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Arden’s Garden To Enhance Town Green

|Date: October 04, 2018

Arden’s Garden To Enhance Town Green

The town was good to the Clark Family and now its descendants want to give back to the town. Just a few ...

The town was good to the Clark Family and now its descendants want to give back to the town. Just a few months after Arden Clark Gordon’s passing in December 2017, her daughter, Robin Gordon Schaffer ...

October 04, 2018
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Beecher Community Commemorates One Of Its Own

|Date: October 04, 2018

Beecher Community Commemorates One Of Its Own

The Woodbridge Board of Education last month kept a moment of silence in honor of a recent graduate, who ...

The Woodbridge Board of Education last month kept a moment of silence in honor of a recent graduate, who had passed away just a few days prior. Logan Pierce Testa died Friday, September 14, 2018 of a ...

October 04, 2018
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Robert Fragione—Connecticut Association of Schools Middle Level Exemplary Educator of the Year

|Date: October 04, 2018

Robert Fragione—Connecticut Association of Schools Middle Level Exemplary Educator of the Year

Mr. Robert Fragione, Music and Band teacher at the Amity Middle School in Bethany, was selected by The Co ...

Mr. Robert Fragione, Music and Band teacher at the Amity Middle School in Bethany, was selected by The Connecticut Association of Schools (CAS) as the recipient of the CAS 2018-2019 Middle Level Educa ...

October 04, 2018
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Officials Look Into Air Conditioning Failures At School

|Date: October 04, 2018

Officials Look Into Air Conditioning Failures At School

Two years after a $14-million renovation, the Beecher Road School building has experienced two major brea ...

Two years after a $14-million renovation, the Beecher Road School building has experienced two major breakdowns of its new heating and air conditioning system, one during the winter break, when frozen ...

October 04, 2018
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Woodbridge Participates in Sustainable CT

|Date: October 04, 2018

Woodbridge Participates in Sustainable CT

Sustainability is defined as the ability to continue without being harmful to the environment or depletin ...

Sustainability is defined as the ability to continue without being harmful to the environment or depleting natural resources. It is the long-term preservation of ecological balance. By now, everyone ...

October 04, 2018
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Amity Names Jennifer Byars New Superintendent

|Date: October 04, 2018

Amity Names Jennifer Byars New Superintendent

The Amity Board of Education quite enthusiastically welcomed Jennifer Pallon Byars as the district’s next ...

The Amity Board of Education quite enthusiastically welcomed Jennifer Pallon Byars as the district’s next superintendent. She will start in her new position November 15. Byars comes from an assistant ...

October 04, 2018
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School Getting Ready For The New Year

|Date: August 30, 2018

School Getting Ready For The New Year

Much like Christmas, or Hanukah, the first day of school seems to creep up on us, especially when it happ ...

Much like Christmas, or Hanukah, the first day of school seems to creep up on us, especially when it happens before Labor Day, which it typically does. During the weeks leading up to the opening of s ...

August 30, 2018
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Selectmen Designate Fitzgerald Parcel For Dog Park

|Date: August 30, 2018

Selectmen Designate Fitzgerald Parcel For Dog Park

After months of deliberations, site visits and listening, the Board of Selectmen at its August 8 meeting ...

After months of deliberations, site visits and listening, the Board of Selectmen at its August 8 meeting voted to allow the plans for a dog park at the Fitzgerald Property to go forward. Selectman Da ...

August 30, 2018
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Developer Makes Pitch For Country Club Property

|Date: August 30, 2018

Developer Makes Pitch For Country Club Property

The town has received new proposals for the Country Club of Woodbridge, one of which was presented in a p ...

The town has received new proposals for the Country Club of Woodbridge, one of which was presented in a public pitch at the August Board of Selectmen meeting. Brian St. Pierre, owner of Insite Develo ...

August 30, 2018
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Connecticut School Nutrition Program

|Date: August 30, 2018

Connecticut School Nutrition Program

The Woodbridge School District announced today its policy for determining eligibility of children may rec ...

The Woodbridge School District announced today its policy for determining eligibility of children may receive free or reduced-price meals served under the National School Lunch Program (NSLP). Local s ...

August 30, 2018
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Summers Selected To Compete In National 2018 School Games

|Date: August 30, 2018

Summers Selected To Compete In National 2018 School Games

Lottie Summers, from Woodbridge, has been selected to be part of the England Girls Blue squad in Hockey a ...

