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1. State Releases 2025-26 Smarter Balanced Test Scores — See How Middletown Students Scored (patch.com) — Middletown families can now see how local students performed on the 2025-26 Smarter Balanced tests, with just 36 percent meeting English standards and 28.6 percent meeting math benchmarks. While Connecticut overall continued its post-pandemic gains, the new state data show Middletown lagging behind statewide performance and highlight ongoing academic recovery challenges for local schools.
2. 9 Middletown restaurants, a soup kitchen, a food truck cited for serious health violations in July (greenwichtime.com) — Middletown's Health Department cited nine restaurants, a soup kitchen, and a food truck for serious food safety violations in July, mostly for keeping items at unsafe temperatures. The report lists specific locations, issues found, and corrective steps like discarding food, fixing equipment, and retraining staff. Residents can use this information to make more informed dining choices.
3. Middletown celebrates America's 250th with rescheduled parade (fox61.com) — Middletown residents packed Main Street on Labor Day for a rescheduled America's 250th parade, featuring local bands, first responders, and plenty of kid-approved souvenirs. The event, postponed from a sweltering July 4, drew mixed reactions about turnout and national divisions. The town's next big gathering will be Friday's 9/11 remembrance at the Memorial Gardens.
4. Four Connecticut state parks close on Labor Day after reaching capacity (greenwichtime.com) — Wadsworth Falls State Park in Middletown briefly closed to new visitors on Labor Day after its parking lot filled, as did three other popular Connecticut parks. State officials also shut the swimming area at Rocky Neck State Park for water quality issues and reported Gillette Castle tour tickets sold out, while parks otherwise remained open.
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