25 years ago: A four-screen cinema was proposed for an abandoned Porter Plaza storefront formerly occupied by Seasons Desires in Old Saybrook. The plaza of shops had been purchased by Willbrook Properties Inc., a general partnership between local attorney William A. Childress and R. Brooks Childress, for $1.8 million. The firm wanted to create the theater without expanding the parking lot and went before the Zoning Board of Appeals to request a variance of parking requirements in local zoning regulations.

25 years ago: The Republican Town Committee in Middlefield announced that they would be endorsing Rep. Julie Belaga as the Republican Candidate for governor. The committee also exhorted all Republican voters to participate in the primary.