Middletown man earns small win on blight appeal

Middletown man earns small win on blight appeal

Yesterday, Pete Smith, a Middletown man who has been fighting to pay off blight violations on his childhood home, won a small victory at an appeals hearing for fines levied on his two parcels from the dates of August 22 to October 23, 2025. “After reviewing the record, the testimony today, I made the following conclusions,” said Ben Schimelman, Middletown’s Citation Hearing Officer. “As to the property at 212 Sisk, I found insufficient evidence …