Who Doesn't Like to Eat and See a Broadway Show?
By Matt PuglieseIf you like to munch, mingle, and make donations that support the best youth theater in Connecticut, we’ve got the event for you! If you m
View ArticleConnecticut River Photography Part of Wesleyan's Art For Haiti Benefit
On May 21, former Councilman David Bauer, a livelong resident, continued his half-year-long project of photographing the Connecticut River at Middletown. These photographs represent one night's...
View ArticleState Police Want $2.6 Million to Deal With Connecticut Gun Law Requirements
By Eileen McNamara Connecticut State Police want to hire 39 new staffers to respond to requirements under the state's new gun laws, includin
View ArticleConnecticut Senate Approves GMO Labeling Bill
By Eileen McNamara The state Senate has approved a measure that would require labeling of so-called GMOs or genetically modified foods.
View ArticleMemorial Day Weekend Tag Sale Roundup
On the hunt for a bargain? Check out these area sales posted in our Patch Events Calendars and Buy|Sell|Trade Boards for Memorial Day Weekend. Having a garage sale, tag sale, estate or flea market...
View ArticleHistoric Laurel Grove Home on the Market for $600,000
What will $600,000 buy you in Middletown? How about a home that dates back to before the founding of the United States? The property at 15 Laurel Grove Road is available now, boasting five bedrooms,...
View ArticleMiddletown Arrests: May 18-22
Middletown Police report the following incidents:May 22SECOND-DEGREE FAILURE TO APPEAR — At 2:30 a.m., Ashuandelle Jackson, 21, of Rose Circle turned himself in on an outstanding warrant. BREACH OF...
View ArticleMiddletown Woman Donates Kidney to Husband With No Hesitation
By Lisa LenkiewiczAbout this sponsorship: In honor of the 60th anniversary of Sir Edmund Hillary’s historic ascent of Mount Everest, Patch and
View ArticleConnecticut's Long-Term Unemployed Will Take Benefits Hit
By Eileen McNamara As if being out of work for more than 6 months wasn't bad enough, the state's long-term unemployed are about to get h
View ArticleConnecticut Boy Scout Council Will Allow Gays
By Paul Petrone The Boy Scouts of America's Connecticut Yankee Council, which runs camps in several towns and has members from dozens more communities, is break
View ArticlePD: Heavily Intoxicated Mom Hid in Closet With Hungry Child to Avoid Arrest
A city woman, so drunk she could barely stand, was found hiding in a closet in her apartment attempting to avoid arrest alongside her 5-year-old, un-fed daughter, according to Middletown Police.On May...
View ArticleMiddletown Native Brings Moonshine Back Home
One of two men who built up a local moonshine distillery in Manchester is bringing the love of their spirits to Middletown. Middletown resident Adam von Gootkin and Peter Kowalczyk, of Onyx Spirits...
View ArticleMiddletown Arrests: May 10-23
Middletown Police report the following incidents:May 23SECOND-DEGREE FAILURE TO APPEAR — At 1:11 a.m., police checking out Lawrence School on Kaplan Drive found two cars parked in the entranceway, one...
View ArticleGroup Against Development in Historic District Rallies Around Illustrator's...
An innocuous post by community activist Ed McKeon in the Facebook group he founded protesting the development of a drive-through retail-restaurant complex in an historic Middletown residential district...
View ArticleMemorial Day Weekend Events
Memorial Day is a day of remembrance for those who have died in our nation's service. From parades to rifle salutes and local Daisys making care packages for deployed servicemen and women, there are a...
View ArticleTwo-Story Middletown Home Destroyed in Blaze
Firefighters and police are on the scene of a two-alarm blaze that consumed a two-story woodframe home at 25 Walnut Street in Middletown.It's unclear if there are injuries but police say the occupants...
View ArticleWalnut Street Blaze: A Pictorial
Firefighters and police battled a two-alarm blaze that consumed a two-story woodframe home at 25 Walnut Street in Middletown at 4:40 p.m.The 1,200-square-foot home, built in 1926 and listed as an "old...
View ArticleConnecticut's Minimum Wage Would Jump to $8.70 by January
By Eileen McNamaraFolks making minimum wages in Connecticut will likely get a 45 cent raise come Jan. 1, 2014 and then another 30 cent raise by 2015
View ArticleThink Before You Park Downtown — or Risk a Ticket
Even if your motives are completely innocent when you park in Middletown's Metro Square’s free lot and run down the street to dine before you catch a flick, you just might not find your car when you...
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