🌱 Patch AM: How 2025’s biggest regional tragedies hit Middletown families hardest

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In today's newsletter:

• How 2025’s biggest regional tragedies hit Middletown families hardest

Also on today's calendar: New Year Mini Retreat and 6 more events.

Today's riddle: I quit my job as a banker. 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Friday: Mostly sunny, brisk and cold, with a high of 28 and low of 19 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!
• Saturday: Mostly sunny, temps: high: 30, low: 23.
• Sunday: A bit of snow in the morning, with a high of 32 and low of 15 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• 2025 Year in Review: Tragedy, Controversy, and Resilience in Southern New England (abc6.com) — Middletown readers are reminded of a heartbreaking 2025, when a local couple died in a jet crash on I‑195 and Aquidneck Island mourned a teen killed in a Portsmouth graduation accident. The broader year-in-review recounts major regional tragedies, political turmoil, and moments of resilience across Southern New England that shaped the context around these local losses.
   

📸 Around Middletown

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Middletown

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday January 3

• The Bit Players
  Firehouse Theater, 4 Equality Park Pl, Newport
  8:00 pm

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Other local events

Sunday January 4

• New Year Mini Retreat
  CFP ARTS, WELLNESS, AND COMMUNITY CENTER , 933 Anthony Rd , Portsmouth
  2:00 pm

Monday January 5

• Town Council
  Middletown, RI Calendar , 350 East Main Road , Middletown
  6:30 pm

Wednesday January 7

• Girl Scout Troop #187 Newport/Middletown RI
  Middletown, RI Calendar Middletown, RI 02842
  4:30 pm
• Easton's Point Association Monthly Meeting
  Middletown, RI Calendar , 239 Wyatt Road , Middletown
  5:45 pm
• Library Building Committee Meeting
  Middletown, RI Calendar , 700 West Main Road , Middletown
  6:00 pm

Thursday January 8

• Middletown Outreach Drop-In Hours
  Middletown, RI Calendar , 700 West Main Road , Middletown
  10:00 am
• Middletown Outreach Committee Meeting
  Middletown, RI Calendar , 239 Wyatt Road , Middletown
  5:00 pm

Saturday January 10

• Bullying & Mental Health Seminar By The Butler Basketball Club
  Middletown, RI Calendar , 7 Valley Road , Middletown
  10:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Saturday January 3

• Alex Cohen Acoustic: Borealis Coffee
  Borealis Coffee Company , 500 Wood St Unit 113 , Bristol
  7:00 pm

Sunday January 4

• Cigar Breakfast Buffet — Breakwaters Cigar & Whiskey Lounge
  Breakwaters Cigar & Whiskey Lounge LLC , 796 Aquidneck Ave , Middletown
  9:00 am
• New Year Mini Retreat
  933 Anthony Rd , Portsmouth
  1:00 pm
• Newport Nutcracker
  Rosecliff , 548 Bellevue Ave , Newport
  5:30 pm

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💬 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 )

• Embrace Home Loans, Inc. posted a job opening for Accounts Payable Coordinator in Middletown. Apply here.
• Mikel posted a job opening for Navigation Systems Engineer/Technician in Middletown. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Middletown here.

🗞 Nearby News

Newport

• Newport RI Foodie Shares How-to Make Reverse Martinis (providenceonline.com)
• The most expensive home sold in RI in 2025 is in Newport. How much it cost (providencejournal.com)
• Letter to the Editor: The power of community engagement in municipal governance (whatsupnewp.com)

Jamestown

• JAC readies for two upcoming events (jamestownpress.com)
• Native islander conducting in Midwest (jamestownpress.com)

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: I just lost interest.
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