NO SCHOOL!
THE AMITY REGIONAL SCHOOLS AND OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED ON THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 2018. BE SAFE AND STAY WARM.
Around Town
Snow "Smo" – Orange Highway Dept. Is Ready To Roll
While the nation braces for continued frigid weather and the East Coast hunkers down for a potentially nasty blizzard, the Orange Highway Department sees it as just another workday. Highway Foreman Donny Foyer is taking it all in stride, offering a nonchalant, “Snow, what snow?” He said the Orange area could see between 6 to … Read more
"It's Going To Be Fun" Auditions For Amity's Spring Musical Have Begun
On September 8, Orange Live posted Rob Kennedy’s announcement that the 2018 Amity Spring Musical will be “The Addams Family.” If you are reading this, then you are familiar with Gomez, Morticia, Wednesday, Pugsley, Uncle Fester, Lurch, Thing, and my personal favorite, Cousin Itt. The Amity Creative Theater Department began auditioning actors for the production … Read more
Trumbull Man Wins Fourth Consecutive New Year's Day Race
The Annual New Year’s Day Chilly Chili Run attracted a much smaller crowd to Orange on Monday morning, New Year’s Day, most likely due to the single digit temperature. A total of 379 registered and 288 finished the race. (In 2017, 508 registered and 479 finished). Runners braved the 7-degree chill, and did their best to compete in … Read more
Obituary: Vera R. Wiberg, 79, Beloved Sister of Maria Scheirer
Vera R. Wiberg, 79, of Uncasville, CT lost her battle with pancreatic cancer on Dec. 17 at Lawrence and Memorial Hospital in New London. Vera was born in 1938 in the area of Mogilev District of Belarus in the Soviet Union to Leonid and Maria Repnin, who predeceased her. Vera came to the port of … Read more