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Disney’s ‘Newsies’ Comes To Life At Notre Dame High School

|Date: March 05, 2020

Disney’s ‘Newsies’ Comes To Life At Notre Dame High School

Disney’s Newsies, the two-time Tony Award-winning musical inspired by the real-life Newsboys’ Strike of 1 ...

Disney’s Newsies, the two-time Tony Award-winning musical inspired by the real-life Newsboys’ Strike of 1899, will be performed at Notre Dame High School (West Haven) from March 13-15, 2020. When the ...

March 05, 2020
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Tickets Available for Amity’s Spring Musical “The Drowsy Chaperone”

|Date: March 05, 2020

Tickets Available for Amity’s Spring Musical “The Drowsy Chaperone”

The award-winning Amity Regional High School Theater Department, under the direction of Robert and Andrea ...

The award-winning Amity Regional High School Theater Department, under the direction of Robert and Andrea Kennedy, is headed back to the Roaring Twenties with the musical comedy, “The Drowsy Chaperone ...

March 05, 2020
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Byars Presents 2021 Amity Budget

|Date: February 06, 2020

Byars Presents 2021 Amity Budget

District Funds Technology Updates and SRO’s, Addresses Social Needs After several years of moderate budge ...

District Funds Technology Updates and SRO’s, Addresses Social Needs After several years of moderate budget increases, the Amity Regional School District is requesting a 3.95% increase for the 2020-21 ...

February 06, 2020
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Wetlands Board Says No To Cluster Housing Project

|Date: February 06, 2020

Wetlands Board Says No To Cluster Housing Project

In a Draft Resolution of Denial prepared by Attorney Barbara Schellenberg, Inland Wetlands commissioners ...

In a Draft Resolution of Denial prepared by Attorney Barbara Schellenberg, Inland Wetlands commissioners outlined the reasons they voted unanimously to deny a plan to build cluster housing off Turkey ...

February 06, 2020
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Town Mourns Loss Longtime Fire Marshal Tim Smith

|Date: February 06, 2020

Town Mourns Loss Longtime Fire Marshal Tim Smith

Volunteer firefighters and town employees in Orange are reeling from the loss of long-time Fire Marshal T ...

Volunteer firefighters and town employees in Orange are reeling from the loss of long-time Fire Marshal Tim Smith, who died Sunday, January 19th after investigating a fire in a local home. “The Orange ...

February 06, 2020
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Tom Torrenti Appointed To Plan & Zoning Commision

|Date: February 06, 2020

Tom Torrenti Appointed To Plan & Zoning Commision

Orange native Tom Torrenti has been appointed to the Town Plan and Zoning Commission to fill the seat vac ...

Orange native Tom Torrenti has been appointed to the Town Plan and Zoning Commission to fill the seat vacated by Commissioner Ralph Aschettino. Torrenti, a licensed professional engineer, is owner of ...

February 06, 2020
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Sens. Maroney and Lesser Hold Prescription Drug and Long-Term Care Forum

|Date: February 06, 2020

Sens. Maroney and Lesser Hold Prescription Drug and Long-Term Care Forum

The Legislators Discussed Potential Legislative Measures to Make Prescription Drug Costs and Long-Term Ca ...

The Legislators Discussed Potential Legislative Measures to Make Prescription Drug Costs and Long-Term Care Affordable State Senator James Maroney (D-Milford) and state Senator Matt Lesser (D-Middleto ...

February 06, 2020
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Amity Regional High School Advances in International Debate Competition

|Date: February 06, 2020

Amity Regional High School Advances in International Debate Competition

Global Competition Sponsored by the Brewer Foundation and New York University Students from Amity Regiona ...

Global Competition Sponsored by the Brewer Foundation and New York University Students from Amity Regional High School in Woodbridge have advanced to the “Top 32” round of the International Public Pol ...

February 06, 2020
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Amity High School ‘New Beginnings’ Helps the Homeless

|Date: February 06, 2020

Amity High School ‘New Beginnings’ Helps the Homeless

When Amity High School junior Eesha Acharya used to go to India with her family as a child, it shocked he ...

When Amity High School junior Eesha Acharya used to go to India with her family as a child, it shocked her and saddened her to see the number of homeless people around. The effect stayed with her wel ...

February 06, 2020
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History Corner: Is This YOUR Neighborhood?

|Date: February 06, 2020

History Corner: Is This YOUR Neighborhood?

The division of the town in 1922, separating Orange from West Haven, proved to be the culmination of even ...

The division of the town in 1922, separating Orange from West Haven, proved to be the culmination of events long underway. As early as 1848, residents considered the division, citing that West Haven ...

