Six City Students Lauded for Community Leadership
Six Middletown Public Schools students were selected among over 400 submissions to receive the 17th annual Connecticut Association of Boards of Education Student Leadership Award. This program was...
View ArticleMiddletown Blotter: Arrests for April 23-27
Middletown Police report the following arrests:April 23FIRST- AND TWO COUNTS SECOND-DEGREE FAILURE TO APPEAR — At 3:30 p.m., a bail bondsman brought in Diane M. Damiano, 42, of Glenn Street, New...
View ArticleFormer Chaplin Man Who Beat Wife to Death Could Re-Enter Community
A Connecticut Valley Hospital Psychiatric Security Review Board hearing Friday allowed psychiatrists and mental health workers to defend an application for temporary leave for the Chaplin man who beat...
View ArticleIndulge in an Array of Pizza Pies for a Terrific Cause
The second annual Greater Middletown Pizza War will be held May 8th at the Sons of Italy on Court Street, Middletown. Feed the People Charity Inc. and the Middletown Press is sponsoring the event to...
View ArticleCity Plants Memorial Trees for Three Remarkable Citizens on Arbor Day
The city's Middletown Urban Forestry Commission and many staffers and citizens celebrated Arbor Day on April 26 at the
View ArticleIzzi Greenberg Will Lead Middlesex Coalition for Children
North End Action Team executive director Izzi Greenberg has been named the new executive director of the Middlesex Coalition for Children, an advocacy organization for children in Middlesex...
View ArticleXavier High School Announces Third Term Honor Roll
Headmaster Brother Brian Davis, C.F.X. and Principal Brendan Donohue have announced the Honor Roll for the third marking period. The criteria for a student to qualify for “high honors” are a grade...
View ArticleThe "Scholars In Action" at Keigwin Middle School- A Noteworthy Program...
While other schools in the Middletown area might get more press, there are some really special people making some truly special things happen at Keigwin Middle School. The “Scholars in Action” after...
View ArticleMovie Review: 'Iron Man 3' — Less Suit, Still Sensational
By Todd Richissin; posted by Cassandra Day.Iron Man 3 has arrived, reviews are in, a
View ArticleMassive Motorcycle Ride Honors Sandy Hook, Raises Money for Victims
By Katie Ryan O'Connor; posted by Cassandra Day.[Editor's Note: This article was reported by Tim Armstrong, Davis Dunavin and Katie O'Connor. It was
View ArticleMiddletown High Student's Print Runner Up at Congressional Art Competition
A Middletown High School junior won an honorable mention at the annual Congressional Art Competition. “The Congressional Art Competition is something I look forward to every year. I always find myself...
View ArticlePD: Man Caught With Pot, Scale Was 'Researching' Marijuana Dealing
On May 2 at 6:48 p.m., Percy Carr Jr., 24, of Butternut Knoll was driving a Chevrolet Impala on Maplewood Terrace, according to Middletown Police.The report says he ran a stop sign and the car smelled...
View ArticleMiddletown Arrests: April 20 to May 2
Middletown Police report the following incidents:May 2THREATENING — At 4:30 p.m., Kyle Jack, 25, of Trolley Crossing Lane was processing on an outstanding warrant. DISORDERLY CONDUCT, TWO COUNTS...
View ArticleBrew Baker's Chef Named Among Best Chefs in America
You may come for the bagels, baked fresh daily, or the potato salad with no mayo, made with a special Austrian family recipe. Or the fantastic Ahi tuna salad and finish with any of a dozen fancy...
View ArticleDrew to Convey Humanitarian, Community Service, Corporate Citizenship Awards
Mayor Daniel T. Drew will present the city's first humanitarian, corporate citizen and community service awards at the 8th annual Mayor's Ball on June 1. The following recipients will be receiving the...
View ArticleCouncil to Consider Merging City Departments Amid Republican Objection
The proposal to merge the city's human relations and legal departments has met with concern and opposition from local Republicans who says the move is virtually unprecedented in cities across the...
View ArticleYour Take: Should These Students Have Been Barred From Prom/Graduation?
Reported and written by Senior Regional Editor Elissa Bass.Nearly three dozen high school students in Sa
View ArticleDo You Use Facebook Less Than You Did a Year Ago?
Facebook had 1.1 billion worldwide users at the end of March — up 23 percent from the same time last year — and reported other positive signs of growth.
View ArticleObituaries: Bartolotta, Bengston, Bouchard, Conant, Facius, Hurlburt,...
Legacy.com reports the following deaths:Lucille R. "Dolly" Bartolotta
View ArticleWESU-FM's Kinder, Gentler Pledge Drive is Underway
A press releasee from Ben Michael, general manager of 88.1 FM WESU, Wesleyan University.Just 10 years ago, WESU was in disrepair. The institutional memory wa
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