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Regional Police Roundup: Burning Bridges with Fiery Shoes
A woman put one friendship to the test after setting her buddy's shoes on fire, police report.
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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Connecticut Workers Getting 5-6 Percent Pay Raises
The salary hikes for state employees will cost the state $125 million.
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Edit News | Government & Politics New Connecticut State Laws Coming July 1
The legislature passed dozens of new measures this year and many will go into effect on Monday.
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Mayor's Ball Beneficiaries Awarded $20K in Conversation Highlighting PTSD
Middletown's Mayor's Ball raised a record number of funds given by the mayor to the city's soup kitchen and food pantry, and the Middletown Chorale for its world-premiere WWII oratorio.
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Affordable Summer Program Offered to Middletown Youth
The Salvation Army has a day camp with swimming, dance, music, trips and more starting July 8. Sign up now!
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PD: Wesleyan Prof Beaten By Suspected Gang Member Over Parking Space
Middletown Police say a Middlefield man with a long record repeatedly punched a victim in his car on Main Street while calling him racial slurs in full view of patrons outside a Mexican restaurant.
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PD: Wesleyan Prof Beaten By Suspected Gang Member Over Parking Space
Middletown Police say a Middlefield man with a long record repeatedly punched a victim in his car on Main Street while calling him racial slurs in full view of patrons outside a Mexican restaurant.
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School Board Passes $76.5M Education Budget As Crew Supporters Pack Chambers
Middletown's board voted 6-2 to approve the $76.47 million 2013-2014 budget approved in May by the common council.
Cassandra Day, Patch Staff
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Xavier High School Announces Fourth Term Honor Roll
Middletown's Catholic high school serves 870 young men from over 60 cities and towns in Connecticut.
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Live Lunch Chat: Talk Contact Lens Concerns with Optometrist
Worried about what could happen if you sleep with your contacts in? Ask Dr. Susan Janik, O.D., about it in our live lunch chat Thursday, June 27 at noon.
Cassandra Day, Patch Staff
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Free HIV Tests Thursday at Community Health Center in Middletown
National HIV Testing Day is June 27 and Middletown outreach teams will be canvassing the street, handing out fliers and water bottles, and encouraging people to get tested.
Cassandra Day, Patch Staff
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Ivoryton Inn Tea House Has a New Manager: Meet Linda Salafia
Linda Salafia of Middletown has also opened the Treasures and Traditions gift shop — and pursuing her dream of selling her handcrafted quilts, handbags, baby and American Girl Doll clothing.
Cassandra Day, Patch Staff
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Middletown's July Fourth: Jazz, Patriotic Symphonies, Fireworks Fete Independence
Fourth of July festivities in Middletown include the four-piece Forever Motown, The Middletown Symphonic Band, food trucks and pyrotechnics!
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Middletown High Grads Accepted into Array of Colleges, Military
Three students were accepted to Wesleyan University in Middletown, one will enter Harvard in the fall and another will begin at Middlebury College in Vermont.
Cassandra Day, Patch Staff
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Middletown Arrests: June 14-24
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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Your Take: U.S. Supreme Court Strikes Down DOMA
The court has ruled that the federal ban on same sex marriage is unconstitutional. That means it must now recognize Connecticut's gay marriages.
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Middletown's Don't Miss Editor's Picks For June 26
While we update the site many times throughout the day, you may not have the opportunity to check back frequently, so we've compiled everything you may have missed.
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PD: Man in Motorized Wheelchair Took Nearly $300 in Merchandise, Blamed Theft on Pain
The city resident told Middletown Police he shoplifted the items because he has no money, recently received a disability check from the state, but never received state assistance.
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Holy Flock! Pink Flamingo Project Grad Appreciation Vandalized
What was supposed be a thank-you for the successful all-night alcohol- and drug-free graduation party for Middletown High School graduates turned into a woeful prank.
Cassandra Day, Patch Staff