February 06, 2020
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Amity Middle School Students Raise Money for Central American Students & Families

|Date: January 09, 2020

Amity Middle School Students Raise Money for Central American Students & Families

The Pulsera Project was a fundraiser facilitated by Ms. Stephanie Sanchez’s (8th grade Spanish teacher) a ...

The Pulsera Project was a fundraiser facilitated by Ms. Stephanie Sanchez’s (8th grade Spanish teacher) advisory group at Amity Middle School in Orange. Artisans from Guatemala and Nicaragua sent han ...

January 09, 2020
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Amity Middle School Students Recognized for their Good Character

|Date: January 09, 2020

Amity Middle School Students Recognized for their Good Character

Amity Middle School in Orange is pleased to recognize Kristin Feuerstein, Bella Louros, Colin Spoerndle, ...

Amity Middle School in Orange is pleased to recognize Kristin Feuerstein, Bella Louros, Colin Spoerndle, Ryan Slugoski, Jillian Barnes, Agatha Freitas, Todd Evans, and Dante Hardt for displaying the J ...

January 09, 2020
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Belfonti to Serve as Chairman of Amity Regional Board of Education

|Date: January 09, 2020

Belfonti to Serve as Chairman of Amity Regional Board of Education

Board Elects Leadership for Next Two Years On December 9, 2019 the Amity Regional School District No. 5 B ...

Board Elects Leadership for Next Two Years On December 9, 2019 the Amity Regional School District No. 5 Board of Education elected Mr. John Belfonti to serve as Chairman. Mr. Belfonti, an Orange resi ...

January 09, 2020
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History Corner: Let’s Look Around Town…

|Date: January 09, 2020

History Corner: Let’s Look Around Town…

Several years ago, I wrote two stories entitled “Do you know where you are?” and “Do you know where you l ...

Several years ago, I wrote two stories entitled “Do you know where you are?” and “Do you know where you live?” Like people, houses have personalities, with traits that bind them together as a group. ...

January 09, 2020
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Orange History: The Zion Lutheran Church

|Date: January 09, 2020

Orange History: The Zion Lutheran Church

You may have driven past Zion Lutheran Church on Grassy Hill Road and wondered about this mid-century bui ...

You may have driven past Zion Lutheran Church on Grassy Hill Road and wondered about this mid-century building set back on the wooded slope. If you drove past the church this fall, you likely saw the ...

January 09, 2020
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Developer Outlines Cluster Housing Revisions

|Date: December 12, 2019

Developer Outlines Cluster Housing Revisions

One of two engineering consultants hired by the town’s Inland Wetlands Commission to review a developer’s ...

One of two engineering consultants hired by the town’s Inland Wetlands Commission to review a developer’s plan to build a cluster housing project off of Turkey Hill Road has signed off on the project. ...

December 12, 2019
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Amity Towns Vote For Improvements To Fields, Buildings

|Date: December 12, 2019

Amity Towns Vote For Improvements To Fields, Buildings

Woodbridge Voters Reject Artificial Turf Field Bethany, Woodbridge and Orange residents voted in favor of ...

Woodbridge Voters Reject Artificial Turf Field Bethany, Woodbridge and Orange residents voted in favor of updating the fields at the high school and — in a separate question — the air handlers and mis ...

December 12, 2019
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History Corner: Let’s See, What Holiday is it Now?

|Date: December 12, 2019

History Corner: Let’s See, What Holiday is it Now?

The turkey is almost finished except for a wing or two here and there. The soup is all but gone and Frid ...

The turkey is almost finished except for a wing or two here and there. The soup is all but gone and Friday has been “black” for a few weeks now with the ever so tempting low prices for things you don ...

December 12, 2019
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State Representatives Discuss Legislation with Business Owners

|Date: December 12, 2019

State Representatives Discuss Legislation with Business Owners

State Representatives Themis Klarides, Charles Ferraro, and Kathy Kennedy held a business informational ...

State Representatives Themis Klarides, Charles Ferraro, and Kathy Kennedy held a business informational forum in Orange during the week of November 18 to discuss recent legislation that was passed d ...

December 12, 2019
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Homewood Suites by Hilton Orange-New Haven Opens

|Date: December 12, 2019

Homewood Suites by Hilton Orange-New Haven Opens

New Hotel Welcomes Guests Visiting Yale University and Subway Franchise World Headquarters Homewood Suite ...

New Hotel Welcomes Guests Visiting Yale University and Subway Franchise World Headquarters Homewood Suites by Hilton, part of Hilton’s (NYSE: HLT) All Suites portfolio, announced its newest property, ...

December 12, 2019
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