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The Orange Youth Services Teen Representatives (OYSTR) are hosting their free Summer Concert Series at the High Plains Community Center Gazebo. All concerts will be held from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM. Attendees should bring their own chairs to enjoy the music.
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Logan Weaver, of Orange, was selected to be one of two Connecticut Delegates at the upcoming 13th biannual Breakthrough T1D 2025 Children’s Congress, which will take place from July 7-9, 2025 in Washington D.C. Logan is a rising third grader at Race Book School. He was first diagnosed with T1D when
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Orange Safety Day 2025, a free family event for Orange Community Families, will be held on Monday, July 21, from 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM at the High Plains Community Center, located at 525 Orange Center Road. This event is sponsored by Orange Youth Services and the Orange Drug & Alcohol Action Committee
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Obituary: Mary “Marge” Larkin
Mary “Marge” Larkin, 90, of Orange, CT beloved wife of John “Jack” Larkin, passed peacefully on February 27, 2023. Born on April 19, 1932, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Mary (Cooper) Burkowsky. Marge and Jack were married on September 2, 1954.
Obituary: Julia Kaoud
Julia Kaoud, age 87, of Orange, passed away peacefully at home with her family at her side on February 17, 2023. She was the loving wife of the late Saliba Kaoud. Julia was born in Ramallah, Palestine, daughter of the late Bishara Kaoud and Victoria Milham Kaoud.
Obituary: Carolyn Contardi
Carolyn H. (Marcovich) Contardi, 74, of Orange passed away February 24, 2023. Born in Bridgeport, she was the daughter of the late Stephen and Helen (Buturla) Marcovich.
Obituary: Lucille Cassella
Lucille Cassella, 87, of Orange, passed away peacefully at her home on February 8, 2023. Born on July 12, 1935 in Meriden, CT, she lived life fully and on her own terms. She brought love and laughter to all who knew her. There was no greater friend or relative.
Case Memorial Library for March 2023
March Madness: Tournament of Chocolates - For teens in grades 7-12. Which candy is the champion of chocolate? Find out in our March Madness tournament of chocolates. Take home a kit with 16 different chocolate candies to taste and vote for your favorites in our online elimination tournament.
Book Sale Bonanza
The Friends of the Case Memorial Library will hold a Book Sale Bonanza on Saturday, March 25, 10:00am-3:00pm in the Library basement. A variety of books at bargain prices are ready to be snatched up.
Maplewood Senior Living Receives 2023 Best of Senior Living Award For 14 Communities
Maplewood Senior Living — one of the country’s leading senior living providers — is thrilled to announce that 14 of its communities across the US have just received the 2023 Best of Senior Living Awards, many for the sixth year in a row. The award was given by A Place for Mom, the premier online
Upcoming Activities at the Orange Senior Center from March 2023
Three individuals will be honored at the Living Treasure Award ceremony on May 18, 2023, from 5-8pm in the High Plains Community Center in Orange. Purchase tickets at the Community Services office.
Monthly Young Families Program at Temple Beth Sholom
Temple Beth Sholom in Hamden offers ongoing programs for families with young children to start a lifelong relationship with Judaism. Current members and those seeking a connection to a Jewish community are invited to share and explore these Jewish experiences together.
Orange Congregational Church for March 2023
Orange Congregational Church invites you to join us for worship Sundays at 10 a.m. in our Sanctuary on the corner of 205 Meeting House Lane and Orange Center Road, and livestreamed to our “Orange Congregational Church, UCC” YouTube page.
Congregation Or Shalom Reaches Out
Driving by Congregation Or Shalom in Orange, one cannot help but notice the synagogue’s banner and motto, “Open Minds, Open Hearts, Open Doors.” In fact, Rabbi Wainhaus, spiritual leader of the congregation, often includes those words in his sermons. As he puts it, “Our motto represents the message
Proprioception: The 6th Sense of the Body
Balance is a complex thing in life, but in the body it takes on a whole different meaning. Internally, we have to balance our heart rate, blood pressure, cholesterol, breathing, and digestion. The most critical thing to balance our body functionally is something most people don’t even sense.
Amity Board of Education News: Unexpended Funds, Student Awards, Budget, More
Application of Unexpended Funds: The Amity Board of Education made its decision on how to apply the unexpended funds from the 2021-2022 budget. Board members debated the interpretation of C.G.S. 10-51(c), which reads, “The board shall use any budget appropriation which has not been expended by th
Amity Region 5 High School Students Preserve Hundreds of Photos for Hurricane Victims
Amity High School photography students have been involved in q community service photography project that has drawn national attention. The project involves using state-of- the- art technology they learned in school to preserve photos from Hurricane Ian (Florida) victims.The project was conceptuali
