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🌱 Patch AM: How 2025’s biggest regional tragedies hit Middletown families hardest
Spotted on the Middletown calendar: The Bit Players

Cheers Middletown! We’re back, helping you stay up to date with what’s happening. Let's take on the day together! ☕️️
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.
Find out what's happening in Middletownfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
Find out what's happening in Middletownfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
- 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.
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📸 Around Middletown
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Middletown
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★ Featured events ★
- The Bit Players
Firehouse Theater, 4 Equality Park Pl, Newport
8:00 pm
Saturday January 3
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Other local events
- New Year Mini Retreat
CFP ARTS, WELLNESS, AND COMMUNITY CENTER , 933 Anthony Rd , Portsmouth
2:00 pm - Town Council
Middletown, RI Calendar , 350 East Main Road , Middletown
6:30 pm - 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 - 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 - Bullying & Mental Health Seminar By The Butler Basketball Club
Middletown, RI Calendar , 7 Valley Road , Middletown
10:00 am
Sunday January 4
Monday January 5
Wednesday January 7
Thursday January 8
Saturday January 10
📣 Middletown Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Alex Cohen Acoustic: Borealis Coffee
Borealis Coffee Company , 500 Wood St Unit 113 , Bristol
7:00 pm - 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
Saturday January 3
Sunday January 4
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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)
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-- The Patch AM Team
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