25 Years Ago: An East Haddam educator’s dream was fulfilled when a school for talented and gifted youngsters opened in Old Saybrook. Called the Hollingworth School of Connecticut, Dr. Angela Speck’s school was named after a pioneer educator for the gifted and talented, Leta Hollingworth, who ran a school in New York City in conjunction with Columbia University.
25 Years Ago: A land transaction filed at the Portland town clerk’s office brought to mind the second anniversary of the employee buyout of Standard-Knapp, Inc. from its Illinois-based corporate owner. And that decision by workers and management to go it alone proved to be a good one, the company’s president believed.