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.
Crews from throughout Middletown helped extinguish the blaze at the Carriage Crossing condominiums in the Westfield section of town Monday, and Durham firefighters assisted.
Crews from throughout Middletown helped extinguish the two-alarm blaze on Carriage Crossing in the Westfield section of town Monday.
The Democratic senator from Connecticut will discuss the federal government shutdown, budget negotiations in Washington, D.C., and answer residents' questions.
The Democratic senator from Connecticut will discuss the federal government shutdown, budget negotiations in Washington, D.C., and answer residents' questions.
Stephen Smith and Stephen Devoto, Middletown's Realistic Balance party nominees, were reinstated Monday, reversing the decision by the town clerk after a filing technicality.
Middletown Republicans Deborah Kleckowski and Linda Salafia say Phil Pessina was ousted from his party for failing to hold town committee meetings and share information.
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The Middletown High School varsity 8 members placed 74th in this past weekend's Boston regatta, the biggest river race in the world.
Cheshire Police say Ryan Scalese of Middletown hit a motorcycle driven by Moises Larriu, 50, of Southington, who died at the scene.
Barry Simon has given 20 years of exceptional service to the Middletown-based mental health organization, 18 of those years as chief executive officer.
This Middletown resident says his military and medical experience could help guide the city's residents to be more cohesive and healthy.
Annual Amazing Challenge Soup Supper raises funds to allow Amazing Grace to continue serving nearly 1,000 families each month
This five-year member of the Middletown education board says parking issues, bonding limits and setting up a biannual city budget are top priorities for the city.
Middletown Board of Education Secretary Ed McKeon wrote he had anticipated a large turnout of citizens after hearing many complaints over the years about the school district.
Middletown Police say the suspect's jeans were inexplicably around his ankles when they stopped him after he drove over a curb at 2 a.m.
The following police reports come from the Middletown Police public information officer. Individuals named here reflect charges filed, never a conviction.
Annual Amazing Challenge Soup Supper raises funds to allow Amazing Grace to continue serving nearly 1,000 families each month
The following police reports come from the Meriden and Newington Police public information officers. Individuals named here reflect charges filed, never a conviction.
The Democratic Connecticut state senator also donated several bags of groceries to the St. Vincent de Paul food pantry in Middletown, which provides food for the mobile food pantry.
This 2,226-square-foot, three-bedroom house near the Durham line has seven rooms and a fireplace.
