🌱 Patch AM: What's Opening In Durham & Middlefield? A Look At New Businesses

Hi there, Durham! We've got your morning read ready! Read on to stay connected. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• See which new businesses are coming to Durham and Middlefield

Also on today's calendar: New Year's Day Brunch at 1741 Pub & Grill and 6 more events.

Today's riddle: Playing golf is bad for your brain. 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Breezy; a morning flurry, with a high of 32 and low of 12 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!
• Friday: Partly sunny, breezy and cold, temps: high: 27, low: 17.
• Saturday: Mostly sunny and breezy, with a high of 29 and low of 18 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• What's Opening In Durham & Middlefield? A Look At New Businesses (patch.com) — Newly registered businesses are preparing to open in Durham and neighboring Middlefield, based on recent filings with the Connecticut Business Registry. Local residents can look forward to fresh commercial activity from companies formed between late November and Christmas Day 2025, signaling economic momentum close to home.
   

📸 Around Durham

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Durham

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Thursday January 1

• New Year's Day Brunch at 1741 Pub & Grill
  1741 Pub and Grill , 72 Lyman Rd , Middlefield
  10:00 am
• New Year's Day Brunch at 1741 Pub & Grill
  1741 Pub and Grill , 72 Lyman Rd , Middlefield
  10:00 am

Friday January 2

• Kid's Cookie & Cupcake Decorating Workshop During Winter Break!
  Lyman Orchards Apple Barrel Farm Market , 32 Reeds Gap Rd , Middlefield
  10:00 am
• Kid's Cookie & Cupcake Decorating Workshop During Winter Break!
  Lyman Orchards Apple Barrel Farm Market , 32 Reeds Gap Rd , Middlefield
  10:00 am
• A Frosty Fun Day at 1741 Pub & Grill
  1741 Pub and Grill , 72 Lyman Rd , Middlefield
  12:00 pm
• Friday Night Live Music Series Featuring Nick Fradiani, Sr. at 1741 Pub & Grill
  1741 Pub and Grill , 72 Lyman Rd , Middlefield
  5:00 pm
• Friday Night Live Music Series Featuring Nick Fradiani, Sr. at 1741 Pub & Grill
  1741 Pub and Grill , 72 Lyman Rd , Middlefield
  5:00 pm

Saturday January 3

• Sips & Sparks: Speed Dating Ages 50s-60s at Lyman Orchards
  Lyman Orchards Apple Barrel Farm Market , 32 Reeds Gap Rd , Middlefield
  1:00 pm

Thursday January 8

• Junior Collge Planning Night
  CRHS Auditorium
  6:30 pm

📣 Durham Shout Outs!

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday January 1

• New Years Day Brunch at Saybrook Point Resort and Marina
  Fresh Salt Restaurant , 2 Bridge Street , Old Saybrook
  10:30 am
• First Day Queer Hike
  Middletown, CT Calendar , 721 Wadsworth St. , Middletown
  1:00 pm
• Water Pollution Control Authority
  Middletown, CT Calendar Middletown, CT 06457
  6:30 pm

Friday January 2

• Quilter's Club
  North Branford Public Libraries , 1720 Fox Rd , North Branford
  10:00 am

Have we missed something on our calendar? Add an event yourself! As always, before attending confirm event details to ensure accuracy.

Thank you 👏👏👏 to the local businesses for making Durham PatchAM possible:

• LB Healing LLC — (203) 213-0363
  https://www.lbhealing.com/work-with-me
• Mindsee.it — (646) 663-8317
  Teach your kids they can achieve the impossible!
• California Closets — (203) 924-8444
  Custom Storage Solutions for the Whole Home

Click here to show your appreciation! 💚

Want to see your business here? Click here to connect with local customers.

💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Stay Alive.
  Don't Drink & Drive. Have A Happy & Healthy New Year. Bring On 2026! (Nextdoor )

• Regional School District 13 posted a job opening for Instructional Coach in Durham. Apply here.
• Big Y Foods, Inc. posted a job opening for Baker in Middletown. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Durham here.

🗞 Nearby News

Middlefield

• Direct Home Services in Middlefield, CT, Offers Reliable Water Heater Services for Homeowners (bakercityherald.com)
• Montville police ID driver killed in crash on Route 32 (middletownpress.com)

Middletown

• Statewide Extreme Cold Weather Protocol • Middletown, CT (middletownct.gov)
• 'You can't hide,' family at vigil tells driver who fled Hartford crash that killed Middletown boy (middletownpress.com)

Haddam

Ok Durham! 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: I just heard a golfer say he had four strokes on the first hole!
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