38-Year-Old Message In Bottle Found On Charles Island In Milford

MILFORD, CT — A 38-year-old message in a bottle was recently unearthed at Charles Island, and the hope is it will be reunited with the family.

The bottle was found during the most recent reforestation planting on the island. Charles Island Reforestation, headed by Milford resident Bob Purcell, has been working toward planting 1,000 trees on the island.

“We are digging around areas that are overgrown with weeds and the backhoe just dug into something,” Purcell said.

Volunteers then carefully dug around the area with shovels and unearthed a mason jar in good condition.

The message reads:

“This bottle put here on July 19, 1984 by Bob, Ann, Jennifer and Christina Plourde, Peru, Mass, at Charles Island, Milford Conn, please write”

Members of Charles Island Reforestation have been attempting to contact members of the family.