Middletown News

The 5-month-old Middletown cupcake shop presents a daily menu of imaginative indulgences, with passionately creative recipes that almost make red velvet look pedestrian.

A Middletown Patch is starting a Patch Engagement Council and we want you, our loyal users, to be a part of this exciting new project.

Stewart is enrolled in summer classes and has three years of eligibility remaining.

Haddam residents will soon have greater mobility with new access to a regional transit system.

The state board that oversees treatment of the criminally insane is scheduled Friday to continue hearing testimony on whether David Messenger, who killed his wife in 1998, should be let into the community to serve the last 10 years of his sentence.

A The third annual Appetite for Life , a month-long charitable dining program partnering Middlesex Hospital and more than 20 restaurants and businesses in Middlesex County kicked off Wednesday with a standing-room only crowd at the Tuscany Grill in Middletown.

The driver of a car that police say caused a three-car crash on Saybrook Road near Tryon Street was later charged with drunken driving.

A Pratt & Whitney announced 300 layoffs nationwide Thursday, 200 of which will affect plants in Middletown and East Hartford, according to media relations manager Bryan Kidder.

Wesleyan University graduated the Class of 2012 Sunday under sunny skies in Middletown.

BERLIN: The parade will start at 9 a.m. Monday at St. Paul's Church on Peck Street.

Beginning this fall, Wesleyan University will allow students who complete a special program to earn their undergraduate degree in three years, according to a blog post on the Washington Post by President Michael Roth.

Middletown Police report the following incidents: BREACH OF PEACE - On May 24 at midnight, Christina McClain, 21, of Thackeray Drive, Fayetteville, N.C., was in Luce Restaurant on Washington Street causing a disturbance and appeared drunk to the bartender, the report details.

A THIRD-DEGREE PROMOTING PROSTITUTION - On May 22 at 7:24 p.m., street crime police were canvassing Main and Washington streets in an unmarked car and saw Jennifer A. Corraro, 39, of Main Street, a known prostitute, the report says, sitting on a building's steps.

A The Middletown Democratic Town Committee held its caucus for the 33rd and the 100th House seats Thursday in council chambers and state Reps.

It started off as a usual walk through the woods of central Connecticut. As I navigated the trails of Middletown 's Highlawn Forest, I passed under huge oaks trees, walked along the banks of vernal pools scaring frogs into the water and tripped over chunks of traprock.

Pratt & Whitney announced 300 layoffs nationwide Thursday, 200 of which will affect plants in Middletown and East Hartford, according to media relations manager Bryan Kidder.

A Meriden police provided the following information on arrests and infractions. Inclusion on this list does not reflect a conviction.

A Doris Perry, 26, of Middletown has pleaded guilty to larceny charges related to a fake check scam that involved several Connecticut towns, including East Hampton, the Middletown Press reported.

The Republican Town Committee nominated two women Tuesday night to challenge the Middletown's General Assembly seats in November's general election.

On the third Wednesday of each month, the Cromwell Belden Public Library hosts a series of programs focusing on genealogy, presented by Thomas Kemp.