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By Staff Writer Updated 7:34 PM Saturday, July 4, 2009

MIDDLETOWN — An older model Pontiac Grand Prix was totaled as a result of a car fire late Saturday, July 4.

Fire Capt. Todd Day said the car had been worked on for the past six months but had backfired and caught fire sometime before 5 p.m. Saturday at the intersection of Lefferson Road and Aaron Drive.

When firefighters arrived, they found the car fully engulfed in flames that destroyed the engine compartment and melted most of the plastic from the fire’s heat, Day said.

He said no one was injured in the fire but the car was a total loss.

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What does a car fire have to do with the condition of the neighborhood? Was it a car bombing? No. Was it the result of a drive by? No. It was just a car that was in need of repair that caught fire.

Mary Jane
2:22 PM, 7/5/2009

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Middletown is a junkyard for the junkies....no matter WHAT part of the city you live in they are there...I am way in the North in the country and its here as well...we had a church on Winton when I was growing up and Mayfield was a buetiful area and still is for the most part good luck with your taskforcing...

dj
8:10 AM, 7/5/2009

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Mary Jo, you are right, they live at those addresses plus a few others. The law enforcement has to do something soon or they will have more problems than they will be able to handle.

Carl
12:03 AM, 7/5/2009

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I have been trying to find someone that cares about this ward as I am just getting too old to do it myself and yes my name is Mary Jo.
When ever the police do pick up one of these druggie punks the judge just lets them go. The police just have to try harder and keep trying, this is a good neighborhood without those punks around.
I am hoping someone with real authority sees this and other writings and those two addresses I gave are for real. People around want something done but won't speak.

Mary Jo
8:28 PM, 7/4/2009

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Mary Jo:

You can help! Find an honest, common sense, no nonsense person with no agenda other than what's best for our city and YOUR Ward, the Fourth Ward, and encourage him/her to run for city council. Then help him/her to get elected this November.

Mike_Presta
7:49 PM, 7/4/2009

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