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Easiest Summer Bean Dip
This simple dip or spread can be made in the food processor and is a nice, cool change for the summer.
Cassandra Day, Patch Staff
Cassandra Day, Patch Staff
- Middletown, CT
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.
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Officials, Malloy Celebrate Paint Recycling Program
A new tax approved by the legislature and the governor this year will help pay to keep paint out of Long Island Sound.
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Connecticut Keno, Millions For Schools and Judges, Passed Last-Minute
There were several closed-door deals approved by the General Assembly last month.
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Best Summer Drinks to Make at Home
Here are some delicious, seasonal drinks that make the sizzling days of summer a bit more bearable.
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Regional Police Roundup: Turn Your Head and Kick
An East Haven man is charged after kicking a Yale-New Haven Hospital nurse in the testicles, police report.
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Middletown Arrests: July 11-18
The following police reports are obtained directly from the Middletown Police public information officer and inclusion on this list reflect charges filed, not convictions.
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Get Ice Cream in Middetown on National Ice Cream Day
Nothing’s better than a sweet treat on July 21.
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Distracted Driving Fines Going Up in Connecticut
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy has signed into law higher fines for talking and texting while driving.
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Reader: Watching Middletown Officers Compete in K-9 Olympics Was Pleasure
The annual event on the UConn campus is a day-long competition involving K-9 units from local police departments, Connecticut State Police, and Department of Corrections.
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Democrats Nominate Mayor Drew for Second Term — in Absentia
As Drew, recovering from surgery watched live via Skype on his chief of staff's phone, Majority Leader and former mayor Tom Serra said, "Dan Drew has wisdom beyond his 33 years."
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Middletown's Ozone Levels on Fri. Dangerous for Sensitive Groups
On Friday, Middletown's air quality index is predicted to be 166, which is considered unhealthy ozone levels for sensitive groups.
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Middletown Arrests: July 5-12
The following police reports are obtained directly from the Middletown Police public information officer and inclusion on this list reflect charges filed, not convictions.
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Watch: Middletown Teen Theater 'How to Succeed in Business'
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Malloy on List of Endangered Governors
The Washington Post lists Dannel P. Malloy among the Top 10 governors most likely to lose their jobs in 2014.
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Video: Middletown's Republican Town Committee Decision
As new faces join incumbents on the Middletown GOP's November slate, two longtime council members were left unendorsed by their party at the convention.
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Middletown Arrests: July 6-16
The following police reports are obtained directly from the Middletown Police public information officer and inclusion on this list reflect charges filed, not convictions.
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Middletown Soup Kitchen Chef to Enter Nunnery
Sister Amanda Carrier, who worked in Middletown for two years, will spend the summer volunteering at St. Mary Home in West Hartford before entering novitiate.
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Casino Approved in Massachusetts
MGM Grand International has won a key vote in Springfield for its proposed $800 million gaming center.
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