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The town is celebrating three dedicated volunteers with the traditional Pasta Festa Supper on Thursday, June 15 in the High Plains Community Center gym. The three Living Treasure Award recipients are Betty Hadlock, Rowland Hine and Maureen White.The annual Pasta Festa is organized by the Orange
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The town of Orange Annual Independence Day Concert & Fireworks Show will take place on Sunday, July 2nd (rain date: Sunday, July 9th) on the Orange Fairgrounds, 525 Orange Center Road. For this year’s concert, AM GOLD YACHT ROCK has been scheduled to perform before the fireworks show. AM GOLD YACHT
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t was a busy week for members of the Orange Volunteer Fire Department as they met with children at three different events. “These events are as much fun for the firefighters as they are for the kids,” said Firefighter Lisa Kaplan, who chairs the department’s public education committee. “We get to
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Welcome to the world of farms in Orange. Field View Farm deserves top billing as the oldest working farm in the United States. Having begun as a dairy in 1639, Field View continues to provide Orange with a vista of farming with its cows, grazing on the hillside and its pure, white barns adjacent
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Zoners Allow Ground-Mounted Solar Panels
The Orange Plan and Zoning Commission, at its May 16 meeting, voted to allow ground-mounted solar panels on residential lots, as long as they are located in the back of a house. Zoning Enforcement Officer Jack Demirjian had asked the commissioners to consider some regulation around this issue
Amity Board of Education News - May
The Amity Board of Education (ABOE) would like to thank the support of the community for the successful passage of the 2023-2024 Amity Regional School District Budget. The final vote count across the three towns was 1246 in favor and 808 against.
Amity Students Place 2nd in Wharton’s Global High School Investment Competition
The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania has announced the top 3 global teams for the Wharton Global High School Investment Competition, an annual contest for high school students. Unlike other competitions, winners are selected on the strength and creativity of their team investment
Superintendent’s Awards
This year’s Orange Public Schools Grade 6 recipients of the South Central Area Superintendents' Association (SCASA) Awards are pictured with their principals and their superintendent, Dr. Vince Scarpetti at a banquet held on April 28, 2023. From left to right and in the back row: Dr. Denise Arterber
Amity Physical Therapy Establishes Scholarship at Sacred Heart University
Amity PT has partnered with Sacred Heart University to establish an annual scholarship of ten thousand dollars ($10K) for any student of the men or women sports team basketball team that is majoring in exercise science and/or pursuing a graduate degree in physical therapy.Michael Dow, MSPT/Founder
Student News for June 2023
Curry College welcomes the 2023 inductees into the Alexander Graham Bell Honor Society. The objective of the Alexander Graham Bell (AGB) Honor Society is to promote and recognize academic excellence at Curry College. The Society is named for the famous inventor, Alexander Graham Bell, who was an
Orange Resident Evan Russell Completes Intensive Research Project
Evan Russell, a member of the class of 2024 majoring in Aerospace Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), was a member of a student team that recently completed an intense research project titled Strengthening La Goyco’s Volunteer Program.At WPI, all undergraduates are required to
June is Dog License Month
The Town Clerk’s Office would like to remind all owners of dogs six months or older that June is the renewal month for dog licenses. One of the three ways to obtain a license is to visit the Town Clerk’s Office at Town Hall Monday through Friday between the hours of 8:30 am – 4:30 pm.If you are
New Program Benefits Vision Impaired
The Orange tax collector’s office is piloting a new program in conjunction with the state Department of Aging and Disability/Bureau of Education and Services for the Blind.Starting with the July 2023 tax bills, the office will be able to mail tax bills in braille. Braille, according to the American
