Stay in Bed kids, there’s no school in the Amity district or Orange Elementary. Try and have some fun, but also get out there and help your parents by cleaning up the snow. Don’t leave your pets out too long in the snow, as they can get frostbite, just like you and I. The way … Read more
Amity hosted the CIAC Division !! Basketball Quarterfinals on Monday, March 12. The Amity Spartans were matched up with the Stamford Black Knights for this round of the tournament. The Amity Army (student fans) was out in force filling a quarter of the bleachers to cheer on the Spartans. First Quarter The Spartans came on … Read more
Due to the weather conditions expected tomorrow, the Orange Fire Department Annual Dinner & Officers swearing-in will be held on Wednesday night March 14th – same location & time
Anita J. Fusco Valente, 93, of Orange, CT; beloved wife of the late Louis V. Valente passed away peacefully March 10, 2018, surrounded by her loving family. She was born May 8, 1924, daughter of the late Sebastian and Anna Sperandeo Fusco and resided in West Haven until her marriage in 1959. She graduated from … Read more
On Friday, March 9, the (#7) Amity Spartans Ice Hockey team went up against (#2) Watertown-Pomperaug in Milford for the D II CIAC Quarterfinals. Just two weeks prior, on Senior night, Watertown defeated Amity 6-1, so with that and all of their moves fresh on the Spartans’ minds, it was time for the ultimate revenge … Read more
From what you see here, it will be obvious that I did not attend the D II second-round boys basketball game on Friday night. I searched but found no other coverage from which to draw information except the tweets sent out by Amity’s Athletic Director. From the numbers, it appears to have been a very … Read more
Over the past few days, the Orange Police Department has had numerous reports of vehicles broken into and two vehicles have been stolen from their driveways. These thefts have occurred in the overnight to early morning hours, and the common denominator has been that the vehicles that were broken into were unlocked. The vehicles that were … Read more
On Tuesday, March 6, the Amity Spartans hosted the Cheshire Rams in West Haven for the first round CIAC Boys Ice Hockey Tournament game. First Period Amity took the lead just 5:57 into the first period with a goal by sophomore Connor Bath, assisted by Jake Silliman and Joey Schittina. Second Period The Spartans didn’t waste … Read more
House Republican Leader Themis Klarides on Thursday testified before members of the legislature’s Insurance and Real Estate Committee about clarifying insurance codes to make certain that Tomosynthesis, a three-dimensional image screening process, is considered a mammography. Klarides was joined by Dr. Thomas Farquhar, chief of radiology at Hartford Hospital. In 2016, Klarides got legislation passed that requires … Read more
On Tuesday night the #9 Amity Spartans Boys Basketball team hosted #24 Hartford Public for the First Round of the CIAC Division II State Tournament. Amity’s Tyler Thomas was the game’s high scoring player with 30 points. All of the Spartans towered over Hartford’s three high scoring players — Jaquan Kins, Josh Colon, and Ferguson Louis — but … Read more