Groundskeeper James Brawn, left, and Billy Susa remove the plywood covers for the season from the stained glass windows of the Pequot Chapel Tuesday, April 21, 2020, in New London. Brawn said he wanted to get the covers removed early in the day before the rain that was forecasted for the afternoon hit the area. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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Jennifer Lord, right, laughs as she and her mother Lisa participate in a virtual knit along from Twist Yarn Shoppe in Niantic on Tuesday, April 7, 2020. Lisa, who owns the shop, said there were about 15 participants from across the country in the event she organized on Zoom. (Sarah Gordon / The Day)

Hector Salazar, outside the Quaker Hill Fire Department Thursday, April 16, 2020, is a senior at Connecticut College and is also an EMT/volunteer firefighter in Waterford. Salazar is one of the students that is staying on the college campus during the coronavirus pandemic. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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Sydney Bryan, a junior at Connecticut College and also an EMT for American Ambulance in Norwich. Bryan is one of the students that is staying on the college campus during the coronavirus pandemic. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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Laura Coukas, of New London, stops to feed birds along Custom House Pier in New London while taking a walk on Monday, April 20, 2020. Coukas, who was taking a walk to get some exercise, decided to bring the bag of stale bread to feed to the birds. “I feel bad for the birds, there hasn´t been as many fishermen through here with stuff to steal,Ó she said. (Sarah Gordon / The Day)

Amanda Chaffee, back left, of Groton, and her daughters Alana Chaffee, front right, Alea Salva, 8, front left, and Amelya Salva, 6, back right, use a metal detector to search the beach volleyball courts at Esker Point Beach Monday, April 20, 2020. "We're just trying to find something to do to get out of the house but still social distance," said Amanda. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Vacant lot at the corner of Home and Hempstead in New London Tuesday, April 21, 2020. The city is looking to purchase the land and make a public park. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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A small group of friends, family and Town of Montville employees gather for a birthday parade for Irene Daniels 100th birthday at Apple Rehab Center on Tuesday, April 21, 2020. The town´s police and fire department drove by with sirens as others gathered outside a window for the lifelong Montville resident´s celebration. (Sarah Gordon / The Day)

Irene Daniels watches from the window on her 100th birthday as a parade, organized by the town in her honor, moves past at Apple Rehab Center on Tuesday, April 21, 2020. The town´s police and fire department drove by with sirens as others gathered outside a window for the lifelong Montville resident´s celebration. (Sarah Gordon / The Day)

Eva Pazzaglia, 18 months old, walks through a field of daffodils while visiting Harkness Memorial State Park with her grandmother Pam Britagna and mother Jen Pazzaglia, not pictured, all of Waterford, on Wednesday, April 22, 2020. “We have to get outside even in the cold,Ó said Britagna of their decision to take a walk even in the cold temperatures. According to the National Weather Service the colder temperatures should continue with highs in the mid 40´s on Thursday and Friday. (Sarah Gordon / The Day)

Michael Kane picks up trash while he and his wife, Syma Ebbin, and their son, Elias Kane, all of Groton, spend time cleaning up trash along the Birch Plain Creek watershed area Wednesday, April 22, along Thomas Road in Groton. Ebbin is an associate professor of the UConn Avery Point Agricultural and Resource Economics department a research coordinator with Connecticut Sea Grant and and also the faculty advisor for the campus ECO Husky Club. Ebbin said the club had scheduled an Earth Day clean up event, but was canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic. Ebbin also said that she decided to get out and clean-up the area because she wanted “to remind myself it´s Earth DayÓ.(Dana Jensen/The Day)
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Mike Hedge, right, a retired New London police officer who now works security at L+M Hospital, is joined by his wife Lisa, and daughter Hannah Hedge-Anguita, and grandson Adonnis Anguita, 3, to cheer as emergency responders from departments around the region parade around L+M Hospital to salute hospital staff for their work treating patients stricken with COVID-19 Wednesday, April 22, 2020. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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John Kenny paddles to shore in his kayak after spending a few hours fishing along McCook Point Park in Niantic on Thursday, April 23, 2020. “It´s just good to get outside,Ó said Kenny even though it was a little bit windier than he would have liked. (Sarah Gordon / The Day)

