News in Orange, CT

Secretary of the State Stephanie Thomas visited Woodbridge recently to celebrate Poll Worker Appreciation Day on Dec. 18, 2023. At a time when many local officials are facing an active – and potentially contentious - voting period, the secretary came with a reassuring message that her office

Representatives of BL Companies, the consultant that reviewed traffic safety and other issues at Fred Wolfe Park, recently updated the public on their preliminary findings at the Jan. 24 meeting of the Orange Parks and Recreation Commission.

The goal of balancing Town needs with taxpayer affordability is a challenging one. In my view, one of the requirements of being a member of the Orange Board of Finance (OBOF) is to inform the public. In fact, I consider this an obligation of this elected position.

State Representative Kathy Kennedy (R-119) will be hosting a re-election fundraiser on Tuesday, February 6th, from 5:30p.m. to 8:00p.m. at the Orange Ale House & Grille (517 Boston Post Road, Orange, CT). Suggested donation is $45.00. All Milford and Orange residents are invited.

The Easter Bunny is making their annual trip to Orange! New format this year!

Join us at the Orange Volunteer Fire Department Auxiliary's St. Patrick's Day Meat-O on Safurday,March 2nd, 2:00 PM at the Post Road Fire House 355 Boston Post Road, Orange, CT.

It's Take Your Child to the Library Day! To celebrate, we’re running a special two-day event where you can win a free book to keep! Look around the library and find books and objects that match a box. Fill five boxes in a row and get a bingo. Just present your completed bingo sheet and a library

The Orange Tractor Supply is inviting customers to attend a Pet Adoption Event on February 10, 2024 from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. The pet adoption event is open to the public and friendly, leashed pets. It will take place at Tractor Supply at 253 Indian River Road. 

On October 3, the Garden Club of Woodbridge hosted the Garden Club of Orange. Members of both clubs were excited to meet guest speaker, Tovah Martin. Tovah’s presentation, “Terrariums and You,” showcased terrariums in creative glass vessels, e.g., teacups and furniture pieces.

Entertainment Weekly Editor’s Choice Winner of the 2006 National Jewish Book Award for Fiction. A million-dollar painting by Marc Chagall is stolen from a museum during a singles’ cocktail hour. The unlikely thief is Benjamin Ziskind, a lonely former child prodigy who writes questions for quiz

The Congregations of Orange Collaborative (COC) is seeking donations from their congregants to help Orange residents who are fuel insecure this winter. Please donate to the Orange Fuel Bank. Checks may be written to Treasurer, Town of Orange (in memo line put: fuel bank) and may be delivered or mail

Milford-State Rep. Kathy Kennedy, who is serving her third term in the Connecticut General Assembly representing the 119th House District covering portions of Orange and Milford, announced she plans to run for another term this November.Kennedy has built a reputation for her bipartisanship

Students at the Amity Middle School Orange banded together to say thank you to our veterans through our annual Stockings for Soldiers community outreach program. The students, staff, and families of AMSO sent in various toiletry and snack items that were put into stockings and delivered on Friday

Kelly Pritchard, resident of Orange, Connecticut, a member of the class of 2025 majoring in Aerospace Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), was a member of a student team that recently completed an intense research project titled Eel Point Road Restoration and Resilience.

Space, the Final Frontier! How many of you were “Star Trekkers” who would follow Jean Luc Picard to the farthest parts of the universe? Powerful telescopes have turned that fiction into reality. The Friends of the Case Memorial Library invite you to journey through space via a Zoom program on

Which side are you on? That’s the question that every single person in Connecticut had to answer in 1775, as the thirteen colonies began a rebellion against British rule. Loyalty was not only a matter of words or opinion. For soldiers and civilians alike, loyalty could mean loss of fortune

Once again, the citizens of Orange have demonstrated their giving spirit during this past holiday season. The Friends of the Case Memorial Library installed our “Mitten Tree” in the library during the month of December and our generous knitters, crocheters, and shoppers decorated the tree

The Orange Scholarship Foundation Association is offering several scholarships to graduating seniors from Orange. Among them is the Ashlie Krakowski Memorial Scholarship of $5000. This scholarship is awarded to a student who intends to pursue a career in health care or a related health care field.