News: When members of the Coast Guard Academy Class of 2021 officially join the corps of cadets on Monday, their new shoulder boards will be an obvious physical symbol of their status. The transformation, though, may have been most complete at the conclusion of their one-week sail on the Coast Guard’s training ship, the barque Eagle.

Business: Raised by a Jewish mother and Irish Catholic father, Kyla Adams became a Buddhist 21 years ago, a path she found through doing yoga. Her inspiration for her business, Home Salon and Spa in Groton, is heavily influenced by her travels to Thailand.

Daybreak: After 20 years, best-selling Old Lyme author David Handler revisits one of his most popular characters, Stewart Hoag, in the new novel “The Girl with Kaleidoscope Eyes.” Rick Koster talks with Handler about the decision to bring back Hoag — not the writer’s idea! — and what it was like to revisit a series he’d assumed was finished.

Perspective: Editorial page editor Paul Choiniere says that all President Donald Trump is accomplishing with his personal attacks on Sen. Richard Blumenthal is to help the senator's image here in Connecticut and continue to hurt his own.