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 Police say a city couple were arrested for damaging each other's property after the husband ogled other women as the family shopped for groceries.
Middletown's Democratic Mayor Dan Drew is facing off against Realistic Balance candidate John Kilian in November's election.
Mayor Dan Drew and other well-known Middletowners will serve donated soups from the city's finest restaurants at the St. Francis of Assisi Church.
This lifelong resident is an educator who attended Middletown public schools says taxes and the economy are the city's most pressing issues.
Middletown Agriculture and Technology program at Middletown High School, open to all high school students in Middlesex County, may be in your future.
The consolidation of Middletown's public works and parks and recreation and senior services departments will cut costs and increase productivity with less personnel.
Middletown Agriculture and Technology program at Middletown High School, open to all high school students in Middlesex County, may be in your future.
This 2,700-square-foot home on a cul de sac in Middletown has a spa master bath with vaulted ceilings.
Parents and guardians will have the opportunity to meet one-on-one with their child's teachers to discuss their child's progress in each class.
The following police reports come from the Meriden Police public information officer. Individuals named here reflect charges filed, never a conviction.
Meriden's theater troupe puts on Hitchcock's story about an ex-tennis pro who plans to murder his wife but she turns the table on the plan. That's when things go terribly wrong.
At their peak in the 1950s and 1960s, there were over 4,000 drive-in theaters in the United States. Now there are only 357, and 3 of those are in Connecticut.
DeAsia Lawrence and Jason Torres were also both named to the honor roll while attending Middletown High School.
These property transfers are being reported by the Meriden Town Clerk. What sold recently in your neighborhood?
One click is worth a thousand words.
The Fiscal Times has compiled a list of the worst supermarkets in America — and two in Middlesex County didn't fare so well. What's your take?
Those who sign up for Home Energy Solutions will allow CL&P-authorized energy specialists to install energy-efficient products and perform weatherization services.
You have a choice of either Yale Bulldogs against Fordham University on Oct. 19 or versus Brown University on Nov. 9.
It's the first project selected under an innovative new program designed to reduce costs through energy efficiency at state and municipal buildings.
