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By BELLA LEVAVI

ORANGE — With speeches, poems and songs, the community gathered at Fisher Hill Elementary School on Saturday for a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of the new building and the learning that will happen within its walls. “As we cut this...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — An independent agency that prevents and detects fraud, waste and abuse of public funds and public property has informed the town it violated the law when disposing of surplus equipment and supplies and recommended ways to remedy the...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — The Orange Elementary Teachers Association plans to hold a parent-teacher forum at Orange Town Hall on Thursday evening after being denied a spot inside Fisher Hill Elementary School.David Mastroianni, a special education teacher and the...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — Fisher Hill Elementary School now accommodates all Orange students in preschool through sixth grade, as the newly expanded 97,000-square-foot building opened its doors for education earlier this month.Students through third grade moved from...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — Demolition of Dexter Park Innovation School began on Monday, starting the home stretch of a renovation project that has been in the works for at least six years.The brick school, built in the early 1950s, will be replaced by a wildflower...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — Construction is coming along on what will be the new playgrounds at Fisher Hill Elementary School, and the superintendent said students can look forward to the recreation areas opening in late August or early September.Elizabeth...

By MARY BYRNE

ORANGE — Chronic absenteeism of the district’s youngest pupils has resulted in a higher number of kindergarten students than usual being recommended for retention, according to school administrators.Superintendent Elizabeth Teahan-Zielinski recently...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — A reading specialist has been selected as the winner of the 2023 Pioneer Valley Excellence in Teaching Award for Orange’s elementary schools.Cheryl Dodge said she was with students at Fisher Hill Elementary School earlier this month when...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — Tuesday’s dismissal bell marked the end of students’ first week learning inside Fisher Hill Elementary School’s new 50,000-square-foot addition, and teachers and staff say the youngsters are adapting to the new digs.“The kids seem to like it....