Okay so I want to start off saying this is the shopping center of my childhood. I moved away for a long time and recently came back home to Essex. Seriously?! This shopping center looks the same if not run down. The roads and parking lot need to be fixed, they have homeless people everywhere (what happened to no loitering), and the whole place needs a face lift! Well they have a Rita's coming; that is exciting! Some of the shops are good like Shoppers, Rite Aid, MVA, etc. The owner/owners of this shopping center need to get with the times! Essex wasn't all that glorious growing up but it's home, you know. I have come home to see that the drugs have gotten out of hand and crime is at an all time high?! Seriously, Essex people where is your Pride we are better than this. We need an updated and remodeled shopping center with decent restaurants, let's make going to Middlesex Shopping center fun not depressing. I want to be able to tell people, yes that is where I'm from! read more