Picking up a beloved tradition after a Covid hiatus, the town celebrated its most dedicated volunteers wi ...
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Town Celebrates Its ‘Most Valuable Asset’
|Town Celebrates Its ‘Most Valuable Asset’
Picking up a beloved tradition after a Covid hiatus, the town celebrated its most dedicated volunteers with an outdoor ceremony on June 1 on the lawn in front of the Center Building. Calling volunteer ...
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Beecher Graduates Get Their Diplomas
|Beecher Graduates Get Their Diplomas
Some 127 Beecher Road School sixth graders crossed the stage to receive their diploma on Friday, June 17. ...
Some 127 Beecher Road School sixth graders crossed the stage to receive their diploma on Friday, June 17. The ceremony took place outside, on the lawn in the back of the school. First Selectman Beth ...
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Town Submits Affordable Housing Plan
|Town Submits Affordable Housing Plan
The Board of Selectmen, at a May 25 meeting, adopted a plan for housing opportunity submitted by the ad h ...
The Board of Selectmen, at a May 25 meeting, adopted a plan for housing opportunity submitted by the ad hoc Housing Opportunity Study Committee, and subsequently submitted that plan to the state, as r ...
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Third Time’s The Charm: Amity Budget Passes
|Third Time’s The Charm: Amity Budget Passes
The Amity Board of Education in a last-ditch effort managed to convince enough voters — at least in Woodb ...
The Amity Board of Education in a last-ditch effort managed to convince enough voters — at least in Woodbridge and Bethany — to pass its 2022-23 budget in a third referendum on June 14. In Orange, th ...
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Amity Hires Assistant Superintendent
|Amity Hires Assistant Superintendent
The Amity Regional School District will have a new leadership profile with the hiring of an assistant sup ...
The Amity Regional School District will have a new leadership profile with the hiring of an assistant superintendent. The Board of Education voted unanimously on May 9 to hire Frank A. Purcaro to fil ...
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Senior Center Plans Moving Forward
|Senior Center Plans Moving Forward
The town’s Human Services Department has been advocating for a renovation of the Senior Center for years, ...
The town’s Human Services Department has been advocating for a renovation of the Senior Center for years, and this year it seems that the project is finally coming to fruition, thanks in part to two s ...
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Finance Board Sets Mill Rate for Fiscal Year ‘23
|Finance Board Sets Mill Rate for Fiscal Year ‘23
The Woodbridge Board of Finance at its May 19 meeting set a mill rate of 43.77 for real estate and person ...
The Woodbridge Board of Finance at its May 19 meeting set a mill rate of 43.77 for real estate and personal property for the Fiscal Year starting on July 1, to pay for an expenditure package of $53,82 ...
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Amity Principal Moves On, Search Is Underway
|Amity Principal Moves On, Search Is Underway
Amity Regional High School Principal Anna Mahon announced last week that she accepted the position of Ass ...
Amity Regional High School Principal Anna Mahon announced last week that she accepted the position of Assistant Superintendent in Brookfield, a K-12 district. Her last day at Amity is July 31. “Amit ...
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Annual Meeting to Be Held at High School
|Annual Meeting to Be Held at High School
The town’s Annual Meeting will be held on Monday, May 16, at 7:30 p.m. in the Brady Auditorium at Amity R ...
The town’s Annual Meeting will be held on Monday, May 16, at 7:30 p.m. in the Brady Auditorium at Amity Regional High School. The town’s registrars of voters, Anna Dickerson and Pennel Hamilton, will ...
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Electric Vehicles Attract Attention at Earth Day Event
|Electric Vehicles Attract Attention at Earth Day Event
A mini cruise of electric cars attracted attention at the town’s Earth Day event on April 23. Org ...
A mini cruise of electric cars attracted attention at the town’s Earth Day event on April 23. Organized by Woodbridge resident and Tesla owner Kent Golden, several owners of electric vehicles ...
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Racial Slur Allegations Lead to Student Protest at Amity
|Racial Slur Allegations Lead to Student Protest at Amity
In Addition to Disciplinary Actions, Administration Adopts Restorative Practices A group of some 100 Amit ...
In Addition to Disciplinary Actions, Administration Adopts Restorative Practices A group of some 100 Amity students participated in a sit-in in the main hallway at the high school on April 6, to draw ...
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Amity High School Students Stage Mock Fatal Car Crash
|Amity High School Students Stage Mock Fatal Car Crash
Amity High School’s SADD (Students Against Destructive Decisions) club staged a mock fatal car crash with ...
Amity High School’s SADD (Students Against Destructive Decisions) club staged a mock fatal car crash with students acting out the parts of victims of a drunk driving crash. It was a powerful visual r ...
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Amity Athletics Celebrates Its Alumni
|Amity Athletics Celebrates Its Alumni
Life’s ups and downs, its challenges but also its lighthearted moments were front and center as a new gro ...
Life’s ups and downs, its challenges but also its lighthearted moments were front and center as a new group of successful Amity alumni were inducted into the Amity Athletic Hall of Fame and the Hall o ...
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Housing Plan Is Taking Shape
|Housing Plan Is Taking Shape
Some 25 interested residents were in attendance at an informational meeting on housing in town, a meeting ...
Some 25 interested residents were in attendance at an informational meeting on housing in town, a meeting conducted on Wednesday, March 30, by the Woodbridge Housing Opportunity Study Committee. It t ...
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WPD Donates to Ukraine
|WPD Donates to Ukraine
Several weeks ago, Officer Joseph Kubik of the Woodbridge Police Department reached out to his Ukrainian ...
Several weeks ago, Officer Joseph Kubik of the Woodbridge Police Department reached out to his Ukrainian friend, Yuriy Faryna, a Woodbridge resident, regarding the possibility of helping the people of ...
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Town Hosts Earth Day
|Town Hosts Earth Day
Clean out your closets this Earth Day – residents are invited to bring many recyclable and reusable items ...
Clean out your closets this Earth Day – residents are invited to bring many recyclable and reusable items to the Library Lawn on Saturday April 23 from 10 am -1 pm. There is no rain date. This event ...
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Vote May 3 – Amity Budget Referendum
|Vote May 3 – Amity Budget Referendum
Facts to Consider regarding the Amity Budget Request Student Enrollment and Staffing: Student enrollment ...
Facts to Consider regarding the Amity Budget Request Student Enrollment and Staffing: Student enrollment at Amity has in fact dropped by 425 students since 2009 - 2010. Despite this fact staff has inc ...
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Amity Referendum Set for May 3
|Amity Referendum Set for May 3
People who have questions about the Amity budget for the 2022-23 school year can follow the presentation ...
People who have questions about the Amity budget for the 2022-23 school year can follow the presentation at the District Annual Meeting on Monday, May 2, at 5:30 p.m. in the presentation room at the D ...
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Luminarias To Light Up the Town
|Luminarias To Light Up the Town
Woodbridge Together, an initiative founded and supported by local teenagers, is planning to light up the ...
Woodbridge Together, an initiative founded and supported by local teenagers, is planning to light up the town again with luminarias this Saturday, March 12. “Last year, we turned the day [commemorati ...
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Young Farmer Brings Fallow Property Back to Life
|Young Farmer Brings Fallow Property Back to Life
Cristian Mortali is a young man with a vision: He is looking to be a cattle farmer, like his mentor, Jim ...
Cristian Mortali is a young man with a vision: He is looking to be a cattle farmer, like his mentor, Jim Zeoli, and preferably near his hometown of Orange. By purchasing the 83 acres that straddle t ...