Thomas O'Brien, right, helps his son James, 17, with his tassel as the St. Bernard School class of 2020 participates in virtual commencement exercises Tuesday, May 12, 2020 at the Cathedral of St. Patrick in Norwich. The members of the class arrived in groups of ten over the course of the afternoon, between 1 and 5 p.m., to take turns individually walking down the cathedral aisle to receive their diploma. The proceedings were recorded on video to be presented in their entirety on May 22nd. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Teles Campos of First National Floor Service, of Nashua, New Hampshire, sprays disinfectant on the floors of a guest room in preparation for steam cleaning at the Mystic Hilton Friday, May 15, 2020. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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R. Douglass Rice with a few of the selfie portraits he has painted while in his studio Friday, May 8, 2020, in Stonington. Rice asked people to send him selfies and is painting their portraits and calling it “Portraits of Friends in IsolationÓ. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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Jeff Suntup poses with his invention, a compact oil delivery system named Putnus, Friday, May 1, 2020. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Luis Perez, a car detailer at Girard Nissan in Groton, steam cleans a vehicle in the service department at the dealership Wednesday, May 6, 2020. The dealership has offered free steam cleaning to customers, as well as to medical personnel and police departments, as part of their response the coronavirus pandemic. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Heather Lemire, RN, prepares to administer a coronavirus test to a patient at the L+M Hospital testing tent Thursday, May 7, 2020. Lemire is a nurse at Fitch High School and has been working at the L+M tent since schools were closed. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Audrey Dumais, of Enfield, helps her foster son Danny Cyr, 4 years old, fly a kite at Harkness Memorial State Park on Sunday, May 10, 2020. The family decided to spend Mother´s Day at the park to get some fresh air. “It´s a little too windy for kite flying but we´ll get it up for a few seconds,Ó Dumais said. (Sarah Gordon / The Day)

Guided by the tug Patrice McAllister, a barge carrying sections 1 and 2 of the hull of the Virginia-Class attack submarine Hyman G. Rickover (SSN 795) arrives at General Dynamics Electric Boat in Groton Monday, May 11, 2020. The Rickover, named for the father of the nuclear navy, will be the 22nd vessel in the class. The Virginia-class submarines are being jointly constructed by EB and Huntington Ingalls Industries in Newport News, Virginia, with the forward and rear hull sections fabricated in Newport News and transported by barge to Groton for mating with the central hull sections and final assembly and launch for Groton-built subs. Central hull sections are fabricated at EB's Quonset Point facility in Rhode Island, and shipped by barge to either Groton or Virginia. This is the second sub named for Rickover, the first was a Los Angeles-class submarine, SSN-709, launched at EB in 1973. The Virginia-class Rickover will be the second vessel in the class not named for a U.S. state. The first was the USS John Warner (SSN 785). (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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A pair of sailors navigate the vessels moored in Stonington Harbor Monday, May 11, 2020. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Waterford High School seniors AJ Sachatello, left, and friend Joe Lathrop hold up some gifts they have received in the town´s “Adopt a SeniorÓ program, at Joe´s home in Quaker Hill on Monday, May 11, 2020. The Facebook group has been connecting graduating seniors with community members to show support for the student´s whose senior year was affected by COVID-19. (Sarah Gordon / The Day)

Vehicular traffic navigates the new one-way pattern on Cottrell St. in Mystic as public works crews paint new parking lines in downtown Mystic Tuesday, May 12, 2020. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Foot traffic makes its way onto the Mystic River Bascule drawbridge between the Stonington and Groton sides of Mystic Tuesday, May 12, 2020. Foot traffic is directed over the bridge in the opposite direction of vehicular traffic. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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James Colegrove, 7, holds on to balloons as he holds them out the window of his mother Karen´s car while parked along Williams Park in New London on Tuesday, May 12, 2020. They were waiting to pick up food from the New London Public Schools food service “meals on wheelsÓ program. Karen said her son had been working on learning how to tie balloons at home that morning and wanted to bring them along for the car ride. “He just wanted to bring a little joy to the day,Ó she said, “we all need it.Ó (Sarah Gordon / The Day)

