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By GENEVIEVE HARRIS-FRASER

I know this street in the Old City, Al Quds, East Jerusalem. I limped along its dusty pathway after sustaining an injury before arriving in Palestine in late December 2005 to attend a Palestinian-Israeli Peace Conference. This street may be the very...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — The state’s Division of Animal Health is warning about an outbreak in Franklin County of a highly contagious, potentially fatal disease that spreads between dogs.Symptoms of canine parvovirus, commonly known as parvo, usually develop after a...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — Are you making a New Year’s resolution to read more? If so, you’re in luck.The Book Forge at 3 South Main St. has a grand opening scheduled for Jan. 1, and owner Tyler Hauth is putting the finishing touches on the roughly 2,000-square-foot...

Staff Report

ORANGE — The town-owned bridge over Tully River’s west branch is closed until further notice as a precautionary measure in response to severe flood gauge readings.The bridge was closed on Monday at 2 p.m. at the request of the state Department of...

By MAX BOWEN

ORANGE — The state Department of Fire Services has identified the woman who died in the Dec. 13 house fire at 99 West River St. as 65-year-old Debra Marini.Marini and one other resident of the home were hospitalized following a fire reported shortly...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — While some may have spent Black Friday in a food coma or shopping for the hottest bargains, 16 businesses and organizations made sure downtown Orange was again decked out with holiday spirit.The Orange Merchants Group’s sixth annual...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — Fran and Mike Bates like to say their new bakery sits “over the top” of their indoor flea market, Bates Down Under. They like to say it so much, in fact, that the business carries that distinction in its name.Over The Top Bakery opened at 90...

By MAX BOWEN

ORANGE — One older adult has died and a second remains hospitalized as a result of injuries sustained in a three-alarm house fire at 99 West River St. on Wednesday night.Authorities have deemed the home a total loss and all four residents have been...

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...

Editor’s Note: Due to a new system at the school, outdated student information was printed in a previous honor roll for Ralph C. Mahar Regional School’s first quarter. Seventh Grade High Honors: Matthew Lee Brazie, Tristan William Dowler, Calvin...

ORANGE — The Central Congregational Church of Orange at 93 South Main St. has scheduled a cookie sale and mini fair for 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 9.There will be a variety of crafts as well as tables offering Christmas decorations and locally...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — Billy Goat Boats might remain at Orange Riverfront Park after the former town administrator took responsibility for a leasing issue that forced the recent eviction of the family-run watercraft rental business.The company, which is owned and...

By CHRIS LARABEE

ORANGE — The Northwestern District Attorney’s Office has identified the 76-year-old man who died Thursday morning after the truck he was driving veered off Tully Road and crashed into a tree as Princeton resident Charles Beach.The crash, which...

Senior Citizens Club to meet Dec. 7ORANGE — The Orange Senior Citizens Club will meet at the Orange Senior Center, 62 Cheney St., at 1 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 7.This is a regular monthly business meeting, and all members are invited to attend. Guests...

By DOMENIC POLI and CHRIS LARABEE

Towns across Franklin County are starting to adopt flag policies after being approached by an anti-abortion group wanting to fly its banner on public grounds.The Pro Life Legal Defense Fund Inc. emailed towns and cities across the state late last...

By DOMENIC POLI

The nonprofit 10,000-square-foot workshop on the Orange Innovation Center’s third floor has taken steps to help enable more people the financial ability to participate in the programs offered at 131 West Main St.LaunchSpace initiated the “Access to...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — Town officials are looking to include short-term rentals in the local zoning bylaws though without burdening people who rely on income from stays at their properties. Walker Powell, the community development director, explained to Selectboard...

If President Biden would like to win reelection, there is one thing that will bring his poll numbers up, win him another term, and avoid turning our nation over to the autocrat, Donald J. Trump: Recognize Palestine as a state.To date, 139 U.N. member...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — The dilapidated structure that had housed numerous restaurants at 46 West Orange Road (Route 2A) over the past nearly 90 years is no more, having been demolished earlier this month.The storied building was torn down by Don Matthews...