This month, for the April edition of Blast From The Past, we reach back 15 years ago, including items from the last two weeks of April, 2007. Those issues were April 18 and April 25.

Featured are news items, sports, photos, community tidbits and advertisements, all part of the ‘Past Blast’ for this month. Here are a variety of the items that filled the pages of The Times in late April of 2007.

Readers are reminded that this feature is meant for entertainment purposes only.