25 years ago: The Portland High School Concert Band and Wind Ensemble traveled to Carisle, Pa. to participate in a music festival that attracted bands from throughout the eastern region. In 1985 the band placed third with a “good” rating at a festival that took place in Newport, R.I.

25 years ago: Approximately 80 concerned Clinton residents turned out at a public hearing on Port Clinton Marina’s request to be exempted from a town ordinance on harbor building lines.