November Blog 2024
We’re celebrating so much here in Middletown! Since November is the time for being thankful for the family, friends, and the fruits and bounty of the year, we’re also thankful for the businesses we have here in Middletown. In 2024 Middletown welcomed: Beans and Dream’s Nektario’s Place The Turquoise Trailer Phillips Family Vision Hearth and […]
October in Middletown 2024
It is easy to fall in love with Middletown any time of the year, but the Fall seems to wake the senses with the bright crisp days full of warm sunshine and cooler breezes. The abundance of the harvest harkens the town back to its agricultural roots, when many of the businesses here were supportive […]
Middletown Summer Blog
Hi Main Streeters! Welcome Center It’s been a minute since we have posted news because we’ve been busy-busy working to get the Welcome Center at 19 West Main Street in tip-top shape, and ready for our grand opening! We have the last bit of the exhibit installation that will happen in the first week in […]
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 […]