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 event, which will include other dignitaries including Lt. Gov. Nancy Wyman, will coincide with dedication of the city's permanent 9/11 Memorial and Memorial Garden.
For older adults, this could mean difficulty breathing, coughing and throat irritation due to high ozone levels on Thursday.
Middletown Police say the argument drew a large crowd of onlookers as a 38-year-old threatened the life of a 33-year-old city resident.
Three Democratic-endorsed candidates for Middletown Planning and Zoning are hoping to prevail over Wesleyan University Professor Stephen Devoto at today's election.
The lease approved by the Middetown common council with Fairfield-based Greenbelt Management is contingent on the firm being awarded one of the three to 10 licenses to be issued by the Department of Consumer Protection.
This 53-year-old is an athletic family man who has attended 50 out of 64 total Middletown Planning and Zoning meetings in the last four years.
Paul Raymond Kus, of Middletown, faces charges after the Farmington incident. He has a long record of convictions for felonies and larcenies throughout Connecticut.
The following police reports are obtained directly from the Meriden Police public information officer and inclusion on this list reflect charges filed, not convictions.
Back in 2011, the agriculture department found 10 underfed and lice-infested equines on the farm owned by Maureen Kenney, as well as many other badly neglected farm and domestic animals.
Amtrak continues the installation of underground signal and communication cables, the first portion of construction for the New Haven-Hartford-Springfield Rail Program in Meriden.
The following police reports are obtained directly from the Middletown Police public information officer and inclusion on this list reflect charges filed, not convictions.
On Tuesday, polls will open from 6 a.m. until 8 p.m. Citizens will cast their ballot for up to three candidates.
The following police reports are obtained directly from the Meriden Police public information officer and inclusion on this list reflect charges filed, not convictions.
Diaper Need Awareness Week (Sept. 8 through 14) calls attention to a disturbing statistic: Nearly 30 percent of low-income families cannot afford enough diapers to keep their babies clean, dry and healthy.
This former chair of the Middletown Democratic Town Committee has a long record of service in the public and non-profit sectors.
Recently, Middlefield and Middletown residents contacted Sen. Bartolomeo and Rep. Altobello to talk about the conditions at the state park, including llittering, drinking, swimming, illegal parking and speeding.