Lottie Summers, from Woodbridge, has been selected to be part of the England Girls Blue squad in Hockey at the 2018 School Games – a national multi-sport event for the UK’s most talented school-age at ...

August 30, 2018
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Young Cartoonist Discovers That Public Art Can Tell A Story

|Date: August 30, 2018

Young Cartoonist Discovers That Public Art Can Tell A Story

Amity senior Jessica Edwards of Woodbridge honed her cartooning craft this summer when she participated i ...

Amity senior Jessica Edwards of Woodbridge honed her cartooning craft this summer when she participated in a Site Projects art fellowship in New Haven. The fellowship culminated in an exhibit at the ...

August 30, 2018
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Heller Launches Town Center Beautification Initiative

|Date: July 30, 2018

Heller Launches Town Center Beautification Initiative

Responding to the often-stated need for more community space in Woodbridge, First Selectmen Beth Heller h ...

Responding to the often-stated need for more community space in Woodbridge, First Selectmen Beth Heller has launched an initiative to make the town center a more inviting place to linger. “We want to ...

July 30, 2018
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Police, Concerned Residents Meet to Discuss Vehicle Break-Ins

|Date: July 30, 2018

Police, Concerned Residents Meet to Discuss Vehicle Break-Ins

“My car was broken into,”…“all my outside lights were on….These individuals are not random, they are prof ...

“My car was broken into,”…“all my outside lights were on….These individuals are not random, they are professionals…..“They are DANGEROUS professionals” Woodbridge Facebook groups flared up with simila ...

July 30, 2018
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Public Invited To Weigh In On Suggested Ordinance Revisions

|Date: July 30, 2018

Public Invited To Weigh In On Suggested Ordinance Revisions

The Board of Selectmen, at its July meeting, endorsed two changes to the town ordinances, changes that wi ...

The Board of Selectmen, at its July meeting, endorsed two changes to the town ordinances, changes that will go to public hearing at the September 12 board meeting. It introduced a tax credit program ...

July 30, 2018
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Woodbridge Heathcare Facility Expands to New Hamden Flagship Office

|Date: July 30, 2018

Woodbridge Heathcare Facility Expands to New Hamden Flagship Office

Michael Dow MSPT, Woodbridge resident and CEO/Director of Amity Physical Therapy, has opened a new facili ...

Michael Dow MSPT, Woodbridge resident and CEO/Director of Amity Physical Therapy, has opened a new facility in nearby Hamden. Having completely rebuilt the longtime Centerville Lumber Building on Whi ...

July 30, 2018
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Community Forums Planned

|Date: July 30, 2018

Community Forums Planned

Superintendent Search The Amity Regional School District No. 5 Board of Education, in partnership with JE ...

Superintendent Search The Amity Regional School District No. 5 Board of Education, in partnership with JE Consulting, will be hosting a number of community forums to ascertain information from multipl ...

July 30, 2018
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Free Concert & Fireworks Set for Sunday on the Orange Fairgrounds

|Date: June 28, 2018

Free Concert & Fireworks Set for Sunday on the Orange Fairgrounds

Woodbridge Residents Are Welcome! The Town of Orange may be small in population, but it has gained the re ...

Woodbridge Residents Are Welcome! The Town of Orange may be small in population, but it has gained the reputation for bringing in top flight bands and one of the best fireworks displays in the New Hav ...

June 28, 2018
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Selectmen Eye Alegi Property For Dog Park

|Date: June 28, 2018

Selectmen Eye Alegi Property For Dog Park

Selectmen moved a step closer to determining a potential location for a dog park in town when they referr ...

Selectmen moved a step closer to determining a potential location for a dog park in town when they referred three sites on the Alegi property to Town Plan and Zoning for review. The property, located ...

June 28, 2018
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School District Works To Enhance Learning For All While Parents Push For Better TAG Experience

|Date: June 28, 2018

School District Works To Enhance Learning For All While Parents Push For Better TAG Experience

The Woodbridge Board of Education, at its June meeting, created an ad-hoc enrichment committee to look fo ...

The Woodbridge Board of Education, at its June meeting, created an ad-hoc enrichment committee to look for ways to broaden and deepen the learning experience for students at all levels. This move to a ...

June 28, 2018
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