Miami University Middletown would like to invite the community to participate with faculty and staff in the open session interviews for the new Miami Regional Campus Dean. Free and open to the public. Find out when and where

Employees of the Manchester Inn and Conference Center are holding an evening of music and fun to honor their owner Perry Thatcher who died recently. This first of what is planned as an annual event, will give the proceeds to the American Red Cross for Haiti relief efforts. Future events will focus on local needs.

Members of the Middletown Convention and Visitors Bureau met this month and elected officers to serve in the coming year.

Also, Butler County Development Roundtable, a fundraising professional group, begins its ninth year of offering quarterly networking and educational opportunities to Butler County area development professionals

In recognition of American Heart Month, Atrium Medical Center
and Premier Community Health will offer free screenings
throughout February.

Area residents are receiving solicitations for water line insurance coverage. The City of Middletown does not endorse these solicitations and has no affiliation with companies that offer these type services.

A reminder that dog licenses are available for purchase through our Humane Officer, Liz Lucas. She can be reached through the dispatcher @ 425.7700. Cost $14.75 for new dogs. $28.75 for tags not purchased before the January 31, 2010 deadline for 2010 Dog License.

On Saturday, March 20, 2010 from 11:00am till 1:00pm at Middletown’s Chamber of Commerce, At-Large council member and current Vice Mayor Anita Scott Jones will host an event where residents of the first ward can come meet with her and voice there concerns about there ward and the city.

Americans for Prosperity-Ohio joins the Ohio Liberty Council Members of Southwest Ohio in inviting you to hear national speakers address climate change and America’s energy needs at the Ohio Energy and Climate Conference, Saturday, February 6, at Miami University’s Middletown campus, from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m.

Middletown has lost one of its most prominent members of the community. On January 28, 2010 Perry Thatcher passed away on from pancreatic cancer. Mr. Thatcher gave many things to this city; he always wanted a better Middletown.

The first City Council meeting of February is on the Second at 5:30pm in the lower level of the city building.
One of the things to be discussed at this meeting is Ordinance No. O2010-11, an ordinance authorizing a collective bargaining agreement with the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge #36, (Sergeants & Lieutenants) for the years November 1, 2009 through October 31, 2012, and declaring an emergency.

This workshop will be a chance to free your creative spirit and try some new techniques using acrylic. Let go of your inhibitions, take brush and plastic in hand and learn some new and exciting ways to paint