Following is a compilation of reports from the Highspire Police Department. Please be aware all those charged/cited are presumed innocent unless proven otherwise in a court of law.

Theft
A GPS unit valued at $300 was stolen from a vehicle in the 300 block of Market Street on Nov. 30.

A stroller was taken from a porch in the 400 block of Willow Street on Nov. 30. A suspect is under investigation, police said.

A Tom-Tom GPS unit valued at $300 was taken from a station wagon parked in the first block of Paxton Street between midnight on Nov. 24 and Sunday, Nov. 25.

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First, a warning: This is an editorial about the cutting down of trees in the Middletown business district, and the subsequent protest by – and arrest of – our owner, Louise Sukle. We suspect we know what you’re thinking: Seen it. Watched it on TV. Read about it in newspapers. Over it.

Can you imagine a vibrant downtown Middletown, with a performing arts center, shops and museums, a new town square at the intersection of Union and Emaus streets? That vision, drawn up for Middletown Borough Council by consultant Daniel Anderton, a landscape architect for design consultant Dewberry, is exciting.