Jacqui Keller took the screen out of her front door to play from inside as she warms up before the Music Unites Mystic event on Sunday, March 29, 2020. June Ingram, a local music teacher, organized students and friends to play “America the BeautifulÓ from their front porches or driveway at noon on Sunday. “Playing alone is a very hard thing to do,Ó said Keller, who helped organize the event, “music brings harmony we wanted to bring a togetherness even if we´re physically separated.Ó (Sarah Gordon / The Day)

Avery Ruhe, 14, plays her violin from her porch in Groton as neighbor Sue Rimmel pauses to listen while walking her dog Beau as part of the Music Unites Mystic event on Sunday, March 29, 2020. June Ingram, a local music teacher, organized students and friends to play “America the BeautifulÓ from their front porches or driveway at noon on Sunday. “Playing alone is a very hard thing to do,Ó said student Jacqui Keller who helped organize the event, “music brings harmony we wanted to bring a togetherness even if we´re physically separated.Ó (Sarah Gordon / The Day)

Ricardo Ferreira, with Valley Restoration, plasters the ceiling of an office as work continues at New London City Hall on Thursday, March 26, 2020. The art gallery announced a temporary closure earlier in March and is working to launch an online gallery and store. Contractors are working on two different projects at the historic building, repairing the elevator and extensive work on the ceilings and walls of the third floor. (Sarah Gordon / The Day)

Carolyn Keatley, of Waterford, left, does jumping jacks as she moves through a workout with a group of people from her gym at McCook Point Park in East Lyme on Monday, March 29, 2020. As part of an executive order from Governor Lamont all gyms were closed on Monday, March 16. (Sarah Gordon / The Day)

A surfer rides the wave off Misquamicut State Beach in Westerly Monday, March 30, 2020. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Elizabeth “TigerÓ Maynard-White and her therapy dog Duke, a 3-yo English Mastiff, visit Sue, a resident at Harbor Village Rehabilitation and Nursing through the window on Tuesday, March 31, 2020 at the facility in New London. Maynard-White has been taking Duke to the home since he was a puppy and recently transitioned to doing visits through the windows in response to COVID-19. (Sarah Gordon / The Day)

Zoe Peterson, 12, holds up an example of face masks she made to give to her neighbor Tina Conlin, an Emergency Room Nurse, at her home in East Lyme on Monday, March 29, 2020. (Sarah Gordon / The Day)

Staff at Mystic Seaport Museum's H.B. DuPont Preservation Shipyard prepare to launch the historic steamship Sabino from the shipyard lift dock Tuesday, March 31, 2020. Sabino had been out of the water for several weeks in preparation for work but was returned to the water on the last day before the museum laid-off nearly all its staff. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Chris Florentino of Norwich spend time fishing along the shore of Spaulding Pond Wednesday, April 1, 2020 at Mohegan Park in Norwich. Florentino said he was spending the day fishing because he wanted to get out of the house and was thankful that Gov. Ned Lamont, by executive order, opened the fishing season early. The season was opened before the traditional second day in April due to the coronavirus because it would limit the large crowds that gather on the traditional opening day. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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A pair of kayakers, one donning a mask, move through the waters of the Stonington Harbor as seen from Dubois Beach on Wednesday, April 1, 2020. (Sarah Gordon / The Day)

John Uliano, Director of Operations for Gilman Brothers, demonstrates how the company´s new beds are assembled at their facility in Bozrah on Wednesday, April 1, 2020. The company focuses on foam board material products transitioned to making the beds and partitions to meet the needs of COVID-19 response. (Sarah Gordon / The Day)

Dan Coley, Norwich Building Official, inspects the electrical work on a residential home undergoing renovations in Norwich on Wednesday, April 1, 2020. Coley recently started the job and has had to quickly adjust how it is done with video inspections, remote phone consultations using photos and on-site inspections with no one present. (Sarah Gordon / The Day)

Thomas Szramoski, with the New London Homeless Hospitality Center, walks through the hallways as he works on cleaning rooms at a vacant former convalescent home on Monday, March 29, 2020. There are fifteen beds in the isolation facility, which is being run in coordination with the city and Ledge Light Health District, for homeless and others with symptoms of COVID-19 with nowhere else to go. (Sarah Gordon / The Day)

