25 years ago: Wilma and Alfred Knapp of Old Saybrook donated $10,000 to Middlesex Memorial Hospital and its Shoreline Clinic at Southwinds in Essex. Funds were raised from the sale of Knapp’s book, “Connecticut Yesteryears, So Saith the Wind.” The book was written in commemoration of the state’s 350th anniversary.

25 years ago: The Connecticut River Watershed Council, a non-profit membership supported organization sponsored a canoe clinic and paddle on the Salmon River in East Haddam.