Medical staff from L+M Hospital watch a parade of emergency responders from departments from around the region parade around the hospital to salute hospital staff for their work treating patients stricken with COVID-19 Wednesday, April 22, 2020. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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The U.S. Navy Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Hartford (SSN 768) passes the U.S. Coast Guard Barque Eagle as it transits the Thames River between Groton and New London en route to its home port at the naval submarine base in Groton Thursday, April 23, 2020. The Hartford was returning from routine operations. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Department of Energy and Environmental Protection season employee Matt Roath heaves load of trout from the DEEP's Quinebaug Hatchery into Latimer Brook in East Lyme Thursday, April 23, 2020. Roath and DEEP staffer Dave Mancini were stocking about 1500 brook, brown, and rainbow trout in Latimer Brook and Shunnock Brook in Old Mystic as part of the DEEP's in-season stocking efforts. Gov. Lamont ordered trout season to start March 24th, more than a week earlier than scheduled, in an effort to reduce the crowds that usually accompany the opening day of the season. The DEEP will stock around 620,000 trout in state rivers, streams, lakes, and ponds this spring. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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A flock of glossy ibis land after flying to a new spot to feed in the Paffard Marsh off Rt. 1 in Stonington Thursday, April 23, 2020. The glossy ibis winters in Central American and migrates to the northeastern U.S. for breeding in the spring. The can also be found year-round in the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Jack Steel, owner of The Company of Craftsmen on West Main St. in Mystic, decorates a pair of driftwood "trees" with hearts and U.S. flags outside his shop Thursday, April 23, 2020. Steel, who has been in business in the same location for 39-years, originally erected the trees for the Christmas holiday season and decorated them with stars, but they had been bare since then before he decided on a theme complimentary to other decor sprouting up around the region. "I'm just trying to brighten things up a little bit," he said. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Julie Boros, of Bride Brook Health and Rehab, right, holds the phone streaming Braiden Sunshine's performance live online as he sings for residents at the East Lyme facility Thursday, April 23, 2020. Sunshine, of Old Lyme, who has performed for residents at the facility a number of times, was limited to singing to his fans from outside their windows due to visitation limits. Sunshine was a semi-finalist on the NBC singing competition show "The Voice" in 2015. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Braiden Sunshine, left, tunes his guitar as his mother Elizabeth, sets up his equipment to performs for residents at Bride Brook Health and Rehab in East Lyme Thursday, April 23, 2020. Sunshine, of Old Lyme, who has performed for residents at the facility a number of times, was limited to singing to his fans from outside their windows due to visitation limits. Sunshine was a semi-finalist on the NBC singing competition show "The Voice" in 2015. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Workers with PAR Electrical Contractors connect guide wires supporting new transmission towers Friday, April 24, 2020, along an Eversource right of way in Waterford. Eversource is in the process of replacing older wooden structures with metal ones. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Tracey and Steven Landry of Plainville and their children, Kaitlyn, 10, and James, 8, have a picnic after playing the card game Avocado Smash on Saturday, April 25, 2020, at Harkness Memorial State Park in Waterford. The family said they wanted to get out of the house because Friday they were stuck indoors due to the weather. Tracey said since "time is on our side," it wasn't an issue to make the long drive from their home in Plainville to Waterford. Kaitlyn added there was "nothing to do" at home. The park was one of several closed down Saturday afternoon to ensure safe social distancing amid the coronavirus pandemic, after the parking lot reached capacity, according to the CT State Parks Twitter page. Gillette Castle and Devil's Hopyard state parks in East Haddam also were closed after their parking lots filled up. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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Manager Priscilla Sherman places two bundles of firewood outside the campground store for a customer Saturday, April 25, 2020, at Acorn Acres Campground in Bozrah. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, nobody but the essential workers at the campground are allowed inside the store and all other business is done through a window. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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From left, Catherine Balseiro, her daughter, Isabella, 14, and husband, Jose, of East Haven, talk to her mother, Lucy Malficani, who is in Costa Rica, on a cellphone Saturday, April 25, 2020, while at their seasonal campsite at Acorn Acres Campground in Bozrah. Catherine's mother for years has lived 6 months in Costa Rica and 6 months at Acorn Acres. Malficani was supposed to return to Connecticut this month but has to stay in Cost Rica for now. Originally she was not able to come because of travel restrictions in both countries, and now, because she has dual citizenship, she wants to make sure everything is in order before making the trip. This is the first year that the Balseiros have had a campsite and it is next to Malficani's site, which is sitting empy until she arrives. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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Crew members of the U.S. Coast Guard barque Eagle work with lines while out on one of the yardarms Saturday, April 25, 2020, while the ship is docked at Fort Trumbull State Park in New London. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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