Author and illustrator, Dave Roman, will visit Amity Regional High School next week to offer workshops to Amity’s Art and English Language Arts classes. Mr. Roman is the creator of Astronaut Academy: Zero Gravity, which won Maryland’s Black-Eyed Susan Book Award. Mr. Roman has also written Teen Boat!, which was honored as a Junior Library … Read more
The Jamie A. Hulley Arts Foundation based in Orange recently awarded Amity Middle School in Bethany $3,000 in grant awards for three creative proposals to integrate arts into its curriculum. Eighth-grade social studies teacher, Marika Wissink, was awarded $1,000 for a special interdisciplinary project. Ms. Wissink’s students will work with visiting artist, Heather Stoltz, to create a fiber … Read more
Here is this week’s Amity Varsity Sports Schedule: Monday, Jan. 6 Girls Indoor Track SCC Developmental Meet 2 Away – Floyd Little Athletic Center-Field House at 5:00 p.m. Girls Ice Hockey vs Suffield-Ellington-Enfield-Granby-Canton-Windsor-Northwestern Away – Enfield Twin Rinks-Rink 1 at 8:10 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 7 Boys Indoor Track James Barber Invitational Away – Southern CT … Read more
The Amity Girls Basketball team battled to the end but came up short vs Hamden on Friday night. Hamden took the lead in first quarter 17-6. The Lady Spartans bounced back in the 2nd quarter behind 9 points from Martin and 4 points from Megan Smith to tie the game at half 24-24. In the 3rd quarter … Read more
The Amity Swim and Dive Team hosted Norwalk/McMahon at the Orange Pool on Jan. 3. Norwalk/McMahon defeated Amity 101-84 Amity’s winning events 200-yard Medley Relay: A- 1:45.77 Seamus Hennessy, Brodey Lu, Kevin Sweeney, Tyler Roy 200-yard Freestyle: A- 1:52.66 Mark Platonov 100-yard Backstroke: A- 58.09 Seamus Hennessey Norwalk’s winning events 200 Ind. Medley: N- Kalen … Read more
On Thursday, Jan. 2, Amity lost a heartbreaker to Foran 40-38. It was the Spartans’ best performance against the Lions in almost five years. Following are the results: 160 Liam Keylock, Amity pinned Teddy Mauro, Foran in 1st 170 Sam Poffenberger, Foran, pinned Zach Espositio, Amity in 1st 182 Simon Flaherty, Amity, pinned James Reilly, … Read more
For the past 8 years, YOU have kept Orange Live going through your readership, sharing stories, events, and this year in particular many parents have become active in providing us with wonderful winter sports coverage. As you now know, Orange Live is a one-person show. There is no staff, just one unpaid individual that loves … Read more
On Monday, Dec. 30, the Blades (Amity/North Haven/Cheshire) Girls Ice Hockey Team was on the road in Shelton for a game against Notre Dame (ND Fairfield/Law/Foran/Weston/Pomperaug) The Blades Avery DePodesta’s (Cheshire) Hat Trick certainly helped with the 9-3 win. Congratulations Avery! … Read more
At 6-1, the Amity High School Wrestling team is off to its best start in more than a decade. The team has had decisive victories over Cheshire and Morgan. The Spartans have been making a lot of noise at tournaments. They won the Shelton Individual tournament by 30 points over Canton. The team had nine … Read more
The Lady Spartans continued their winning streak to 4-0 on Monday, Dec. 30. It was another tremendous team effort to win their first Annual Holiday Tournament Championship. Amity beat a tough Trumbull team in the first round and had a great offensive night to beat Bethel 51-32 in the finals. Amity, led by senior captain Jillian Martin with … Read more