Amity Seniors Joseph Benedetti, Austin Gilbride – 2018 Google Science Fair Winners
How Cell Size Affects A Plant’s Maximum Efficiency Joseph Benedetti, Austin Gilbride, Connecticut, USA16-18 The research conducted was to help understand constraints of genome size on cell size and packing density. Rhododendrons were obtained from the New York Botanical Garden and housed in the Greeley...
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Elmer F. Manley Memorial College Scholarships Available
Ansantawae Masonic Lodge #89, is offering two “Medical Scholarships” for $1,000 each to a college student studying counseling, social services, psychology, psychiatry, nursing, medicine, social work, gerontology or pharmacology and having completed a minimum of two semesters in their chosen field, and m...
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Kennedy Tours & Speaks With Foundation School Students
State Rep. Kathy Kennedy (R-119) took the opportunity to tour the Foundation School in Milford on the morning of April 9th. “I enjoyed spending some time with the kids today. They were welcoming, hardworking and very engaged in our conversation,” said Rep. Kennedy. “The school appears to do a great j...
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Calling All Foodies!
Food Truck Festival Promises Something for All Kick off the holiday weekend with food, fun, music and more! The 6th Annual Race Brook School (RBS) Food Truck Festival is Friday, May 24th from 4-8pm at the Orange Fairgrounds, 525 Orange Center Road. The event is being held as a fundraiser for RBS and a...
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Student News 5/3/19
Achievements Hart School of James Madison University Congratulations to the 2018-19 Hart School’s Most Outstanding Seniors: Alex Bunnell and Natalie Pyne. The students were recognized as part of the annual Senior Sendoff reception. These two outstanding young people are Amity 2015 graduates, and by am...
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The Value Of High-End College Admissions
By now many people are aware of Operation Varsity Blues. Federal prosecutors allege that William “Rick” Singer touted his knowledge of “the secret of getting into college,” becoming “the mastermind of an enormous, elaborate scheme carried out over years, brazenly paying off coaches and test monitors, f...
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Amity Regional High School Class Of 1969 50th Reunion
Friday, September 13, 2019 informal get together at Orange Ale House, 217 Boston Post Road, Orange, CT 6:30 til ??? Continue to renew friendships on Saturday, September 14, 2019 at Trumbull Marriott, 180 Hawley Lane, Trumbull, CT 6:30 – 11:30 with music and food – $69.00 per person. Please make...
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OCCNS Annual Memorial Day Bake Sale At Parade
On Sunday May 26th, Orange Congregational Church Nursery School will hold its annual bake sale at the parade in Orange. Starting at 10 a.m. we will be selling hot dogs and delicious desserts along with hot and cold beverages. All proceeds support our preschool program for 3, 4 & 5-year-olds, which...
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Zeoli Speaks About School Regionalization
Orange First Selectman James Zeoli spoke at the March Board of Education meeting, sharing his thoughts on proposals before the General Assembly that could affect Orange schools. “Some questionable plans have been submitted in Hartford,” he says. In response, Zeoli has spent time in Hartford, testifyin...
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Race Brook School’s Students Spread Happiness To Hall Early Learning Center
Race Brook School students held a very successful drive in March to show their care and support for the children at the Hall Early Learning Center, part of the Hall Neighborhood House in the East Side of Bridgeport. Hall’s Early Learning Center provides services to over 270 preschool-age children throu...
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