Just after the Orange Board of Education’s 2017 fiscal year ended, auditors began their first phase of auditing the district’s finances. Their goal, according to Business Administrator Mary-Jo Sierakowski, is to verify and check on the systems that her office has in place to ensure that the district is...
Governor Dannel Malloy’s proposed cuts to 85 schools across the state including Orange came as no surprise to town and school administrators in late August. Earlier in the month, Superintendent of Schools Vince Scarpetti attended the Commissioner’s Back to School Meeting and he said the main focus was...
When students were welcomed back to school on August 28, they were greeted by their new teachers and those from past years, new friends and old and filled with wonder of the things to come in the school year. The work that went on in the closed schools over the summer was clear as fresh ...
Oscar (Ozzie) Parente has been elected Chairman of the Town Planning and Zoning Commission. Parente, who has been a member of the commission since 2006 and served as the board’s secretary, will run for re-election on the Republican ticket in November. A real estate attorney at Hershman Legal Group in N...
Developers who were refused approval to build a mixed use development that included affordable housing units will appeal the Town’s Plan and Zoning Commission’s decision in court. The application, submitted by Sixty Five Marsh Hill Road, LLC is for property known as 65-69 Marsh Hill Road and 0 and 15 S...
