Sam Norton
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Middletown councilors fund bikeway, recycling carts, vets’ monument
Middletown >> On Monday night, the Common Council approved authorizing the submission of the Meriden-Middletown Bikeway, which will provide bicyclists with an easier commute to the Meriden train station. → Read More
Middletown firing range sounds decried as officials seek solution
Middletown >> For Barbara McAuliffe, who lives two streets east of the Dingwall-Horan Joint Firearms Training Facility, there is no escaping the loud gunshots coming from the range. → Read More
Middletown stamp collecting workshop will introduce basics of philately
Middletown >> After finding a matchbook on the ground that said, “Send to AG Harris for these stamps,” Mike Frechette, a member of the New Haven Philatelic Society, began to build his own collection of stamps. → Read More
The Board Room owners bet on success of ’round-the-table fun in Middletown
Middletown >> After rolling the dice and making all of the right moves, Jen Alexander and her son Tenzin Masselli opened The Board Room — the first such cafe in Connecticut — this past June. → Read More
After a year of triumph and tragedy, Middletowners resolve change
MIDDLETOWN >> This past year, a country mourned together as they watched mass shootings occur throughout the U.S. and the world. From San Bernardino, California; to Chattanooga, Tennessee; to Charlie Hebdo in Paris, millions mourned the loss of → Read More
Middletown students White Out march demands end to drunk driving
Middletown >> This year, there were 114 fatalities in the state of Connecticut that were the result of drunk driving, according to Mothers Against Drunk Driving. These fatalities represent 41.3 percent of this year’s total traffic deaths → Read More
Middlesex State’s Attorney McShane awarded for work with MADD
MIDDLETOWN >> Since prosecuting his first drunk driving case in 1988, State’s Attorney Peter McShane has been working with Mothers Against Drunk Driving to deter motorists from getting behind the wheel while intoxicated. → Read More
Redistricting decision on the horizon for Middletown schools
Middletown >> After months of questions, public hearings and proposed plans, the redistricting committee will make a recommendation to the Board of Education in January on how to address overcrowding, racial imbalance and underenrollment in Midd → Read More
‘Family’ of 500 to break bread in at Middletown community Christmas dinner
Middletown >> For 15 years, volunteers from all over the state of Connecticut, ranging in ages from 6 to 90 years old, have spent their Christmas serving a community meal at First Church of Christ Congregational. → Read More
Joint Christmas lights display in Middletown helps shelters, the hungry
Middletown >> For the past five years, residents on Sand Hill Road have been using their Christmas decorations as a way to give back to those who need help the most. → Read More
Middletown’s Centerplan announces plans for Hartford Hard Rock Hotel
Middletown >> Middletown-based Centerplan Companies has announced plans for a new Hard Rock Hotel in Hartford, as part of a ne → Read More
Middletown leaders oppose Trans Pacific Partnership as ‘bad deal’
Middletown >> Common Council took the unusual step last week going on record opposing the multi-national Trans Pacific Partnership trade agreement. → Read More
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In-depth coverage of Law and order news. Law and order articles, photos, videos and breaking news for Middletown and the US and more. → Read More
In Middlesex County, decades-old family tree farms in business of perfection
Middletown >> It has been 32 years since Anthony Kriwokulski opened the Indian Hill Brook Tree Farm with his wife Lillian on his parents’ farmland. → Read More