Donald Evans Casciato

Donald Evans Casciato, 79, of Bridgeport, Conn., died Aug. 14 in his home.

He was a journalist for more than 50 years for several newspapers, including The Hartford (Conn.) Courant, New Haven (Conn.) Register, Baltimore Sun, Philadelphia Inquirer, and other newspapers from Vermont to Germany.

Most recently, Casciato had been a reporter and editor at the Bridgeport (Conn.) Post and the Westport (Conn.) News. He retired in 2008.

He moved to Connecticut after he was offered a job with the then-Bridgeport Telegram.

Casciato leaves his wife, Maggie, and two sons, James and Tom.

The obituaries were written, at least in part, from published reports by Bulletin correspondents Ashleane Alabre, Elizabeth Allen, Nimra Aziz, Alexander Frandsen, Nico Hall and Georgeanne Oliver, undergraduate students at Northeastern University.