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🌱 How can Middlefield neighbors plug into Middletown’s big 250th celebration?

Coming up on the Middlefield Patch calendar: Santa's Workshop

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  • How can Middlefield neighbors plug into Middletown’s big 250th celebration?

Also on today's calendar: Santa's Workshop and 7 more events.

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Today's riddle: What did one tuna say to the other after getting caught stealing files from work? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

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  • Thursday: Windy; a p.m. snow shower, with a high of 35 and low of 21 degrees.
  • Friday: Breezy in the morning, temps: high: 33, low: 20.
  • Saturday: Some sun, then turning cloudy, with a high of 38 and low of 26 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Middletown, Portland, Teaming Up To Celebrate Nation's Semiquincentennial (patch.com) — Middlefield gets a historical shout-out as Middletown prepares major countywide celebrations for America’s 250th birthday, echoing its Revolutionary War-era prominence that once included present-day Middlefield. Starting in January 2026, Middletown and Portland will host flag-raisings, grants for local artists, beautification projects, and a countywide July 4 parade that Middlefield residents can join and enjoy.
   

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  • Raytheon Technologies Corporation posted a job opening for Production Machinist/Processor C 2nd Shift (onsite) in Middletown. Apply here.
  • Big Y posted a job opening for Frozen Food/Dairy Clerk in Meriden. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Middlefield here.

🗞 Nearby News

Middletown

  • Middletown Police Still Searching For Woman Missing Since The Summer (patch.com)
  • A Middletown City Block at the Bottom of America's Safety Net (wesleyanargus.com)
  • Photronics: Fiscal Q4 Earnings Snapshot (middletownpress.com)

Durham

  • Greenskies wraps up 3.13-MW community solar project in Connecticut (solarpowerworldonline.com)
  • Deadly vehicle crash under investigation in Madison, police say (fox61.com)

Wallingford

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