Waterford High School senior Tyler Hynek stands outside his home in Quaker Hill on Tuesday, May 12, 2020. (Sarah Gordon / The Day)

Veronika Burlingham gets a kiss from her daughter Lydia, 5, as they enjoy a picnic lunch with her other daughter Valeria, 3, all of Salem, at the Connecticut College Arboarteum on Tuesday, May 12, 2020. Veronika said she decided to take the girls for lunch and a long walk in the park when they realized how nice the weather was. (Sarah Gordon / The Day)

A U.S. Coast Guard 45-foot Response Boat Medium out of Coast Guard Station New London takes a drifting sailboat in tow in the mouth of New London Harbor Tuesday, May 12, 2020. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Seniors Ryan Jakubielski, 18, and Sophia Duhig, 17, pose for photos as the St. Bernard School class of 2020 participates in virtual commencement exercises Tuesday, May 12, 2020 at the Cathedral of St. Patrick in Norwich. The members of the class arrived in groups of ten over the course of the afternoon, between 1 and 5 p.m., to take turns individually walking down the cathedral aisle to receive their diploma. The proceedings were recorded on video to be presented in their entirety on May 22nd. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Members of the Connecticut Air National Guard 103rd Airlift Wing load up a vehicle from the New London Fire Department as they distribute Personal Protective Equipment to area emergency management officials Wednesday, May 13, 2020. The guard distributes supplies for non-emergency purposes on Wednesdays and on Thursdays supplies go to first responders and other emergency agencies. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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A group of staff from Lawrence + Memorial Hospital stand behind shoes represent coworkers out sick as they participate in a “Solemn Stand in SolidarityÓ along Montauk Avenue in New London on Wednesday, May 13, 2020. The rally, organized by healthcare workers union, called to support all COVID-19 patients and rally to support colleagues overwhelmed and lacking PPE. Debbie Wyzacecki, one of the presidents L+M's union representing registered professional nurses, AFT Local 5049, said the event was to support anyone sick with the coronavirus but especially her peers. “We just want to ask for adequate PPE so we don´t all end up out sick, or worse,Ó she commented. (Sarah Gordon / The Day)

Amtrak Building and Bridges Senior Mechanic Melvin Lozada, right, and Forman Rand Winslow work painting the first coat of yellow on the Walbach Street railroad bridge Wednesday, May 13, 2020 in New London. Lozada said painting the bridge yellow is part of the Amtrak protocol to make the bridge more visible bringing attention to its low clearance. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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A student waves from the sunroof as faculty and staff at Mary Morrison elementary in Groton wave and cheer to their students passing by in a "Reverse Parade" Wednesday, May 13, 2020. Staff, spaced appropriately, formed an arc around the school's driveway with signs, pompoms, and soap bubbles. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Kindergarten teacher Alisha Stanwood joined fellow faculty and staff at Mary Morrison elementary in Groton waving and cheering to their students passing by in a "Reverse Parade" Wednesday, May 13, 2020. Staff, spaced appropriately, formed an arc around the school's driveway with signs, pompoms, and soap bubbles. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Christine Kendell walks by a pole barn Wednesday, May 13, 2020, while on the family farm in Preston. The 226 acre farm, that her family inherited from her grandparents Eleanor and Philetus Watson, is for sale. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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Waterford police officers offer a salute as they are joined by town fire personnel to pay tribute to Bayview Health Care staff Wednesday, May 13, 2020. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Charles Reyburn (cq) of Waterford works along side of New Shore Road in Waterford Thursday, May 14, 2020 while working on a painting of a crabapple tree up the street. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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Norwich Public Works director Patrick McLaughlin, with tape measure, and Norwich Community Development Corporation Sr. Vice President Jason Vincent lay out plan for outdoor dining for Billy Wilson's Ageing Still on Broadway in Norwich Thursday, May 14, 2020. The NCDC is helping downtown restaurants prepare for the outdoor dining allowed under Gov. Lamont's plan for re-opening eateries with expanded space in streets and loans of tents, tables, and chairs. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Sgt. Joe Pelchat, salutes the wreath with a banner "Never Forget" while Patrol Officer Luke DelGrosso waits his turn during the vigil to honor fallen law enforcement officers Wednesday, May 13, 2020, at the New London Police Department during National Police Week. The department held the vigil because the 32nd Annual Candlelight Vigil for Fallen Law Enforcement Officers in Washinigton, D.C. was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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The vacant interior at Billy Wilson's Ageing Still on Broadway in Norwich Thursday, May 14, 2020. Norwich Public Works director Patrick McLaughlin and Norwich Community Development Corporation Sr. Vice President Jason Vincent spent the day planning outdoor dining space for downtown restaurants. The NCDC is helping downtown restaurants prepare for the outdoor dining allowed under Gov. Lamont's plan for re-opening eateries with expanded space in streets and loans of tents, tables, and chairs. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Modesto Velasquez, a cook at La Stella Pizzeria in Norwich, places a pie in the oven at the restaurant Thursday, May 14, 2020. City Public Works director Patrick McLaughlin and Norwich Community Development Corporation Sr. Vice President Jason Vincent spent the day planning outdoor dining areas on the streets of downtown. The NCDC is helping downtown restaurants prepare for the outdoor dining allowed under Gov. Lamont's plan for re-opening eateries with expanded space in streets and loans of tents, tables, and chairs. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Twins Nicholas, left, and James, right, Logan, both 11, are joined by friend Daiman Flax, 10, and his father Bruce, not pictured, as they bike around Haley Farm State Park in Groton on Thursday, May 14, 2020. (Sarah Gordon / The Day)

