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EarthFest at Wesleyan University

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.

A big ground-shaking boom Friday night had residents from several towns in Central and Southern Connecticut dialing 911.
Less than a day after a two-car crash on Washington Street, another two-car collision took place Saturday afternoon in Middletown, sending two individuals for medical treatment.
The following information was provided by the Middletown Police public information officer. An arrest does not constitute a conviction and all defendants are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
The Grammy-nominated country musician will perform on the Main Stage on Sept. 28.
Summer is right around the corner! Watch Patch's fitness tip video to incorporate great lunge and squat exercises into your workout!
Gun safety instructor E. Jonathan Hardy advises firearm owners about the best ways to safely use and store their guns.
Volunteer book lovers help promote reading by going out into their communities and sharing free copies of books they love.
Route 66 is closed down at Main Street while firefighters and police investigate.
It's Only Natural vegetarian Restaurant and Eli Cannon's Tap Room have won the Advocate's poll many years in a row.
The state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection is ready for anglers of all ages to descend upon Connecticut's rivers, streams, lakes and ponds.
Laura Russak lives in Watertown, Mass., and teaches in Waltham Public Schools. The region is in lockdown as police search for the suspect, Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev, in the Boston bombings.
Wesleyan University students' annual Tour de Franzia hits the national stage as parents are urged to discourage their children from participating in this drunken wacky-task event.