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Heavy Snow Collapses Roofs Across the Northeast

The snow, oh, the snow. Record snowfall in the Northeast this winter has closed schools, knocked out power and grounded flights, and the winter white landscape has since turned into a dirty mess. But the danger from all that snow that perhaps hits closest to home is from its weight. The heavy snow has collapsed and...

Investigation Begins Into Deadly Power Plant Blast

(Feb. 8) -- As federal investigators launched a probe into the cause of a deadly power plant explosion in Middletown, Conn., officials said today that nobody is believed to be buried under the debris. The Sunday morning explosion at the Kleen Energy Systems plant killed five people and injured at least 12. Officials...

Middletown News From the Web

02/10/12 Middletown man accused of fleeing accident scene Source: Middletown Press - Middletown CT A city man allegedly tried to evade police last week after a fender bender with his child's mother.
02/10/12 Barbara Bedell: TD Bank donates $5,000 to Safe Harbors Source: Times Herald-Record - Middletown NY On a recent day, Virginia F. Smith, a bank vice president and branch manager in Newburgh, and Rolland B. Peacock III, vice president of small business services with offices in Vails Gate, visited Safe Harbors of the Hudson, located on Broadway in the former Hotel Newburgh.
02/09/12 Dozens busted in Middletown drug raids Source: Capital News 9 - Albany NY Dozens of suspected gang members were arrested in an early-morning drug raid in Middletown.
02/10/12 Middletown wrestlers fall to Winters Mill in region... Source: Gazette.net - Gaithersburg MD The Middletown High School wrestling team advanced to the finals in the 2A/1A West Region Dual Meet Championships for the first time in program history on Thursday, but it was unable to overcome top-seeded host Winters Mill, falling 38-28.
02/10/12 FBI CHARGES 33 IN MIDDLETOWN HEROIN-COCAINE RING Source: White Plains CitizeNetReporter - White Plains NY Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Janice K. Fedarcyk, the Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Wilbert L. Plummer, the Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Joseph A. DAmico, the Superintendent of the New York State Police, Ramon Bethencourt, the Chief of the Middletown Police Department, Frank Phillips, the Orange County District Attorney, and Carl E. DuBois, the Orange County Sheriff, today announced federal narcotics charges against 33 members of a drug trafficking ring operating in and around Middletown, New York. The ring was led by QUIANE WILLIAMS, CURTIS MACK, and STEPHONE HERRING, who were, along with many other defendants charged today, members of the Bloods, a nationwide gang.

Background on Middletown

Middletown is a city located in Middlesex County, Connecticut, along the Connecticut River, in the central part of the state, 16 miles (26 km) south of Hartford.

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