25 years ago: Old Saybrook’s Garden Club held their annual sale of herbs, shrubs, and flowers on the town green next to the firehouse. The sale included flowering annuals such as petunias, impatients and marigolds, as well as tomatoes and peppers.

25 years ago: The town of Middlefield elected Claire Piddock and Catherine Moss to three-year terms on the Board of Educaiton for Regional School District 13. Piddock had already been serving on the board and Moss replaced John Williams who chose not to run.