After a disappointing 2019-2020 school year for high school athletes, when the Annual Block A Award Ceremony took place virtually and winners had to wait until their drive-thru graduation to receive their plaques and trophies, This year’s modified in-person event was a breath of fresh air. Although there was no dinner, and everyone still had … Read more
The last time I can remember major league baseball scouts clamoring to see an Amity Baseball phenomenon was back in 2018 when catcher Pat Winkel graced the Amity field. Winkel had it all, he could catch, throw, bat, and run like the wind. Coach Sal Coppola was by his side when they got the call, … Read more
Every year exemplary student-athletes are honored at the BLOCK A Ceremony. Normally, the event includes a dinner, but with COVID restrictions just recently being lifted, this year’s 65th Annual Awards will be distributed in the Amity High School Auditorium. Last year, sadly, because of the pandemic, the BLOCK A Awards was a virtual event, and … Read more
Smilow Cancer Hospital Care Center at Orange physicians Johanna LaSala, MD, and Kelsey Martin, MD, are highlighted in the 2021 list of Top Doctors in Connecticut Magazine. Published in the magazine’s June issue, the ‘Best Doctors’ list includes physicians nominated by their peers. Dr. LaSala is a medical oncologist and hematologist and Dr. Martin specializes in hematologic care in the … Read more
On June 3, 2021, at around 11:30 p.m., multiple gunshots were fired from a vehicle toward a residence on Old Tavern Road. Investigation showed that an occupied house and multiple vehicles in the driveway were struck with bullets. Although the residents were home at the time, there were no reported injuries. Further investigation and evidence … Read more
Last night, Orange Live brought you some breaking news about a house fire at 467 Ridgeview Road where the Orange Volunteer Firefighters had been called just before 9 p.m. Neighbors said a male resident was in the bedroom and awakened to smoke and flames in the room, but was able to escape without injury. This … Read more
Just before 9 p.m., members of the Orange Volunteer Fire Department were on the scene of a very active house fire at 467 Ridgeview Road. Word is that it was a real inferno. The Woodbridge Volunteer Fire Department covered the town of Orange while our firefighters battled the blaze. Stay clear of the area if … Read more
The Honorable Richard E. Arnold, age 72, of Orange, the beloved husband of 33 years to Karen Kanawall Arnold, entered into eternal rest peacefully on June 1, 2021, at Yale-New Haven Hospital. He was born in Bridgeport on October 11, 1948, loving son of the late Ernest and Ruth Crosthwait Arnold. Rich was a graduate … Read more
Woodbridge Police have identified the victim of Tuesday’s homicide that occurred on the property of the Pease Road Playground / Alegi Athletic Fields, located at 160 Pease Road, as Rondell Atkinson, 33, of West Haven. Detectives from the Woodbridge Police Department and Connecticut State Police Central District Major Crime continue to investigate the circumstances surrounding … Read more
Amity High School is proud to present the Broadway musical, Anastasia. Anastasia is the story of Anya (Grace Blanchard), an orphan in 1920s St. Petersburg yearning to discover her lost family. She encounters two men — ex-aristocrat Vlad (Nicholas Matalote) and the strapping conman Dmitri (Ryan Kennedy) — who convince her she just might be Anastasia, … Read more