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About Orange
Orange is a town in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States. The
population was 13,572 as of July 2003. The town is governed by a Board of
Selectmen and an annual town meeting. Orange has a blend of rural and suburban
development, and features a traditional town green within the historic district
and a highly commercialized strip of businesses along the Boston Post Road, just
north of Interstate 95. The town currently faces continuing political issues
regarding ongoing urbanization and commercial development.
Orange maintains its rural roots through the Orange Country Fair every
September, which serves as a miniature homage to many typical American State
Fairs. In early August, the town also promotes the Orange Volunteer Fireman's
Carnival, which raises funds to support the town's continuing all-volunteer fire
department. Both events are held at the fairgrounds at High Plains Community
Center near the center of town.
Orange was the home of the first computer camp, held at the local Amity Jr. High
School in 1978. Orange is also host to one of the primary manufacturing plants
of PEZ candies.
During the Cold War, Orange served as a location for the permanent deployment of
Nike missiles for the defense of Greater New Haven. The former site of the Nike
missiles has since served (from the late 1950s onward) as the home of the 103rd
Air Control and Warning Squadron, later to become the 103rd Tactical Control
Squadron and as it remains today the 103rd Air Control Squadron, a part of the
Connecticut Air National Guard.