25 years ago: Guilford resident John Kovacs restored cannons on the historic HMS Rose and was announced as the supervisor of the cannon's firing at the anniversary of the Statue of Liberty and the Fourth of July in New York Harbor.

25 years ago: The District 17 BOE received a report from a district planning committee that cited temporary grade-level redistricting and some form of building program as the only viable solutions to crowding and other problems at the District’s two elementary schools.