Politics & Government

Today: Teens and Tweens Build Collages, Planning Board Talks Boat Ramp

Here's a look at 5 happenings in and around Middletown today.

  1. The Middletown Public Library invites Tweens and Teens to join artist and teacher Moira Richardson in using collage materials like recycled books, magazines, sheet music, and road atlases to create a visual story of their lives.
  2. The Middletown Planning Board meets today. On the agenda is a discussion about planning public hearings for the proposed new boat ramp.
  3. Volunteers are sought to sit during the Secret Garden Tour in Newport in September. The program has provided more than 1.25 million dollars to help art education in local public schools.
  4. RhymeCulture returns to the in Newport tonight.
  5. On this date in history in 1846, President James K. Polk signed the Smithsonian Institution Act into law, to later make the creation of the Smithsonian Museum possible.

 


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