Business is Booming in Middletown!
Last month we celebrated the new businesses coming to Middletown. This month we are celebrating a different business achievement – reaching a milestone anniversary. Harold and Judy Routzahn are celebrating their 40th anniversary of running the retail store, Middletown Sportsland. Sportsland has become synonymous in Frederick County with team sports because for years, everyone has […]
Spring into Middletown!
It feels like an early spring as things are blooming all over Middletown! Not only are the daffodils showing their colors, the green grass is peaking through, and the stems on the trees are tipped with colorful buds. We’re also experiencing some exciting changes downtown – much as the flowers are blooming, so are we […]
New Year, New You, New Main Street Headquarters!
As we welcome 2024, we are thinking about what is NEW for this year! New Year, New You! Health and Wellness Expo for Middletown! If we list the businesses in Middletown that speak to health and wellness, that list is quite long, especially for a town this size! In addition, with all the amenities we […]
A Glimpse into the Past Through Larry Bussard’s Artifacts
What does a baseball bat belonging to Charlie Keller have in common with a blanket and a picture of the Frederick & Middletown trolley? These things along with many hundreds of interesting items; photographs, art, and many varied pieces of memorabilia are all part of a collection of treasures gathered over more than 60 years […]
Get the Inside Scoop – Summer of 2023
Hi Friends! Come to Middletown, Maryland to Get the Inside Scoop on Middletown’s own Ice Cream trail! We’ve created our own passport to inspire you to become an ice cream expert. Middletown, Maryland seems to have this slight obsession with ice cream. It seems to have started years, or generations ago. This does make sense, […]
March 2023
MIDDLETOWN AND FREDERICK ANNIVERSARIES Middletown marks its founding to 1767 when it was laid out into plots and the plat was recorded. However, we also think about March as the month that the Town was officially incorporated in 1833. This March, in 2023, we find ourselves at the esteemed age of 256 years old and […]
February 2023
Hi friends! Year after year, we try to get our annual calendar of events out in January. And no matter how hard we try, it just seems like it does not happen. I don’t think we are procrastinators, but maybe dreamers? Main Street Middletown, MD Inc has been creating the Calendar of Events for […]
January 2023
Happy New Year! Middletown, Maryland is embracing the new year with energy and excitement! While we love our holiday traditions, we also look forward to the fresh feeling that flipping the page on the calendar brings – an energized focus to refresh and start anew. And we’re starting 2023 off with a bang! Please join […]
November & December 2022
Holiday Season on Main Street Middletown It’s the big holiday season – a rush of thankful, grateful feelings we share in November, and the giving of gifts in December. While most people reserve Thanksgiving celebrations for the day, we encourage you to visit Middletown before the Big-Turkey Day and celebrate with those other folks you […]
October 2022
We love October for the same reasons everyone does – the slight chill in the air, the changing colors of the trees, the pumpkins, the trick-or-treating, (the candy!), and all of the super fun-fall festivals that occur. Saturday, October 15th is the day the Scarecrows March down Main begins! The 29th is the annual Halloween […]