Family friend Cara Begley, right, creates bubbles while Zach Frommelt, 8, left, tries to hit bubbles with a Frisbee and his cousin, Samantha Rogers, 6, all of Norwich, tries to pop the bubbles with her head during a family picnic Wednesday, April 1, 2020 at Mohegan Park in Norwich. The family was observing Sizdah Bedar, the thirteenth day after the Iranian New Year, where people spend time outdoors to cleanse themselves and their empty homes. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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Robert Conley of Lebanon, owner of Interactive CAD Solutions, holds the ventilator quad hose splitter, the white piece, that he designed attached to a stock HEPA filter and a stock coupling that connects to a ventilator. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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Nicole Kolosko, front left, and her husband Alan Panas, back left, and their sons watch as workers with Westchester Modular Home Erectors, Inc., assemble their home on Gardner Ave. in New London Thursday, April 2, 2020. The 2700 square foot home is the first ever module home installation undertaken by Advanced Group, the Mystic home construction and improvement contractor. Five modular sections were constructed at Westchester's facility in Wingdale, NY and trucked to New London for assembly. The home is expected to be ready for occupancy by this summer. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Workers with Westchester Modular Home Erectors, Inc., assemble a modular home for Alan Panas and Nicole Kolosko and their sons on Gardner Ave. in New London Thursday, April 2, 2020. The 2700 square foot home is the first ever module home installation undertaken by Advanced Group, the Mystic home construction and improvement contractor. Five modular sections were constructed at Westchester's facility in Wingdale, NY and trucked to New London for assembly. The home is expected to be ready for occupancy by this summer. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Jamison McGovern, 3, and Sofia Dmuchowski, 9, watch while his mother, Laurie Jordan, all of Salem, looks for worms to use for bait Thursday, March 2, 2020, at Gardner Lake in Salem. McGovern said she and her boyfriend, Steve Dmuchowski, not shown, wanted to get out of the house and do something fun and since everything is closed they decided to spend time fishing. After collecting worms they realized it was too windy at the lake for fishing and moved on to find another lake or pond that maybe more protected from the wind. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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Workers with Westchester Modular Home Erectors, Inc., guide a dormer module into places as they assemble a modular home for Alan Panas and Nicole Kolosko and their sons on Gardner Ave. in New London Thursday, April 2, 2020. The 2700 square foot home is the first ever module home installation undertaken by Advanced Group, the Mystic home construction and improvement contractor. Five modular sections were constructed at Westchester's facility in Wingdale, NY and trucked to New London for assembly. The home is expected to be ready for occupancy by this summer. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Andy Huynh and his son Leo, 12, of East Windsor, fish from along the reeds of the Lieutenant River in Old Lyme on Tuesday April 2, 2020. Leo had finished his distance learning for the day and the pair decided to spend some time outside in a not-too popular place before the predicted rain. “Who knows what we´ll catch here,Ó said Andy, “hopefully we´ll find out.Ó (Sarah Gordon / The Day)

Berkley Vendola, 7, of Norwich, gets a starting push from her father, Rick Vendola, and her mother, Kara Cochanski-Vendola, takes pictures while she practices learning how to ride her bicycle Thursday, April 2, 2020 on the athletic field at Norwich Technical High School. Kara Cochanski-Vendola says she and Berkley go for a walk everyday as her recess from her schoolwork, but today they decided to practice riding her bike. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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Matt Romano, of Gales Ferry, plays tag with his daughters, Matea Romano-Sublett, 4, second from right in front, Doralisa Romano-Sublett, 7, second from right back, Camila (cq) Romano-Sublett, 4, right, and their friend, Leandro Garcia, 5, left, of New London, Friday, April 3, 2020, at Harkness Memorial State Park in Waterford. Romano was there with his friend Luis Garcia, not shown, of New London and his son, Leandro, and daughter, Annelyse, 8, not shown. The fathers said they both worked remotely from home in the morning and wanted to get the kids outdoors to enjoy the fresh air since they have been staying at home except for necessary trips to places like the grocery store and getting outdoors for hikes and to play. Romano said the two families have their own play group and have gotten together before, during and will after the coronavirus and that it´s the only treat they have and have been careful to limit who they see. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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Volunteer Jacob Valdez of Groton takes a handful of metal nose strips to place on a scale to weigh making sure the correct number is used to fill an order, while volunteer Avarie Manfredi of Baltic, in background, places the strips in envelopes at Hillery Company in Grotn Friday, April 3, 2020, to be mailed. The orders, average about 50-100 strips, are requested by people who are making masks which are needed but in short supply because of the coronavirus pandemic. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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Paul Goldstein, a member of the 3rd District Representative Town Meeting, comes in from outside carrying a box of donations just collected from a vehicle to place it with the other Waterford Food Drive donations collected Saturday, April 4, 2020, at Waterford Town Hall. The event was hosted by First Selectman Rob Brule and Waterford Youth & Family Services to help the organization replenish the town's Interfaith Food Locker. Members of the Waterford Board of Selectmen, Representative Town Meeting, and Youth and Family Services volunteered to collect donations. Brule said that The people want to do something to help their neighbors and the Board of Selectmen decided a drive-thru and drop-off food drive would be a good controlled environment for collecting donations. He thought the event would give people a sense of togetherness when we are all practicing to be alone. Saturday was the third and final week of the food drive due to the coronavirus still peaking and they want to keep the volunteers home. Over the past 3 weeks the drive has provided over 1,000 meals and are barely keeping up. People can still make donations by dropping items off at Waterford Youth and Family Services Monday-Friday 8 a.m.- 4 p.m.. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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Eric Vilcheck, from Old Lyme EMS, collects boxes of supplies as fire and EMS personnel from area departments line-up to receive personal protective equipment supplies being distributed by the Connecticut Department of Public Health Friday, April 3, 2020 at American Ambulance in Norwich. Departments from New London, Windham, and Tolland counties were able to pick up boxes of N95 masks, face shields and surgical gowns at the drop. Personnel from the Dept. of Corrections assisted the Office of Emergency Medical Services with the delivery. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Philip Griffin, left, of Apis Verdi Farm in Lebanon, helps customer Moira Casadei of Stonington Saturday, March 21, 2020, at the Stonington Farmers Market. The winter location for the market is usually indoors at the Velvet Mill but, due to the coronavirus pandemic, the market has been moved to the parking lot. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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Marci Tefft, left, of Stonyledge Farm in North Stonington, talks to Merin Troutman of Mystic about a tomato plant Saturday, March 21, 2020, at the Stonington Farmers Market. The winter location for the market is usually indoors at the Velvet Mill but, due to the coronavirus pandemic, the market has been moved to the parking lot. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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Pastor Joel Rivera, center, of Get Wrapped Church in New London, leads members of his congregation along with members of Norwich's Castle Church in a community prayer in the parking lot of the William W. Backus Hospital in Norwich Friday, April 3, 2020. Pastor Rivera said the group held a prayer Wednesday and L+M in New London and will hold more prayer gatherings at other area hospitals in the future. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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