25 years old: Middlesex United way Board of Directors set $1,286,000 as its 1986 campaign, based on recommendations of Harold Brown, the general campaign chairman. The goal approximated the financial needs of the community as determined by the Central Allocations Committee and other committees of the United Way.

25 years old: The Middletown Rotary Club presented a gift of $1,000 to the Hospice Endowment Fund of Middlesex Memorial Hospital.