25 Years Ago: In September 1985, Hurricane Gloria swept through its walls and caused the south end and part of the roof to collapse. But a year and a half later, the old barn on Route 145 received most of its exterior facelift and appeared almost as it did when Dr. Arthur Scheld’s father brought it in 1906. Scheld was a local veterinarian who built the Clinton Veterinary Hospital just behind the barn on his property in 1965.

25 Years Ago: The Regional District 17 Board of Education planned to present a proposed $11,188,620 district education budget for 1987-88 at the annual budget hearing at the Haddam-Killingworth High School auditorium.