Cassandra Day spent 13 years at Middletown's daily newspaper, writing features and profiles of people and places in Middlesex County.
She began her journalism career while attending Central Connecticut State University, when she joined the Central Recorder, and subsequently filled in for every position that needed help. In 1993, she earned a bachelor of arts degree in English with a minor in journalism.
After a brief stint reporting at the New Britain Herald, West Hartford and Wethersfield Posts, she became the Middletown Press features editor. There, she wrote an award-winning mothering column for the Press and New Haven Register, won several Society of Professional Journalists awards for news and features and most notably helped coordinate coverage of Wesleyan University's loss of student Johanna Justin-Jinich, eventually moving to senior editor at the Press.
Cassandra is a longtime resident of Middletown, where she lives with her two boys.
In November 2010, she became editor of Haddam-East Haddam Patch and took over as editor of Middletown Patch in March 2011.
She is chair of the Middletown Arts Commission and community member on both the Board of Education communications committee and Macdonough Elementary School governance council.
State police last week investigated a telephone threat at state's forensic, general psychiatric and addictions inpatient treatment facility in Middletown.
There is nothing quite like the site of hundreds of the devoted, en masse, in a religious fervor, converging on this stately church.
A duo ends up with matching drunk driving charges after one man drives to pick up the other from state police barracks, police said.
The chances of winning the prize were astronomically low — each ticket had odds of 1 in 175.2 million.
Be the first to see inside this incredible dig
The Middletown Press is now hosting reporter Jamie Muro and photographer Tom Parent in its downtown office
Fifth-grader Jamil Sampel and fourth-grader Sam Maldonado, both of Middletown's Macdonough Elementary School, earned accolades for their essays in this annual contest.
Test anxiety can make finals a nightmare! Learn tips on how to take control of exam worries.
Todd Jensen of Integrated Personal Defense in Tolland demonstrates a mixed martial arts workout designed to help you have a blast while you tone and tighten for summer.
In no time at all you can own a slice of local history.
Lynn Riordan founded “Matt’s Mission Fund” in memory of her son.
If you draw the Powerball winning numbers in Saturday’s lottery, the one-time payout could be almost $377 million.
Metro-North New Haven Line service is suspended between South Norwalk and New Haven until further notice.
Watching the big kids mentor the younger kids during the races is priceless.
Groton native Matt Harvey is on the cover of SI — will he go down in history as Connecticut's greatest athlete?
Those trying to get home from points west of Norwalk were told all eastbound trains have been terminated at the Norwalk station.
Advanced Wheels recognizes contest winner Zackary Capitao of Middletown with prizes and a donation to the charity of his choice.
