Selectman James Zeoli warned the board of selectman in February that the residents of Orange are in ...
First Selectman James Zeoli warned the board of selectman in February that the residents of Orange are in for a rocky ride this budget season. He reported to the board that the governor’s plan to cut ...
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“Strange Magic – The ELO Experience” Booked to Headline Summer Concert & Fireworks
|“Strange Magic – The ELO Experience” Booked to Headline Summer Concert & Fireworks
The calendar may say March but it’s not too early to start dreaming of summer as Orange Town News publish ...
The calendar may say March but it’s not too early to start dreaming of summer as Orange Town News publisher Rocky Salperto announces this year’s entertainment for the 2017 Orange Independence Day Conc ...
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Amity Board of Education Considers 2017-18 Budget
|Amity Board of Education Considers 2017-18 Budget
After four rounds of budget cuts, the Amity Board of Education will be asked to approve a spending plan t ...
After four rounds of budget cuts, the Amity Board of Education will be asked to approve a spending plan that carries a 1.34% increase over this current year’s budget. “We have created for Amity a ver ...
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Town Could Shift to Four-Year Terms Under New Charter Review
|Town Could Shift to Four-Year Terms Under New Charter Review
The town of Orange has reached the end of a year-long process of reviewing the town’s charter and making ...
The town of Orange has reached the end of a year-long process of reviewing the town’s charter and making recommendations to update the document. At its regular meeting of the board of selectmen Februa ...
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Contractors Now Face Fees for Leaf Dumping
|Contractors Now Face Fees for Leaf Dumping
Contractors dropping leaves at the town transfer station are now facing a fee after the Board of Selectme ...
Contractors dropping leaves at the town transfer station are now facing a fee after the Board of Selectmen unanimously approved a request from Town Engineer Robert Hiza. He asked the selectmen to con ...
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Town Updates Financial Regulations
|Town Updates Financial Regulations
The Board of Selectmen approved a set of changes to the town’s financial and administrative regulation at ...
The Board of Selectmen approved a set of changes to the town’s financial and administrative regulation at its monthly meeting in January. When Finance Director John Cifarelli took over the position, ...
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DOT Details Traffic Improvements to Derby Ave. (Route 34)
|DOT Details Traffic Improvements to Derby Ave. (Route 34)
Representatives from the State’s Department of Transportation presented preliminary road improvement plan ...
Representatives from the State’s Department of Transportation presented preliminary road improvement plans to make the Baldwin Road and Route 34 intersection safer to a handful of residents and town o ...
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Calendar Adopted for 2017-2018 School Year
|Calendar Adopted for 2017-2018 School Year
The Orange Board of Education adopted a calendar for the 2017-2018 school year at its monthly meeting in ...
The Orange Board of Education adopted a calendar for the 2017-2018 school year at its monthly meeting in January. School will begin on Monday, August 28 and will tentatively end on Thursday, June 7 u ...
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Amity High School Cuts Ribbon for New Fuel Cell
|Amity High School Cuts Ribbon for New Fuel Cell
The irony of gathering in the icy winds of an incoming Nor’easter to witness the ribbon cutting of a stat ...
The irony of gathering in the icy winds of an incoming Nor’easter to witness the ribbon cutting of a state-of-the-art facility that provides “clean” heat and power to Amity Regional High School wasn’t ...
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Drug Enforcement Officials Address Heroin Epidemic
|Drug Enforcement Officials Address Heroin Epidemic
Prevention Stressed to Amity HS Students Prevention is the best recourse to heroin addiction was t ...
Prevention Stressed to Amity HS Students Prevention is the best recourse to heroin addiction was the message from FBI and Drug Enforcement Administration officials, the mental health community ...
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Dining With Susan: Romantic Restaurants for Valentine’s Day 2017
|Dining With Susan: Romantic Restaurants for Valentine’s Day 2017
Love is always in the air on Valentine’s Day. Having a romantic dinner with your “significant oth ...
Love is always in the air on Valentine’s Day. Having a romantic dinner with your “significant other” is one of the most memorable ways of celebrating Valentine’s Day. This is the 7th year sha ...
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Implementation of Chromebooks A Success at Orange Schools
|Implementation of Chromebooks A Success at Orange Schools
In September, when students in grades three through six returned to Orange Schools, Chromebook com ...
In September, when students in grades three through six returned to Orange Schools, Chromebook computers were waiting for each student. “It was a large investment, but it’s also tying in with ...
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Update Coming to Town Website
|Update Coming to Town Website
Town Clerk Patrick O’Sullivan isn’t old enough to remember when folks in town got their news from ...
Town Clerk Patrick O’Sullivan isn’t old enough to remember when folks in town got their news from legal notices nailed to horses’ hitching posts, but he does recall when everyone turned out for ...
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Orange Hit Hard by State Budget Cuts
|Orange Hit Hard by State Budget Cuts
Orange received a two-hit punch to the pocketbook last week as state officials announced immediate ...
Orange received a two-hit punch to the pocketbook last week as state officials announced immediate cuts in state aid to the town for education and capital improvements. In an effort to address ...
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Eagle Leasing Celebrates 50 Years
|Eagle Leasing Celebrates 50 Years
Ask Louis Eagle what’s the secret to 50 successful years in the trucking shipping container rental ...
Ask Louis Eagle what’s the secret to 50 successful years in the trucking shipping container rental business as the president of Eagle Leasing and his response is simple, “Respect”. Respect for ...
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Amity Cheerleaders Are National Champions
|Amity Cheerleaders Are National Champions
Team Takes Top Score of the Day with 70 Other Teams The Amity Pop Warner Varsity Cheerleaders won first p ...
Team Takes Top Score of the Day with 70 Other Teams The Amity Pop Warner Varsity Cheerleaders won first place in the 2016 National Cheer and Dance Championship in Orlando, Florida on Friday, December ...