Miss the recent Middletown Town Council meeting in which they discussed unification/regionalization with Newport? Catch all four (plus) hours of the meeting below.

The discussion about unification begins at approximately 1:30:00

Town Council Meeting, June 17, 2019 from Town of Middletown on Vimeo.

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