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.
Connecticut saw its most severe West Nile virus season in 2012, but fortunately, state officials have not yet found evidence of the virus in local mosquitoes, as of June 12.
Middletown Patch and intrepid photographer David Bauer photographed the Connecticut River at Harbor Park over the weekend as the waters rose and fell.
The city will share, get ideas and input from the community while it studies the future potential for Middletown’s Riverfront.
The following police reports are obtained directly from the Middletown Police public information officer and inclusion on this list reflect charges filed, not convictions.
A spirited and festive assembly featured the Connecticut Army National Guard, talk by Middletown Police Chief William McKenna and citizenship awards for outstanding students.
Visit galleries and shops around downtown, including Wesleyan University's Zilkha Gallery for the final days of Art For Haiti andthe Middletown Art Guild's juried show.
New London County saw the biggest increase in the Latino population between 2010 and 2012.
Although six of the 10 instructor positions cut last week by the school board were able to be returned to the budget, parents were among those to say students will lose out.
Help Patch cheer on these amazingly talented five student athletes who comprise two relay teams competing this weekend in North Carolina.
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 Middletown resident told police he couldn't remember how he had gotten into the home and had consumed between six and seven drinks within a couple hours.
Featured cars were a 1963 Ferrari 250 GTO, Porsche 959, 1965 Shelby Cobra, and 1969 Ford Mustang Shelby GT 500.
Middletown Patch asks residents what dad taught them for Father's Day. Here's what we learned.
Alison Kozikowski, 25, last seen on June 2 by a friend, police say, was arrested in May for prostitution after offering escort services online.
Middletown Police say a 43-year-old Old Saybrook man spit on a man renting a Redbox film after he accused he and his girlfriend of being homeless.
Johnson was a radioman in the Pacific Theater aboard the Attack Transport ship, USS Doyen, which took part in the harrowing amphibious attacks on the islands of Saipan, Guam, Leyte, Luzon, the Phillippines, Solomon Islands and others.
