Amity Looks To Improve Its Athletics Facilities
The Amity Board of Education is asking taxpayers to approve a $6.7 million bonding request for several improvements to buildings and grounds, including, but not limited to, an all-weather field. The referendum is to be held Wednesday, December 4, from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. in the usual polling locations in...
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Amity Middle School In Orange Government Day
On Wednesday, October 16th, students from Amity Middle School in Orange worked in the government offices for the Town of Orange. Seventeen students were chosen to participate from 55 essays submitted to the contest. Eighth grade social studies teacher, Jennifer Marganski, has coordinated this annual ev...
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Orange Student Part of Team To Build A Robotic System
Students at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) are developing an autonomous rover and payload-deploying drone that work together to search for and detonate landmines, a multi-year effort to provide a safer and more cost-effective way to remove a deadly threat to people around the world. Students on...
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100 Cards For 100 Years From Amity Middle School in Orange
James South, a Texas-based veteran, turns 100 on October 7th, and he is hoping to receive 100 birthday cards to celebrate his birthday. James is a World War II veteran who joined the Army in 1940 and was deployed to Normandy just days after D-Day. For James there is nothing better than a handwritten s...
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Cable Advisory Council Area 2 Announces Howard Jacobson Scholarship Award
CAC Area 2 will bestow two scholarships in memory of former longtime Chairperson Howard Jacobson. One high school and one college student studying film, mass communications, and television or media studies will receive $500 to help further their studies. The Cable Advisory Council of Area 2, which serv...
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OVFD Welcome Mary L. Tracy Students
The Orange Fire Department volunteers welcomed Mary L Tracy’s kindergarten and pre-school students. One of the volunteers, who is also a teacher at MLT, had an important safety conversation with the children at the fire station. The children got to walk through one of the trucks and even got their own...
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Student News 11/1/19
Graduations Gateway Community College Gabriella Paiva, a graduate of Amity Regional High School class of 2013 graduated from Gateway Community College in May of 2019. She earned an Associates degree in Nuclear Medicine, as well as clinical and academic awards for her studies. Recently she has taken he...
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The Peck Place School Year is Off to A Great Start!
Peck Place students raised money for their school by completing acts of kindness throughout the community. As a reward for reaching their goal, Mr. Balisciano fulfilled his promise to kiss a pig. In fact, he kissed 4 pigs! Thanks to Buttermilk Farm for bringing the baby pigs to the celebration!
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Letter: Amity Superintendents Issue “Weather Advisory”
Once again, we are facing the time of year when New England weather can be very unpredictable and severe. Area superintendents of schools must ensure that each district meets the state mandated number of school days and number of instructional hours in a safe and secure manner. The Bethany, Orange, Woo...
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Amity Academic Hall of Honor & Athletic Hall of Fame
The 2019-2020 Amity Academic Hall of Honor & Athletic Hall of Fame induction ceremony will be held on October 24, 2019 at The Grassy Hill Country Club in Orange beginning at 5:30 p.m. Honorees include: Gabrielle L. Corradino – Class of 2007 Academic Hall of Honor Marine Scientist, Plankton Eco...
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