Gas prices are at a seven-year high this Independence Day. Before you travel, see how much you can expect to pay at the pump.
Independence Day travel is expected to reach pre-pandemic levels as more than 47 million people take to U.S. roads and skies this year.
Publish a photo of pops on the Middletown Patch for Father’s Day 2021 to share your favorite father-son or father-daughter moments.
Share your favorite mother-son or mother-daughter photo and sentiments, and we’ll feature it on the Middletown Patch.
Parking passes for Sachuest and Third Beaches can be purchased on the town's website.
Such a close conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn hasn't occurred since 1623. The Ursid meteor shower peak coincides with the winter solstice.
Here are the deadlines in Middletown to send holiday packages in time for delivery by Christmas Day, Friday, Dec. 25.
If a real Christmas tree is on your wish list this year, here's a selection of trusted local farms in the Middletown area.
Looking for a Middletown-area pumpkin patch before Halloween? Check out the Patch list.
Pick out that pumpkin and enjoy the many fall attractions Middletown-area pumpkin patches have to offer.
Get out and pick out that pumpkin this fall season and enjoy the many fall attractions
The RI Department of Health had recommended closing the beach due to high bacteria levels.
The Rhode Island Department of Health recommended the closing Tuesday due to high bacteria levels.
Dogs are not allowed on Middletown town beaches after 7:45 a.m.
Middletown's Third Beach and Newport's Easton Beach had been closed to swimming due to due high bacteria levels.
Until further notice, access to beach parking lots will be restricted to residents and non-residents with season passes until 6 p.m. daily.
Massachusetts and Connecticut residents are being asked to avoid Rhode Island beaches, as the state struggles to contain the crowds.
Many industries are taking the holiday the day before the holiday, since it falls on a Saturday.
Seasonal parking passes are now on sale during the day at the gazebo at the beach, and will be sold at the beach starting Saturday.
Some services will be closed for the federal holiday commemorating Martin Luther King Jr.
The Potter League For Animals on Oliphant Lane In Middletown will hold its annual artisan craft fair on Saturday.
Middletown police are collecting toys, gift cards and clothing for those in need, along with a fill-a-cruiser event, on Dec. 14.
Christmas tree and holiday wreath sale this weekend to benefit Middletown High Classes of 2020 and 2022.
Two beaches on Watchaug pond were reopened, while Surfer's End at Sachuset Beach was closed.
Third Beach in Middletown was the only Rhode Island beach to be closed to swimming this week.
Patch found a house giving Halloween tours in Middletown. If you know of another one, please post a comment on our Facebook page.
This little park is less well known than Sachuest or Norman Bird Sanctuary, but the dogs (leashed, of course) are welcome here.
Find out where Middletown's lone sex offender is before the kid's go out trick-or-treating.
Send all your Labor Day picnic pictures to jimmy.bentley@patch.com
Fireworks and the nation's oldest Independence Day parade are nearby.
Valentine's Day isn't just a holiday to swoon over the ladies — treat the number one man in your life to these fun and practical gifts.
The toys are for the youngsters who might not otherwise have a present.
Start your holiday season out right with this family friendly, charitable event on Sunday, December 3rd
The pie run starts at the YMCA.
There is no delay due to Veterans Day, Will Cronin says.
Middletown police are collecting presents for the needy.
Rhode Island's Blue Laws mean stores are closed on Thanksgiving, but the CVS 24-hour stores remain open. And lots of restaurants.
For more than 50 years, NORAD has been helping kids track Santa on Christmas Eve.
The 45th Annual Christmas Tree Lighting at Bowen's Wharf on Saturday includes a Santa visit, caroling, food and shopping opportunities.
Santa was to start making his neighborhood tours in Middletown on Dec. 1 beginning at around 5 p.m.
The annual run takes place on Thanksgiving morning and begins and ends at the YMCA on Valley Road.