25 years ago: Selectmen in Killingworth voted to implement a fee structure for commercial garbage collectors based on $5 per cubic yard of trash dumped at the collection site on Route 80. The decision came as a way to act on reducing out-of-town trash, long Saturday lines and sloppiness by commercial haulers at the site.

25 years ago: The East Haddam town budget narrowly escaped defeat, passing by a 10-vote margin despite the efforts of residents seeking to include funds in the budget for a community center.