Town Gears Up For Municipal Elections + Paper Shredding Day

Good morning, Orange! Hope you're having a great week so far. Here's the latest local news, events and community posts courtesy of Friday morning's issue of the Orange Daily.

Here you'll find new stories, as well as stories you may have missed this week, among other helpful information relevant to Orange!

Let's get started, shall we?

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First, today's weather:

Breezy this morning. High: 66 Low: 49.

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Here are the top stories in Orange today:

1. Town Is Gearing Up for Municipal Elections (Orange Town News)
2. Town Prohibits Consumption of Cannabis in Public Spaces (Orange Town News)
3. Orange Public School 2021-22 Lunch Program (Orange Town News)
4. Orange Teachers to Evaluate LEAP Assessment and Social/Emotional Learning (Orange Town News)
5. History Corner: Where Do We Go From Here?… (Orange Town News)
6. CAROLE's KINGS Headlines The Jamie Hulley Arts Foundation's Afternoon For The Arts Gala (Orange Town News)
7. From the Orange Senior Center – October 2021 • Orange Town News (Orange Town News)
8. Orange Recycling Committee Contactless Paper Shredding & Mattress Recycling Day • Orange Town News (Orange Town News)

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Orange Patch Notebook

• Town of Orange, Connecticut, Police Department: "Outstanding work by the Statewide Narcotics Task Force!" (Facebook)
• Yale School of Nursing: "The #YSNAlumni Association board has planned a robust slate of student and alumni events in the coming months. Up next is the Negotiation Webinar with Mary Geary '74 MSN on Sunday, October 3 at 4 p.m. Attendees will learn the Getting to ..." (Facebook)

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— RJ Scofield

About me: I'm RJ Scofield, a local Patch editor for Connecticut. I have been working in journalism since graduating from Roger Williams University with a degree in, you guessed it, journalism. I have lived in Connecticut for most of my life and love getting to share interesting local stories with readers and craft compelling features about the unsung heroes of a community.

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