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.
Longtime Connecticut resident John Hersey shook up the world with his publication of a book in 1946 that chronicled the effects of a nuclear explosion in Hiroshima.
Today's musical lineup includes Amy Gallatin and Stillwaters and Shakedown, and this afternoon features a horse-pulling contest and the Moodus Drum & Fife Corps.
Democratic Rep. Matt Lesser says Middletown residents can voice their opinions on the hike proposed by the Department of Transportation at three public meetings.
Rehabilitation will include masonry repair, new windows, energy-efficient boilers, upgraded kitchens and bathrooms, and improvements that will reduce energy use by 49 percent.
Labor Day is summer's last hurrah. Heading out? Let someone know your destination, your route, and when you expect to arrive.
Connecticut Magazine's September issue has chosen the Community Health Center of Middletown's dance hall run as "simply the best" place to dance your way to fitness.
The U.S. Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Assistance will provide $2.5 million in funding to the Connecticut State Police, the Newtown Police Department and a number of partner agencies that assisted following the Dec. 14 shooting.
Tim Rogers is a 1987 grad of H-K High, where he was a star athlete and an excellent student. His former teacher and middle school baseball coach at HK played on the Little League World Championship team in 1965.
You can find per-gallon costs to fuel up at stations in Middlesex County using the interactive map below.
Middletown Police say the 47-year-old who told officers "if he was going to die he was going to take someone with him" was found with a rifle in his attic.
AAA predicts highest number to travel since recession, with average round-trip of 594 miles.
The legislator who serves Middletown's 33rd General Assembly district will study the care provided to Alzheimer's disease and dementia patients.
Jeffery Fagan of Middletown was taken to Hartford Hospital by Lifestar early Friday morning. Medical personnel say he will recover.
Steven E. Froberg comes to the city from Simsbury Police and Patrick M. Kiely most recently served on the Connecticut Valley Hospital police force.
Officials are citing "technical" parole violations.
The following police reports are obtained directly from the Connecticut State Police and Glastonbury Police public information officers and inclusion on this list reflect charges filed, not convictions.
Some folks bringing students to classes at Macdonough Elementary Thursday found a $10 ticket on their windshields for parking during street-sweeping hours.
