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.
Meriden's six-year-old conservative-leaning third party also chose four newcomers, James Ming, Niki Carabetta, Nancy Luca Kenney and Jerry Staszewski, for Board of Education.
The $150,652 grant for the intervention programs will focus on reducing the number of young people entering the juvenile justice system.
Middletown's historic diner, eclectic gift shop, stellar bakery and cupcakery, and New York-style architectural salvage showroom made the list of top dining, family and shopping spots statewide.
Unaffiliated and Democratic voters can still register to vote in the Middletown planning and zoning commission Democratic primary on Sept. 10.
Middletown Police Chief William McKenna says detectives suspect that many of the items, including loose diamonds and several laptops and cell phones, were taken by the suspect as trade for drugs.
President Obama is looking to get support from Congress on intervention in Syria but, even Democratic legislators are skeptical.
Billy Prevatte hopes to follow in the footsteps of longtime Republican Councilman Phil Pessina.
Middletown Police arrested a 24-year-old suspected drug dealer on Aug. 30 after finding a significant stash of guns, marijuana and stolen items.
The following police reports are obtained directly from the Middletown Police public information officer and inclusion on this list reflect charges filed, not convictions.
The retired supervisor of Middletown parks and recreation says citizens care little about city office reorganization — but perhaps they should be tracking every dollar.
The American Red Cross says one of the most important a child should know is who to contact if an emergency arises
Bed bugs remain the most difficult pest to treat — more so than cockroaches, termites or ants. The best way to prevent a bed bug infestation is to know what they look like and conduct regular inspections.
The member of Middletown High School's Class of 2007 was among more than 800 students who received degrees on Aug. 9 in South Carolina.
Bats can transmit rabies and do, albeit very rarely. On a day-to-day basis though, they do a world of good.
Mercy High Grads Catherine Kannam and Courtney Perales and Karla Lopez, who recently earned her degree from Middletown High School received $2,000 awards for college.
A 20-year-old East Haddam man was arrested after police say the used intravenous needle he concealed in his pocket injured a detective.
Since 1882, we've marked the first weekend in September as a three-day work reprieve. It's origins aren't so certain.
Alexander R. Brash, a longtime conservation leader and resident with an extensive record of success managing non-profits and government agencies is the leader of the CAS.
The 20-person firefighting troop, including a Middletown man, left Connecticut Aug. 13 and were sent to Lolo National Forest to help fighting wild fires in the western part of that state.
