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By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — The Sewer Commission continued its May 14 public hearing for two weeks to allow time for research into possible ways to avoid drastic rate hikes in the next fiscal year, which begins July 1.

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — Two more North Quabbin area veterans became Quilts of Valor recipients following a ceremony at the Community Church of North Orange and Tully last week.

There is no doubt that Oct. 7 was brutal and demoralizing for the Israelis. What was especially shocking was that Palestinians finally fought back. It took them 75 years to retaliate, but they finally did. Before 1948, the land that is now called Israel was called Palestine, even when under various empires’ control. But after 500 Palestinian villages were massacred and 750,000 Palestinians were driven off their land and out of their homes by predominantly European-origin Zionist forces, it took the Palestinians (not Arab countries) 75 years to mount a serious retaliation. How dare they? Don’t they know their place? Didn’t the decades-long brutal occupation teach them anything?

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — Neither snow nor rain nor heat kept letter carrier David L’Heureux from the swift completion of his appointed rounds. Only retirement could do that.

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — Department heads voiced frustration last week about potentially having to sustain 15% budget cuts as Orange once again grapples with financial woes.

By DOMENIC POLI

Stefan Maier decided to pull out all the stops in 1993.

NEW SALEM — A cleanup of the veterans memorial is scheduled for 10 a.m. on Friday, May 9. The memorial is located in Veterans Park, between the 1794 Meetinghouse and the Town Hall Annex.

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — The Wheeler Memorial Library’s Children’s Room has reopened to the public nearly 10 months after flooding caused by a contractor’s error and a rainstorm.

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — Solar panels have been installed on Fisher Hill Elementary School’s roof, another step in a renovation project that began nearly five years ago.

High Honors: Carter Nicholas Archambault, Lailah Kristine Mahrie Belliveau, Joseph Edward Burke, Isla Elizabeth Burnham, Chance Marshall Butler, Bradley Joshua Coleman, Avarie Rose Comeau, David Lawrence Eadie, Robert John Farrow, Yara Adil Fawzi, Jaylah Loveasia-Anne Fisher, John (Jack) Paul Eugene Fitzgerald, Isabella Mae Kimball, Athalia Makaylee Laza, Aidan Japhet Lopez Cruz, Lysander Lopez-Baez, Alec Sawyer Mazarelli, Phoebe Ann Marie Merrill, Benjamin Phoenix Norwood, Amelia Winter Robichaud, Bentley Sanchez, Shane Kyle Thibault, Sofia Evgenievna Timchenko, Judah Brady Widtfeldt, Henry Bremner Wood Rogers, Mason Allen Rounds, Landon James Sheldon, Ashlynn Faith Terry-Simon and James Gregory Vallejos.

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE – Ninety-eight children and adults stopped by Moore-Leland Library last week to interact with some animals they’re unlikely to encounter on an average day.

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — The town reportedly faces “a death spiral,” in the words of a Finance Committee member, as it struggles to draft a proposed budget for fiscal year 2026 that can accommodate municipal needs as well as Orange’s assessment for Ralph C. Mahar Regional School.

NEW SALEM — Julie Stepanek’s ukulele lessons at the New Salem Public Library last month proved to be such a success that she has been invited back for “Learn Ukulele (Part 2)” on Thursday, May 1.

By DOMENIC POLI

BOSTON — A lifelong Orange resident spoke outside the State House earlier this month to share her journey of receiving support as a young parent and returning to support other families.

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — Arabella Malo and Audrey Elwood played sisters in “Frozen Jr.” a year ago. Now, they’re preparing to share the same character in “The Wizard of Oz.”

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — As The Literacy Project marks 40 years of helping individuals ages 16 and older gain the knowledge they need to pass their high school equivalency exams (HiSET), students, community members and former teachers filed into the nonprofit’s relatively new Orange location last week for an open house.

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — Two men who were involved in a 2023 incident in which a man was stabbed in Orange before the assailants led police on a high-speed chase that ended in Belchertown were sentenced on Friday.

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — To celebrate Earth Day, the Energy Committee is helping to organize free, family-friendly activities at Fisher Hill Elementary School on Tuesday, April 22.

By EVELINE MACDOUGALL

Anyone seeking a great way to dive into gardening season – or simply celebrate spring in a beautiful place – is invited to visit the Seeds of Solidarity Farm and Education Center in Orange on Saturday morning, April 26. At 10:30 am, they’ll host a free, one-hour program called Grow Great Gardens, after which attendees are welcome to take self-guided tours. The event coincides with their farm stand’s opening day.

By SCOTT MERZBACH

LEVERETT — Several local Democratic Town Committees in Hampshire and Franklin counties, and Holyoke, are making an appeal to the Massachusetts congressional delegation to take stronger steps in confronting the Republican Party, the Trump administration and billionaire Elon Musk.

ORANGE — The Literacy Project will hold an open house at its relatively new site at 18 South Main St. from 4 to 6 p.m. on Thursday, April 17.