Sarah Whatton, a deckhand on lobsterman Geal Roderick's boat the Stacy and Geal, baits lobster traps at town dock in Stonington Monday, April 27, 2020. Roderick planned to place six 15-pot trawls in Long Island Sound Monday, about 1/3 of the traps he'll set inshore this fishing season. Whatton joined Roderick's crew in the middle of last summer, so this is her first season learning the job from the beginning. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Tony Sabilia stands with a sign he has been selling to support healthcare workers at his shop Waterford Fastsigns, on Wednesday, April 22, 2020. Sabilia estimates he has sold 60signs so far, the proceeds with support mask makers of Connecticut. (Sarah Gordon / The Day)

Shawn Monahan, owner of Critical Signs in Waterford, holds a sign during a drive-through at the Groton Bowling Center on Thursday, April 23, 2020. Monahan said the signs are a way to say thank you to essential employees and that all profits will go to area food banks. (Sarah Gordon / The Day)

Jillian Wilson, left, and her father John Wilson assemble heart lawn signs at Sign Craft in East Lyme Friday, April 24, 2020. The heart signs sell for $10 each with proceeds from the sales supporting Care and Share of East Lyme. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Gayle Wilson plants onions while Sue Anderson and Carolyn Roarke set up a drip irrigation system as members of the Ledyard Garden Club get started on their spring planting in the HOPE (Helping Other People Eat) Garden in Gales Ferry Saturday, April 25, 2020. The garden is a cooperative effort of the garden club at the Agri-Science program at Ledyard High School. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Cassie Libardi works on clipping her seedlings that she is keeping in her living room at her home in Ledyard on Sunday, April 26, 2020. Libardi has about 50 plants in the house that she will transfer to an outdoor garden when it is warm enough outside. (Sarah Gordon / The Day)

Patrick Boyne and his girlfriend Melissa Nosal, of Glastonbury, pause to look at a shell as they walk along the tide at Eastern Point Beach in Groton on Sunday, April 26, 2020. The couple took a drive to the area to stop at some of their favorite breweries to get beer to go and decided to stop at the beach during a break in the rain. (Sarah Gordon / The Day)

Michael Evering stands with his children, clockwise, Liciana, 8, Matthew, 6, and wife Jennifer at their home in Pawcatuck on Monday, April 27, 2020. Three generations of this family have had COVID-19 including his parent´s who were hospitalized at Westerly Hospital. (Sarah Gordon / The Day)

Lobsterman Geal Roderick and deckhand Sarah Whatton unload traps from his truck at town dock in Stonington Monday, April 27, 2020. Roderick planned to place six 15-pot trawls in Long Island Sound Monday, about 1/3 of the traps he'll set inshore this fishing season. Whatton joined Roderick's crew in the middle of last summer, so this is her first season learning the job from the beginning. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Shelby Szeps, 10, winces as her dog Gus shakes after coming in from the water as they play at Rocky Neck State Park while visiting with family on Tuesday, April 28, 2020. “When it´s this nice out you have to take a break from the computers and distance learning,Ó said her mother Tara Szeps of their impromptu weekday afternoon trip to the beach. “We all needed it.Ó (Sarah Gordon / The Day)

Cindy Olsen poses Laurie Bastien and her daughters; Leanna, and Jessalyn, 10, and Lysia and Janessa, 9, for a family portrait on their front steps in Ledyard Tuesday, April 28, 2020. Olsen got the idea for her Front Port Photo Project from another photographer she saw on the photo sharing app Instagram. She takes the photos for free.. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Jonny Simensky, 3, of Queens, N.Y. pauses from playing in the sand to talk to his mother, Gani, while they spend time playing in the sand Tuesday, April 28, 2020, at Groton Long Point. Gani Simensky said they and her husband and 2 month old daughter have been renting a house for the last 7 weeks and have been lucky to stay in such a beautiful space instead of being stuck in their New York apartment because of the coronavirus. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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Marc Zimmer and his wife Dianne, of Waterford, cross a bridge while hiking at the Oswegatchie Hills Nature Preserve in Niantic on Wednesday, April 28, 2020. Marc said the hike is one of their favorites in the area. “And this is the perfect day to enjoy it. (Sarah Gordon / The Day)

Ben Orefice, 17, looks over his new boat as he was surprised by Make A Wish with a parade and a boat at his home in Niantic on Wednesday, April 29, 2020. Orefice was diagnosed with lymphoma in January of 2020 and has been undergoing treatments. Orefice said when Make A Wish came to him he knew he didn´t want a big trip or anything. “I wanted something to share with friends and family for a long time, I wanted a boat,Ó he said. The boat, a Maritime 1480 Sport Skiff, was donated by Tasha and Paul Cusson of Atlantic Outboard. Pamela Keough, President & CEO of Make A Wish CT, said about 80 wishes are postponed right now, many due to travel restrictions amid COVID-19. “The world needs a little hope right now and that´s what we´re trying to do, help one kid at a time,Ó she said. (Sarah Gordon / The Day)

