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.
Nancy Lanza, mother of Adam Lanza, the perpetrator of the Newtown Sandy Hook school shooting, reportedly purchased a gun from the East Windsor store.
The following police reports are obtained directly from the Middletown Police public information officer and inclusion on this list reflect charges filed, not convictions.
Middletown Police say a city woman who nearly hit an officer with her Jeep in the morning had a blood-alcohol level of .305.
The Office of State Ethics said 77 percent of that was spent on lobbying state legislators.
President Larry McHugh says the trio will advance the growth, strategies and future of the Middletown business network in Central Connecticut.
MA&M Inc. , doing business as Aresco Construction, will construct the new Eckersley-Hall senior center and community center at the site of the old St. Sebastian School.
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 American Red Cross is helping three adults displaced after fire broke out in a third-floor residence above the popular Middletown pub and eatery in the city's North End.
Just last month, the city of Middletown dedicated a 50-acre preserve to this ardent conservationist, founder of The Connection, and former reporter for the Washington Times-Herald.
Join Patch for a live lunch chat with optometrist Dr. Erin McCleary on Wednesday, Aug. 21 from noon to 12:45 p.m.
The public hearing Wednesday to vote on whether to accept a charter revision allowing Middletown to join the regional wastewater authority is expected to be an animated one.
Middletown may soon be home to new residential subdivisions in several parts of the city as developers seek the city's permission to divvy up their lots and build homes.
Mike Howley, third in command at Middletown's South Fire District, was named one of three team leaders at the Urban Search and Rescue Team at Brainard Airport in Hartford.
Companies that produce popular first-person shooting games will often depict real-life firearms from gun manufacturers, says state Rep. Brendan Sharkey.
Middletown residents and friends will gather for the 13th annual community event presented by the North End Action Team.
State Police report Peter Marino hit the back of a bike driven by Bruce Anderson, of Lancaster, Penn., with his Toyota Camry in New Haven, then drove away. He later hit a grove of trees.