A Connecticut Air National Guard 103rd Airlift Wing C-130H aircraft flies low over the William W. Backus Hospital in Norwich Thursday, May 14, 2020 as part of a statewide salute to healthcare workers. The aircraft departed Bradley Field and passed at least 26 hospitals in the tribute flight. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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A Connecticut Air National Guard 103rd Airlift Wing C-130H aircraft flies low over the William W. Backus Hospital in Norwich Thursday, May 14, 2020 as part of a statewide salute to healthcare workers. The aircraft departed Bradley Field and passed at least 26 hospitals in the tribute flight. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Verity Wilkinson, 3, splashes through a puddle with her mother Margaret in pursuit outside their Mumford Cove home in Groton Friday, May 15, 2020. Verity's father, Greg, was inside working from home prompting the outing for mother and daughter. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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A pair of mallard ducks join three eastern painted turtles on a rock in the pond by the Shennecossett Beach Club in Groton Friday, May 15, 2020. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Duck River Garden Club member Suzanne Thompson, of Old Lyme, dead heads daffodils Friday, May 15, 2020 on the traffic island located on McCurdy Road at the Route 156 intersection in Old Lyme. Thompson worked on the daffodils while waiting for more water to arrive to finish watering the Inca yellow marigolds, not shown, that were planted earlier in the day. The traffic island is one of 7 beautification sites cared for by the club around town and this year added the marigolds to this site in honor of the clubs fiftieth anniversary. Due to the coronavirus pandemic programs planned throughout the summer celebrating the clubs anniversary have been canceled, but will be rescheduled when it´s safe. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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Fran, right, and Al Kinsall plant SunPatiens, a sun-friendly hybrid of Impatiens, around a Mark 14 Mod 1-6 torpedo at the Subvets WWII Memorial East on Thames St. in Groton Friday, May 15, 2020. Former Groton City Mayor Marion Galbraith, who chairs the committee, said normally a group of sailors from the Basic Enlisted Submarine School at the navy submarine base, would be tasked to help with the planting but were not available this year due to coronavirus restrictions. A group of nearly 20 volunteers from the community helped instead. "It's been great turnout of people to fill in the gap" said Galbraith. The annual Memorial Day ceremony at the site has been canceled for this year Galbraith added. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Danny Garcia, left, owner of I Got You Next Barbershop in Groton, along with Maxi Blanco, center, and Raychelle Rivera work to hang shower curtain barriers between work stations Friday, May 15, 2020 in preparation for re-opening next week. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Kenley Bagshaw, 8, and her grandmother, Brenda Boullier, both of Coventry, R.I., share a snack while other family members went for a walk while waiting to see the movie 'Jaws' at the Misquamicut Drive-in Friday, May 15, 2020 in Westerly. The event is hosted by the Misquamicut Business Association in Westerly. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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