Our final litter cleanup of 2025 will take place on Saturday, December 13th at 10:00 a.m. (weather permitting). We will be returning to River Road, cleaning the area just east of Eastern Drive (by Meadow Meat).

Navigate directly to River Road (the section that is usually closed to through traffic, by the Roth Water Treatment Plant) by using the Silver Street entrance. We will be parking alongside River Road here.   A recent mowing along River Road has exposed a lot of litter, making it accessible for an easy cleanup opportunity.  Please register here so we can inform you of any weather-related change of plans.

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(This video shows the location of the future Midden Lookout Park as approached from downtown Middletown over the North End neighborhood. This drone footage was donated by Matthew Staub, videographer.)

At its Dec. 1 meeting, Middletown’s Common Council unanimously supported a resolution granting permission for the Jonah Center to develop the city’s closed landfill (aka “midden”) into an environmental education and wildlife viewing area. The site overlooks a large marshland — the Floating Meadows — populated by herons, egrets, cormorants, osprey, eagles, ducks, beaver, muskrats, and deer. Continue reading →