Middletown In 2025: Stories That Made An Impact

MIDDLETOWN, CT — The year 2025 was a budy one in Middletown.

The schools chief was fired amid a DUI case and a major clerical oversight.

Relics from a Catholic saint made their first trip to the U.S. — in Middletown.

Here are a few stories that made an im,pct over the past 12 months.

Transit

• Traffic Cams In Middletown: Fewer Incidents Since Activation, 2 More On The Way
• New Traffic Pattern To Be Set Up As Part Of Route 9 Project In Middletown

Schools

• Middletown Superintendent Fired — Not For His DUI Case, But A Major Clerical Oversight
• Middletown Mourning Loss Of Respected School System Administrator
• Chef Bringing A Whole New Experience To Middletown School Meals
• Middletown School Board Sued In State Court Over Racial Slur Flap
• CT State Middlesex To Debut Community Interpreter Course

Community

• Middletown: Trash Cart Collection Rules In Sanitation District Will Be Changing
• Thousands Gather In Connecticut For Historic Padre Pio Relic Tour

Business

• Drugstore No More: Bank Now Embedded In CT Communities For 200 Years
• Family Business In Middletown That Dates Back To 1928 Closing After Retirement Sale
• Middletown Among Tops In Connecticut For Nip Bottles Sold
• Chamber: Middletown Community Thanksgiving Project Returns To Feed 1,000 Local Families
• Grand Opening Announced For New Specialty Pharmacy At Middlesex Hospital
• California-Based Burger Chain Owner Bringing Franchise To His Native Connecticut
• Middletown Losing 1, Keeping 1 In Latest Round Of Walgreens Closings

Police and Fire

• Christmas Night Tragedy In Hartford Devastates Family Of Fallen Middletown Teen: UPDATE
• Sentence Rendered In Brutal 2020 Killing In Middletown
• Middletown Police Department Makes History With Accreditation
• Wife Of Middletown Mayor Assaulted In Downtown Incident, Police Outline Just What Happened
• Burning Wires Interrupt Trick-Or-Treating In Middletown Neighborhood
• Police Respond To River, Bridge Incidents Days Apart

• Former Wesleyan Visiting Professor And TV Show Star Facing Fraud Charges In Maryland