MIDDLETOWN – Business owners and the public are welcome to attend Middletown Area Merchants Association meetings.

The gatherings are held on the third Thursday of each month.

The next meeting begins at 8 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 19, at the Middletown Senior Center on Central Park Road.

After the business portion of the meeting they will hear from Sheriff Rod Mitchell about lesser known county programs.

The group has scheduled its yearly teacher appreciation potluck mixer for Thursday, Sept. 16, at the Middletown multipurpose room on the Middletown High School campus.

All teachers from Cobb, Hidden Valley Lake and Middletown campuses are invited to attend. The association is now collecting school supplies to be given out to the teachers at this mixer.