ORANGE Roughly 10 Dexter Park Innovation School students were treated and released from hospitals Tuesday after suffering adverse reactions from a particularly pungent chewing gum, and most of them returned to school Wednesday, their school.
A student allegedly purchased “a gum product” online and offered it to other students during recess, according to a joint statement from the town’s superintendent of schools, Orange police, and Orange fire/ambulance.
Report dedicated to Pamela SmithORANGE The Selectboard voted to dedicate the 2023 annual town report to the late Pamela Smith.According to her obituary, Smith died peacefully on Dec. 24, 2022, following a brief illness. She is survived by her twin.