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.
The Democratic Congresswoman spoke with Middletown Mayor Drew and five men struggling with supporting their families after losing their jobs.
The Democratic Congresswoman spoke with Middletown Mayor Drew and five men struggling with supporting their families after losing their jobs.
The Democratic Congresswoman spoke with Middletown Mayor Drew and five men struggling with supporting their families after losing their jobs.
The Democratic Congresswoman spoke with Middletown Mayor Drew and five men struggling with supporting their families after losing their jobs.
The Democratic Congresswoman spoke with Middletown Mayor Drew and five men struggling with supporting their families after losing their jobs.
The Democratic Congresswoman spoke with Middletown Mayor Drew and five men struggling with supporting their families after losing their jobs.
The Democratic Congresswoman spoke with Middletown Mayor Drew and five men struggling with supporting their families after losing their jobs.
The Democratic Congresswoman spoke with Middletown Mayor Drew and five men struggling with supporting their families after losing their jobs.
The Democratic Congresswoman spoke with Middletown Mayor Drew and five men struggling with supporting their families after losing their jobs.
The Democratic Congresswoman spoke with Middletown Mayor Drew and five men struggling with supporting their families after losing their jobs.
The Democratic Congresswoman spoke with Middletown Mayor Drew and five men struggling with supporting their families after losing their jobs.
The Democratic Congresswoman spoke with Middletown Mayor Drew and five men struggling with supporting their families after losing their jobs.
The Democratic Congresswoman spoke with Middletown Mayor Drew and five men struggling with supporting their families after losing their jobs.
The Democratic Congresswoman spoke with Middletown Mayor Drew and five men struggling with supporting their families after losing their jobs.
Middletown Schools head Patricia Charles says the funds, as well as half of the city's Alliance Grant, will pay for salaries, increase support staff and allow the hiring of one full-time teacher.
Middletown Police say a North Carolina man with a history of petty crimes and drug charges slapped the woman and told her to be quiet, likely indicating his business was with the man.
The Democratic Congresswoman from Connecticut charges she has called for benefits to be extended, but Republicans sent the House of Representatives home for the year without doing so.
Middletown Police say they discovered the 56-year-old inside the Wells Fargo Bank branch yelling at employees and customers about "his" money.
State police are searching for the man who committed the crime on Dec. 11.
The power supplier is consolidating four service centers, including Middletown, into one office in East Hampton. Lawmakers and the attorney general are concerned the utility's actions may affect customers.