Lanie Estes and her son, Mark Estes, nephew, Jason Wedge and her daughter, Cassandra Estes, all of Norwich, gather around her Jeep to chat and eat their ice cream Wednesday, April 29, 2020 at Buttonwood Farm in Griswold. Lanie said it was the first time taking the Jeep out for the season and since it was a nice day decided to get some ice cream. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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Michael Wall of Mystic sits in the back his SUV with the hatch open and shares an ice cream cone with his dog, Skye, Wednesday, April 29, 2020 at Buttonwood Farm in Griswold. Wall said they often hike together in the area and today stopped by to get ice cream because she is thirteen years-old and deserves a treat. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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Kelly Reardon, board member of the Noank Community Support Services, carries gallons of milk as Spicer Mansion employees deliver food to young adult homeless shelter in Noank on Thursday, April 30, 2020. Spicer Mansion will be making three deliveries a week with enough food so the people at the shelter will have three meals a day in light of COVID-19. (Sarah Gordon / The Day)

Whit Perry, left, Director of Maritime Preservation and Operations at Plimoth Plantation, watches as rigger Matthew Otto of The Rig Loft, LLC, right, and Plimoth Plantation's Don Heminitz work to furl the fore sail after bending it on the yard on the Mayflower II Wednesday, April 29, 2020 at Mystic Seaport Museum's Henry .B. duPont Preservation Shipyard. The vessel, a replica of the original Mayflower that carried the Pilgrims to America in 1620, is near the end of a 3-year restoration. Sea trials scheduled for this spring off New London and 400th anniversary festivities scheduled for Boston and Cape Cod this spring and summer are all in doubt due to the coronavirus response. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Megan Smith, left, owner of Hot on Bank, and Jessica Ryder lead a beginner yoga class live at the studio on Bank Street on Thursday, April 30, 2020. (Sarah Gordon / The Day)

Everett Munro of the Westerly Morris Men dances in front of the home of Connecticut College President Katherine Bergeron as Bergeron, left, and her husband Butch Rovan watch from their front stoop just after sunrise on Friday morning, May 1, 2020 in New London. Munro is accompanied by Westerly Morris Men founder Peter Leibert, playing under an umbrella held by his wife Jane Leibert. Leibert, 79, and Munro, 81, were the only two members of the group who braved the early morning rain to continue their 44-year tradition of welcoming the arrival of spring with song and dance at sunrise on the first of May on the Connecticut College campus. In previous years, six or more dancers celebrated May Day with a small audience on the college´s Tempel Green. This year, with the college campus closed due to the coronavirus, Leibert and Munro performed one dance at the green and one more in front of Bergeron´s home. The group also dances every year at sunrise on the first day of spring atop Lantern Hill in North Stonington. (Peter Huoppi/The Day)
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Grant Jeanty, 3, of Manhattan, N.Y. holds his father David Jeanty´s hand, while he walks across the tops of logs at the nature playground while spending some time outdoors Friday, May 2, 2020 at Mitchell Woods in New London. David Jeanty said they and his wife, Allie, have been staying in New London with her family in New London for the past 6 weeks due to get out of the city during the coronavirus pandemic. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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A man rows his single scull down the Mystic River approaching the railroad bridge Friday, May 1, 2020. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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The Thames Towboat Co. tugboat John P. Wronowski travels along side the USS North Dakota, a Virginia-class attack submarine, in the fog and rain on the Thames River on its way to the Naval Submarine Base in Groton Thursday, April 30, 2020 on its return from normal operations. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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Members of the New London Police Department at the scene of vehicle that struck and ended up inside an office building at 5 Shaws Cove in New London Friday, May 1, 2020. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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Traffic moves along Interstate 95 in East Lyme Friday, May 1, 2020. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Norwich Free Academy senior Sophia DiCocco, right, and her family, father and mother Michael and Susan, left, and brother Anthony, back, react as Jeanne Elliott, Director of Guidance at NFA, and Kathy McCarthy, Executive Director of the NFA Foundation, and NFA Headmaster David Klein, all not pictured, surprise Sophia with news of winning the quadrennial Sydney Frank Scholarship Friday, May 1, 2020 at her home in Bozrah. In the past notification of the winner of the four-year full-ride award would take place in the headmaster's office during the school day, but due to on-campus activity being closed due to the coronavirus shutdown DiCocco got a personal visit from the headmaster and ofter officials, including the school's wildcat mascot, for the announcement. DiCocco plans to attend Tufts University. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Nancy Walker of Mashantucket loads her grocery bags in the back of her SUV Friday, May 1, 2020, after doing her weekly shopping at Stop & Shop in Groton. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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Clifford Sebastian and his wife, Deidre, in background, leave Stop & Shop in Groton Friday, May 1, 2020, after finishing their grocery shopping that they do every 2 weeks. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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