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.
Three of the four city public schools' rankings are near the state average: the student-to teacher ratio of 14-to-1, students' college readiness; and math proficiency is 74 percent.
The first crew arrived at the station in November 2000. Typically inhabitants stay at the station for six months, according to NASA. Starting tonight, you can peek at them.
These folks whose lives touched Middletown have passed away.
The State Supreme Court will tackle a case this week that questions the legality of the state's abolition of the death penalty, which leaves the punishment in place for those currently on death row.
A Middletown man with a long record of arrests was picked up last week after concealing hundreds of dollars' worth of nail polish in his sweatshirt.
The Women and Families Center and the Middlesex County Multidisciplinary Team will be joining anti-sexual violence organizations throughout the state and country in bringing attention to the issue of child sexual abuse.
This treasurer of the Connecticut Science Teachers Association and the Connecticut Science Supervisors Association has helped her Middletown students participate in Project O and Bioblitz.
Middletown Police have received several complaints from people who patronize other businesses while parking in the lot and return to find their vehicles towed.
GasBuddy.com reveals that the Connecticut average price of gas has fallen to $3.70 per gallon.
U.S. Amy Sergeant First Class Ryan Parmelee will leave for Kuwait next month. A barbeque was held in his honor Sunday at the South Fire District in Middletown.
Would banning backpacks from all public events make us safer? Share your thoughts in the comments.
Eye-opening statistics for Earth Day that will make you think twice before heading for the garbage can
Middletown firefighters battled a blaze at a Grand Street apartment Sunday evening.
A Montville man armed with a hand sander and guns brought the attempted robbery to a smooth finish.
The Middletown-based solar energy company has produced more than 5 million kilowatt hours of electricity.
Earlier this year Middletown received $1.14 million through the SAFER Grant program to hire eight additional firefighters.
Middletown's funding will go toward remediation and soil cap at its North End site and helping to finance a new transit station.
