Middletown

The Middletown Arts Center hosts its Arts and Crafts Festival with 75 vendors, live music, food trucks, and free kids activities. Admission is free.

Middletown police say a one-year-old was rescued from a hot car in a Route 35 parking lot. The child was treated and released, while the mother was arrested.

Monmouth County voters set November matchups for commissioner seats. Erik Anderson and Tony Perry will face Democrats Chelsey Tanner and Sofia Ugarte in the general election.

According to a post on the Middletown NJ Town Hall Facebook page, a vehicle struck the Tonya Keller Community Center on Bray Avenue in North Middletown earlier this week.

FirstEnergy is replacing 1970s-era equipment and upgrading 10 miles of lines across northern Monmouth County, aiming to cut outages and improve reliability for 25,000 customers by spring.

A judge has refused to dismiss Toms River Mayor Dan Rodrick’s lawsuit over tenure charges he says were political retaliation. The case involving Middletown school officials returns to court March 10.

According to NJ.com, a new television production is now filming at one of Middletown’s most recognizable landmarks the former Circus Liquors site on Route 35.

Three men indicted for the March shooting death of Long Branch teen Tristan Reeves. Suspects arrested in October now face murder charges in a 10-count indictment.

John Paul Fernandez, missing since 2015, was identified from remains found near Henry Hudson Trail in 2024. His family says he left a suicide note and had faced bullying before his disappearance.

The Attorney General’s Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA) is investigating a fatal vehicle crash that occurred on Oct. 10, 2025, on State Route 36 in Middletown, New Jersey.