About

My name is Charlie Roberts, officially on the ballot as Charles R Roberts, and I have called Middletown, RI home with my family since August 2008.

I was born and raised in the Finger Lakes Region of New York State, and I am a graduate of Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) with a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Management. I am currently a Vice President of Project Management with a nationwide commercial solar owner and operator.

I have been active in Town and around Aquidneck Island, volunteering my time as supporter and coach with Middletown Little League, Middletown Youth Soccer, Gaudet Boys Soccer, St. Joseph’s CYO Basketball, St. Joseph’s past Lector and Eucharistic Minister.

I have followed town politics since moving here in 2008, mainly through the Daily News, and hard to admit, but you could regularly catch me watching Public Access Middletown Town Council meetings on my couch. News coverage has changed a bit from back then, but I was always drawn to get involved deeper.

My first calling was an ad for a re-start of the Middletown Public Schools Building Committee. They were looking for construction, design, project management experience to make up the citizens portion of the committee. I answer, they approved me, and I co-chaired until our successful ballot initiative in 2023.

Throughout the next year I began to follow more closely the Town Center project, and also some smaller affordable housing projects hitting close to home, that were suddenly becoming much bigger. I asked, why are we not making Town Center developer build more affordable housing?

It motivated me to become Chair of the Affordable Housing Committee, and eventually as I kept seeing residents being ignored, a successful run for Town Council in 2024.

It has been an honor of a lifetime to represent everyday Middletown residents, since I was sworn into office in December of 2024. I just want two (2) more years, to finish the work I have started. I do not want to be a career politician, I just want to save our Town, and not lose any more of our residents, who are the heart and soul of Middletown.