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Developing Story: Boston SWAT Teams Hunt for Marathon Bombing Suspect
Boston-area Patches tell us the first suspect is reported dead as a manhunt continues for the second suspect. The two are brothers.
Cassandra Day, Patch Staff
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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Middletown High Student Mourns Death of English Teacher
Middletown High School junior Billy M. Prevatte offers his condolences to the family and community on the death of Linda Beloin.
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10 Middletown Restaurants Host Moonshine on Main Cocktail Crawl
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PD: Man Stole $100 From Restaurant Register to Repay Heroin Dealer
The Cheshire resident stole the cash during a busy lunch hour at a Main Street eatery, according to Middletown Police.
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PD: Homeless Man Just Released From Prison Attempts Carjacking
The 44-year-old Middletown man, whose wife told police he'd just been released from prison, has a record that includes assault, robberies, carjacking and sexual assault.
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Middletown High Crew Rowers Beat East Lyme, Glastonbury
Both crews also beat EO Smith High School in Storrs and Lewis Mills High School in Burlington this past weekend.
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Obituaries: Chamis, Holzberg, Lana, Lugo, Perretta
These folks whose lives touched Middletown have passed away.
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State Leaders Criticize U.S. Senate's Vote on Gun Measure
The governor and members of Connecticut’s congressional delegation are upset about the Senate's vote on Wednesday.
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$30K Agriculture Grant to Bring 'Exciting' Changes to Downtown Farmers Market
The state's investment in Middletown's North End Action Team summer farmers market will encourage city dwellers to grow their own food.
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Warm and Fuzzy: Knitter Marks Her Territory at Klekolo Coffee
Searching for and failing to find a stitch and bitch knitting group in Middletown, Vickey Allen of Durham founded one herself.
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Your Take: Should Illegal Out-of-Town School Enrollment be Decriminalized?
State legislators from some of Connecticut’s bigger cities are asking for the decriminalization felony charges for those illegally sending their children to schools out-of-district, but local officials have a different take. What’s yours?
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PD: Couple Sold Cocaine, Marijuana Across from Elementary School
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.
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Middletown Arrests: April 4-15
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.
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LIVE LUNCH CHAT: Kyle Reyes Talks Marketing Your Business on the Web
A Carter Chevrolet marketing expert will guide business owners through the perils and perks of online reviews, social media and more this Thursday at noon.
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Mom Charged With Getting Daughter Drunk on Margaritas Pleads Not Guilty
Joann G. LePage of East Hampton, who is free on $5,000 bond, allegedly served her 14-year-old daughter alcohol at Puerto Vallarta in Middletown.
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Pro-Gun Rally Planned For Hartford This Weekend
The group Connecticut Citizens Defense League is planning the rally for Saturday afternoon to protest Connecticut's new gun laws.v
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3 Connecticut Men A Major Presence In Polio Hall of Fame
Next to an atomic attack, nothing scared Americans in the 1950's more than polio. Thirteen Americans are enshrined in the Polio Hall Of Fame in Warm Springs, Georgia. Three had strong Connecticut connections.
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