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.
Middletown's director of information technology says the long-awaited completion of the city and education meetings digital archives and live streaming project has encountered another hurdle.
Carter was the only Newtown-area lawmaker to vote against the bill, signed Thursday by Gov. Dannel Malloy.
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.
A 31-year-old city man, who has a long record of narcotics-related arrests, and his 36-year-old girlfriend were arraigned on multiple charges related to a police raid of their Green Street apartment.
For the seventh time in eight years, the Middletown High School chemistry team won first place in the annual Regional Chemistry Olympiad Competition held at the University of Connecticut on March 21.
A state Senate committee has approved a bill, and sent it on for a vote, on a measure that would ban those 18 and younger from using tanning salons.
The new law limits the number of bullets, and expands the ban on assault weapons.
The owner of a home in Middletown's historic Washington Street district claims the zoning commission’s recent text change approval was illegal, and is asking the court to reverse this decision.
The bill gives the state some of the toughest gun laws in the country, and includes stipulations for mental health and school security.
Featuring the best of black American and West Indian cuisine and catering to a wide mix of patrons — from families to cocktail and jazz lovers — Us Restaurant is the dream of Earl and Kendra O'Garro.
Join Patch for a live chat on self-defense and conflict resolution with life coach and martial arts instructor Joel Waldron this Thursday at noon.
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.
Native American Indians had long recognized the special properties of witch hazel well before European settlers had arrived here.
