25 years ago: Valley Regional High School graduated 125 seniors, the culmination of 21,060 days of school bells, hall passes and cafeteria food. The graduates were bid farewell with a balloon launch, boom of a cannon and a plane overhead with a banner saying ‘Congratulations VRHS Class of 1986.

25 years ago: East Hampton High School awarded diplomas to 81 graduates during the school’s 47th annual commencement exercise.