Cassandra Day, Patch Staff
- Middletown, CT
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.
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St. Sebastian Festival Kicks Off Friday 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.
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'Wolf Pack' Returns to Connecticut
The team was renamed the "Connecticut Whale" for the last three years.
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Middletown Officers Awarded for Bravery, Lifesaving Work
Tuesday's ceremony honored more than a dozen officers and a canine for their exceptional service to the community.
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An Excuse to Down a Cold Brew or Two — It's Connecticut Beer Week!
The 2013 CT Beer Week is focused around the “Brew & Buy Local” campaign created by the Connecticut beer industry to celebrate the vibrant beer industry in Connecticut.
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Westfield Fire Passes $1.35M Budget Unanimously
Middletown's Westfield Fire District voters approved a spending package that is 1.86 percent more than last year's.
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Elementary School Parent: Student Threatened Bodily Harm to His Son
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School Officials Investigate Alleged Threat to Elementary School Student
The father of a Middletown Bielefield School student is questioning the district's zero tolerance policy and is considering home schooling if the issue isn't resolved to his satisfaction.
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Your Take: Should the 'Morning-After' Pill Be Available Over the Counter to Anyone?
Rallies are being held across the country Tuesday in opposition to the Obama administration's efforts to limit access to the contraception to girls younger than 17.
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Council to Vote on Mayor's Budget Wednesday
Middletown Mayor Dan Drew proposed a $137.85 million spending package on March 29.
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Connecticut Residents Rejoice! We Have Achieved Tax Freedom
Well, for this year anyway. Tax Freedom Day, the day by which residents must work in order to pay all their taxes, was Monday, May 13. Out of the 50 states, Connecticut has achieved tax freedom the latest each year for the last five years.
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Middletown Police Release Video of Man With Machete Robbing CVS
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Middletown Police Release Video of CVS Machete Robbery
On Friday at 3:30 a.m., police say, a white male, six feet tall and about 170 pounds, wearing a black face mask, black long-sleeve shirt, black jeans and black shoes demanded money.
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