Middletown

Route 9 North was closed in Middletown after a crash on Tuesday afternoon, according to CT Travel Smart. The highway was closed between exits 10 and 11. A Facebook post from the South Fire District says this was a multivehicle crash and the crash caused significant delays. The highway reopened sometime before 4 p.m.

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A crowd of demonstrators marched through the streets of downtown Middletown to support Black fathers and the Black community on Sunday.

Rally held to celebrate fathers!

A crowd of demonstrators marched through the streets of downtown Middletown to support Black fathers and the Black community on Sunday. The silent and peaceful march comes nearly four weeks after the death of George Floyd by an officer in Minneapolis. The march was an outcry to bring awareness to the critical role that Black fathers and role models play…

A Middletown man is facing murder charges in connection to a deadly stabbing earlier this month. Officers said 25-year-old Tevin Perry, of Middletown, was arrested on Tuesday on an active arrest warrant for charges including murder. The warrant was for charges related to a deadly stabbing on June 7, 2020. Police were called to Washington Street near Pearl Street shortly…

Middletown has passed a budget that moves $200,000 from police department private-duty overtime funds to the new Mayor’s Permanent Task Force on Anti-Racism. This comes amid protests across the country to call for racial justice after the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis on Memorial Day as well as calls to “defund” police departments. Floyd, an unarmed Black man, was…

A Christopher Columbus statue that was in Middletown was temporarily removed earlier this weekend and now Middletown Mayor Ben Florsheim is explaining the reasons why. On Saturday, the city removed a statue of Christopher Columbus that Florsheim said was donated by local, mostly-Italian-American families in the mid-1990s. The statue had been erected at Harbor Park. According to Florsheim, the...

A Christopher Columbus statue that was in Middletown was temporarily removed earlier this weekend and now Middletown Mayor Ben Florsheim is explaining the reasons why.

The suspect in a deadly domestic violence incident in Middletown has been found in Georgia, police said Wednesday. Police said 37-year-old William Bigaud was taken into custody after a traffic stop on I-85 in Georgia. Bigaud is accused of stabbing a woman to death on Green Street on Monday. Middletown police have a warrant charging him with murder, home invasion,…

Middletown police are investigating the stabbing death of a 27-year-old man early Sunday morning and they are asking anyone with information to call them. Officers were called to Washington Street near Pearl Street shortly before 2 a.m. after reports of a man being assaulted with a knife. When authorities arrived, they said they found 27-year-old Andrew Brown responsive in the…

Protesters across the country have been calling to defund police departments in favor of social programs. Some leaders in Hartford agree with that message.

Middletown police are searching for a suspect seen leaving the scene of a deadly stabbing Monday morning, police said. Police officers were called to Green Street in Middletown for a domestic violence call. Upon arrival, officers found a female victim who had died from apparent stab wounds, according to police. Officers have identified 37-year-old William Bigaud as a suspect in…

A police investigation is underway on Green Street in Middletown.

Middletown’s police chief is defending his decision to remove the “Thin Blue Line” and “Blue Lives Matter” flags from his department in the wake of the national outcry over the death of George Floyd. The decision, made in consultation with the mayor, has been met with both praise and criticism. In a lengthy post Thursday, Chief William McKenna explained...

This week, in the wake of growing tensions nationwide over police brutality, Middletown police chief William McKenna made the decision to take down a flag showing the thin blue line symbol

Two people injured after an explosion and fire at a home on Saybrook Road in Middletown last month have died, and police are asking the public for any video of pictures of the fire to assist with their investigation. Crews responded to the home on the morning of May 29 and found people outside, officials said. Michael Howle, chief of…

Middletown is taking steps to help its small businesses survive the economic fallout of the coronavirus. The small businesses along Main Street and across the city are a key piece of Middletown’s economy. The mayor said the city is trying to do what’s possible to make sure they’re around whenever the pandemic passes. As the hum of nightlife slowly...

Investigators continue to try to figure out what happened at a home explosion in Middletown