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Middletown, New York Patch AM: a 4 min read

Greetings Middletown! Your go-to source for what's happening in town is here. Stay in the loop and read on. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • Want fall learning fun on the Middletown campus? Encore signups are open
  • How Middletown police unraveled a massive local cocaine trafficking operation
  • How Middletown teens turned a class project into a national documentary

Also on today's calendar: Jay Medal Soirée and 2 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the tree say when Spring arrived? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Friday: Humid with a stray t-storm, with a high of 81 and low of 56 degrees.
  • Saturday: Partly sunny and less humid, temps: high: 81, low: 56.
  • Sunday: Some sun with a shower; humid, with a high of 82 and low of 65 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Encore classes begin September 10 (timeshudsonvalley.com) — Adults 55 and older in Middletown can now register for SUNY Orange’s Fall 2026 Encore classes, which start September 10 mainly on the Middletown campus. Offerings range from local history like the History of Middletown and a Hillside Cemetery tour to wellness, crafts, finance, and music, with details and registration available online for Encore members.
   

• Major Trafficker Caught With Kilos Of Cocaine, $40K In Middletown Storage Unit Learns Fate (dailyvoice.com) — A Middletown resident has been sentenced to 39 years to life after City of Middletown Police and the Orange County Drug Task Force uncovered kilos of cocaine, cash, and weapons in a Dolson Avenue storage unit and his James Street home. Prosecutors said he repeatedly arranged cocaine sales in the city and qualified as a major trafficker under state law.
   

• 'Teenage Wasteland' Shows You're Never Too Young (or Old) to Effect Change (sundance.org) — Students from Middletown High School in upstate New York are at the heart of a new Sundance documentary that revisits their 1990s investigation into a toxic landfill. Guided by teacher Fred Isseks, their class project evolved into a decades-long push for environmental accountability and a reminder that young people and mentors together can drive real change.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Looking for a package that should have been 📦 👀 from UPS delivered Tuesday 25th Aug around 1114am to 15 Maryland Ave.
    It contains 3 Hershey Special Dark Cocoa powder canisters. Its for a birthday cake I need to make. UPS said its delivered but it is nowhere to be… (Nextdoor W. Main St)
  • Touro College & University System posted a job opening for Campus Dean of Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine (TouroCOM) Montana in Middletown. Apply here.
  • Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. posted a job opening for Retail Associates in Middletown. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Middletown here.

🗞 Nearby News

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Ok Middletown! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: What a re-leaf! (Thank you Flo G. for sending it in!)
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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Middletown

Never miss out on local news and events that matter to you.

Stay in the loop with what's happening in Middletown

Never miss out on local news and events that matter to you.