ORANGE The Wheeler Memorial Library’s trustees and building committee members are determined not to give up hope after voters rejected a debt-exclusion override for the building’s first major renovation since its 1914 construction.It was decided at.
In a corner booth at Brady’s American Grill in Peterborough, three women gathered for lunch on a Thursday afternoon.“I can still remember being introduced to Camilie,” said Janice Lanou about one of her friends, Camilie Twiss. “I can still remember.
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Take a walk through Orange’s history via newly created map
The Orange Revitalization Partnership has completed its Orange Historical Walking Map brochure project. CONTRIBUTED IMAGE
A new walking tour of Orange includes 17 historical landmarks. Staff File Photo/Paul Franz
Published: 4/27/2021 5:47:34 PM
ORANGE The group dedicated to breathing new life into “The Friendly Town” has completed its Orange Historical Walking Map brochure project to help residents and visitors alike better appreciate the area’s past.
The Orange Revitalization Partnership started the project, inspired by its president and former state Rep. Denise Andrews, in 2018, and welcomed a handful of people who explored Orange’s central downtown area, plotted out a pathway and picked which historical buildings to include in the brochure, ultimately deciding on structures relevant to the Industrial Revolution.
Water instead of whiskey
The Woman s Christian Temperance Union fountain in Orange was erected in 1904. Contributed photo/Janice Lanou
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In the center of Orange is a stone drinking fountain with a history all its own. The fountain was erected by the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union in town. “The WCTU fountain has been a fixture in the center of Orange since 1904, although not always in the same location,” said Janice Lanou, member of the Orange Walking Tour Brochure Committee. “If you look at old postcards of downtown Orange, your eye eventually goes to the fountain, dwarfed by the Lamb’s block at the corner of West Main Street and South Main Street. Time proved it to be an unsuitable location as the fountain was damaged several times by large trucks turning the sharp corner in front of it. In its present home, diagonally across the Square, it is safe from traffic and is more visible to the public.”