25 years ago: Fourth graders in Cromwell were eye-witnesses to the emergency care rendered at the scene of an accident when the Cromwell Ambulance Division and Cromwell police responded to a mock accident in the school’s parking lot. The ‘victim’ was teacher Howard Gunther, trapped in a car. A student made the call to 911 to emphasize the use of the emergency number.

25 years ago: The Cromwell High School Class of 1986 graduated during an outdoor ceremony that was nearly threatened by rain. The speeches by the superintendent, chairman of the Board of Education and principal were accompanied by occasional rolls of thunder and flashes of lightning.