Middletown
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Middletown council votes into closed session on three land deals and four personnel matters
The Middletown Town Council opened its regular meeting by voting into executive session on eight items, including land acquisitions on West Main Road and at 351 East Main Road and personnel matters involving the town administrator and fire chief.
By Adriana Vossari | August 4, 2026
Middletown zoning board approves another short-term rental — over a member's warning about the block next door
The Middletown Zoning Board of Review approved an owner-occupied short-term rental permit for a Morris Avenue home on July 28, after one member produced a map and argued the ordinance's special-use criteria cannot measure what repeated approvals do to a residential street.
By Adriana Vossari | August 3, 2026
Middletown Conservation Commission hears climate plan pitch, airs frustration over rules with 'no teeth'
Middletown's Conservation Commission heard from Aquidneck Resilience, which is drafting an islandwide climate plan on a $2 million NOAA grant, and members named tree canopy gaps, unenforceable landscaping conditions and bike access as top concerns.
By Adriana Vossari | August 3, 2026
Middletown zoning board balks at oversized West Main Road sign, sends applicant back for a redesign
Middletown's Zoning Board declined to vote July 28 on a 126-square-foot, 23-foot-tall sign at 1400 West Main Road, sending the applicant back to study moving it away from crosswalks. The case returns August 25.
By Adriana Vossari | August 2, 2026
Middletown zoning board approves two short-term rentals, delays West Main Road sign decision to August 25
Middletown's zoning board approved two owner-occupied short-term rental permits on July 28 over one member's objection, and put off a decision on a 126-square-foot sign at the former Benny's plaza on West Main Road until August 25.
By Adriana Vossari | August 2, 2026
Middletown Sets Friday Deadline for Board Vacancies
Middletown is asking residents to apply for open seats on town boards and commissions by Friday, July 31, with vacancies spanning conservation, zoning, roads and affordable housing panels.
By Adriana Vossari | July 29, 2026
In Middletown, Marathon Hearing Ends With Council Rejecting Hotel Zoning After Dozens Testify
After a marathon hearing in which more than two dozen residents testified that the town-center vision had been abandoned for a single hotel, the Middletown Town Council voted down the three zoning and comprehensive-plan amendments the developer needed, sending the project back to the drawing board.
By Rocco Caravaggio | July 17, 2026
Middletown Council Rejects West Main Coddington Hotel Zoning in 4-3 Vote
The Middletown Town Council voted 4-3 to reject the zoning and comprehensive-plan changes needed for a scaled-back hotel on the former Navy Lodge site, ending the current version of the long-debated West Main Coddington redevelopment.
By Adriana Vossari | July 17, 2026
Middletown Council Rejects Zoning Overlay for West Main Road Hotel Project
The Middletown Town Council voted down all three zoning measures needed for a scaled-back hotel proposal on West Main Road, splitting 4-2 after years of debate over the town-owned site near Pottsy Field.
By Adriana Vossari | July 15, 2026
Middletown Council Moves Into Closed Session on Regionalization, Land Purchase and Union Talks
The Middletown Town Council convened briefly in open session before voting to discuss regionalization legal risks, a West Main Road land purchase and Teamsters contract talks behind closed doors.
By Adriana Vossari | July 6, 2026