Mosquito Treatments Set For Middletown

MIDDLETOWN, RI — Middletown will look to hold down the mosquito population this summer with 90-day treatments of drainage catch basins in town in accordance with guidance from the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management

Mosquitoes are known to be responsible for transmitting Eastern Equine Encephalitis and West Nile Virus.

Residents are asked to contact the Rhode Island Department of Health at www.health.ri.gov/mosquito for more mosquito prevention tips.

For any questions about the Middletown treatments, residents are asked to contact Tom O'Loughlin at 401-846-2119 or toloughlin@middletownri.com.