Cassandra Day
Managing Editor at Middletown Press
Multimedia journalist for @hearst, mom, managing editor, @middletownpress Shining a light on remarkable people who make this city great. Opinions: entirely mine
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3 days ago |
middletownpress.com | Cassandra Day
Protestors held up signs and a 10-foot banner prior to the board meeting to support LGBTQ students “under attack” … “as they navigate this extremely difficult situation,” said Melissa Combs, founder of the Out Accountability Project, who organized the rally along with Equality Connecticut.
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4 days ago |
middletownpress.com | Cassandra Day
MIDDLETOWN — The owners of Avella’s and Melilli’s Italian market at 871 Newfield Street have decided to separate as both pursue new culinary ventures. Cousins Sebastian Milardo, who runs Melilli Cafe and Grill on Main Street in Portland, and Sal Avella, who closed his namesake William Street takeout business and launched the joint venture in October 2024, parted amicably about two weeks ago, Avella said Monday.
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5 days ago |
middletownpress.com | Cassandra Day
MIDDLETOWN — Xavier High School will be purchasing its Randolph Road campus following a bankruptcy agreement the Norwich Diocese has involving a $31 million settlement for sex abuse victims. The diocese filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2021 after facing more than 60 sexual abuse lawsuits, largely regarding allegations of sex abuse of dozens of boys who attended Deep River’s Mount Saint John School in the 1990s.
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5 days ago |
ctinsider.com | Cassandra Day
MIDDLETOWN - Xavier High School will be purchasing its Randolph Road campus following a bankruptcy agreement the Norwich Diocese has involving a $31 million settlement for sex abuse victims. The diocese filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2021 after facing more than 60 sexual abuse lawsuits, largely regarding allegations of sex abuse of dozens of boys who attended Deep River's Mount Saint John School in the 1990s.
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6 days ago |
middletownpress.com | Cassandra Day
MIDDLETOWN — Learning about what she described as "the horror" of two upper Middlesex County immigration incidents last month involving the U.S. Department of Homeland Security so disturbed lifelong resident the Rev. Debra Hopkins she was driven to take action. During the May General Counsel Commission meeting, she proposed the city consider instituting a municipal identification card program, akin to those in Hartford, New Haven and Bridgeport, that establish a person’s residency.
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