Gary Lakowsky, center, is joined by other members of the Brookside Commission; Maggi Prokop, back center, Robert Patterson, right, and property owner Art Linares, Jr., looking at part of the soon-to-be-demolished Flowers house in search of historic artifacts to save Thursday, March 5, 2020. Linares, a former state senator, recently purchased the property and has filed a demotion permit application. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Tom Williamson gives a treat to his service dog Sequoia during a training session with ECAD at JCPenny in the Brass Mill Center in Waterbury on Thursday, March 5 2020. (Sarah Gordon / The Day)

Gary Lakowsky, right, and Robert Patterson, of the Brookside Commission, look at the slanted chimney in the attic of the soon-to-be-demolished Flowers house as members of various historical groups tour the building in search of historic artifacts to save Thursday, March 5, 2020. Former state senator Art Linares, Jr., recently purchased the property and has filed a demotion permit application. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Lesley Farlow dances while reciting Emily Dickinson's "Heaven" -- Is what I cannot reach! during the annual Hygienic Egg performance Sunday, March 8, 2020 at the Hygienic Gallery in New London. A dozen artists affiliated with Dragon's Egg Studio, a theater, dance and healing arts studio in Ledyard, performed works for the event. Pieces were all prompted by the works of Emily Dickinson. Marya Ursin, co-founder of the studio with her husband Dan Potter, sent the idea for the theme to the performers in January. The performances were presented in a promenade with the audience moving from space to space to view the various pieces. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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A construction crew works Tuesday, March 10, 2020, putting a new roof on the storage and fabrication building used by Thames Shipyard and Cross Sound Ferry in New London. The building, built in the late 1970ís, is being rebuilt with new exterior panels, roof and interior framing. Flood-proofing and insulating the building are some of the upgrades taking place. Pat Munger Construction is the prime contractor for the project. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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Members of the audience for the annual Hygienic Egg performance practice motions at the prompt of event leader Marya Ursin Sunday, March 8, 2020 at the Hygienic Gallery in New London. A dozen artists affiliated with Dragon's Egg Studio, a theater, dance and healing arts studio in Ledyard, performed works for the event. Pieces were all prompted by the works of Emily Dickinson. Marya Ursin, co-founder of the studio with her husband Dan Potter, sent the idea for the theme to the performers in January. The performances were presented in a promenade with the audience moving from space to space to view the various pieces. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Park goers stroll through McCook Park in East Lyme on a warm and sunny spring-like day Monday, March 9, 2020. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Emma Flores, left, and Helen Harvey work pinching fuchias, so the plants produces more growth and flowers, in one of the greenhouses Wednesday, March 11, 2020, at Malerba's Farm in Norwich. Malerba's celebrates its 100th anniversary this year and owner Vinnie Malerba is the third generation running the farm that began as a dairy farm and apple orchard and changed in the late 1950's to a wholesale/retail business. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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Yessenia Gomez walks along side her son Kelvin, 6, as he gets a push from his father Abel, all of New London, as he practices bike riding at Harkness Memorial State Park on Wednesday, March 11, 2020. The family went to the park to take advantage of the warm weather. (Sarah Gordon / The Day)

Sheryl Faye, of Amesbury, Mass., portrays Susan B. Anthony during the Tea with Susan B. Anthony event Tuesday, March 10, 2020 at the Lymes Senior Center in Old Lyme. Faye, who portays several historical women in one-woman shows, performed the life of Anthony from childhood to old age after the audience was served tea and cookies by the senior center. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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Audience members applaud after watching Sheryl Faye, of Amesbury, Mass., portray Susan B. Anthony during the Tea with Susan B. Anthony event Tuesday, March 10, 2020 at the Lymes Senior Center in Old Lyme. Faye, who portays several historical women in one-woman shows, performed the life of Anthony from childhood to old age after the audience was served tea and cookies by the senior center. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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Crocker's Boatyard employee Adrian Rivera, right, helps Ed Ninteau, left, of Salem, secure his boat "Bone, to the dock at Crocker's in New London Thursday, March 12, 2020. Ninteau's 31-foot Tiara was the first boat of the season to be launched. Ninteau likes to be the first boat, on or around the 12th of March, every year. Ninteau retired recently and is looking forward to spending more than just weekends on his boat. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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New London Mayor Michael Passero, left, ascends the marble staircase in the former Royal Hotel at 55 Bank St. Friday, March 13, 2020. Developer Yehuda Amar gave a tour of his recently completed luxury apartments to various local and city officials. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Registered Nurse Melissa Lawson takes the temperature of arriving patient Walter Wicks as she and Carrie McCarthy, RN, back, screen patients and visitors arriving at the main entrance at Backus Hospital in Norwich Friday, March 13, 2020. Staff at each of the hospital's entrances were greeting anyone seeking to enter the hospital with a brief set of travel and health questions and then took a temperature before they were allowed to enter. The hospital restricted visitation to one person per patient at a time. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Students walk along Crescent St. in Norwich after dismissal at Norwich Free Academy Friday, March 13, 2020. The Norwich Public Schools were closed Friday, but NFA had a half-day of classes. Shortly after the early dismissal NFA and all the surrounding towns of southeastern Connecticut announced closures for at least the next two weeks. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Barbara Yates of New London and her dog, Callie, walk along a path in the fog Friday, March 13, 2020 at Harkness Memorial Sate Park in Waterford. Yates says she loves the fog because she can see more varieties of birds and there's fewer people around. Yates walks at the park everyday unless there is a cold heavy rain. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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Nick Capozza, right, and Michael Slyne enjoy the late afternoon sun and playing music together Friday, March 13, 2020 on the porch where Slyne resides in New London. Capozza and Slyne play for various music groups in the area. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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Busers Haley DelMonaco, left, and Mikala Morrison work together wiping down the table, chairs and condiments with disinfectant wipes Saturday, March 14, 2020, at the Dog Watch Cafe in Stonington Borough as a precaution due to the Coronavirus. The restaurant is wiping everything every time customers leave a table and also the menus after they are used by customers. Also, owner David Eck invented plastic silverware guards 7 years ago that are always placed over the silverware and napkin as soon as the table is set protecting them until used. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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Suzanne Sankow bottle feeds lambs that are less than a week old Saturday, March 14, 2020, at Sankow's Beaver Brook Farm in Lyme. These lambs are bottle fed because they were either to weak or were not able to be cared for by their mothers because they were one of triplets or quadruplets. In the background are bags of wool to be graded taking out the foreign debris and separating the fine and course wool. The first lambs of the season were born February twenty-second and currently have 190 lambs and are expecting another thirty to forty lambs next week. After a month break fourteen more ewes will possibly lamb by the end of April. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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Suzanne Sankow holds a pure breed Romney, her favorite breed. after bottle feeding it and other lambs that are less than a week old Saturday, March 14, 2020, at Sankow's Beaver Brook Farm in Lyme. The lambs were bottle fed because they are either to weak or were not able to be cared for by their mothers because they are one of triplets or quadruplets. The first lambs of the season were born February twenty-second and currently have 190 lambs and are expecting another thirty to forty lambs next week. After a month break fourteen more ewes will possibly lamb by the end of April. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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