Students make their way across campus between classes as they return for the first day of in-person instruction at Norwich Free Academy Tuesday, September 1, 2020. The student body is divided into a pair of approximately 900-student cohorts, attending Monday-Tuesday and Thursday-Friday respectively, with about 300 students opting for a distance learning only experience. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Filippo Marchionne, dealer principal, and Shawna Renna, chief financial officer, Friday, Aug. 28,2020, on the car lot of Whaling City in New London. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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Diners sit for lunch on the bank of the Lieutenant River at the Hangry Goose in Old Lyme Friday, August 29, 2020. The restaurant opened in June, a delay from a planned March opening. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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First Selectman Michael Urgo applauds as Chairwoman of the School Modernization Committee Pamela Potemri speaks during a ceremony for the renovated North Stonington Elementary School on Sunday Sunday August 30, 2020. (Sarah Gordon / The Day)

New London Councilman Curtis K Goodwin crosses the street after a dedication for the newly painted intersection at the corners of Eugene O´Neill Drive and Golden Street New London Sunday August 30, 2020. The Rainbow Flag crosswalk, with the inclusion of brown and black stripes, was painted by the city to honor the LBGTQ+ community. “For someone who has never been to New London, that this is the first thing they see, this sign of inclusion and diversity, how cool is that,Ó said New London City Councilor Alma Nartatez in her remarks. (Sarah Gordon / The Day)

Assistant Principal Claudine Kelly gives a thumbs up to students being dropped off at East Lyme Middle School for the first day of school on Monday, August 31, 2020. (Sarah Gordon / The Day)

The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Lawrence Lawson (WPC 1120) re-fuels at City Pier in New London Monday, August 31, 2020. The Lawson, a 154-foot Sentinel-class cutter, was docked at the pier over the weekend while in the area on a fisheries patrol. Commissioned in 2017 the Lawson is the 20th cutter in the class and his home-ported at the Coast Guard Training Center in Cape May, New Jersey. . (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Siblings, from left, Christiana, 4, Jonathan, 11, and Katie Farley, 7, of Windsor Locks, climb a tree at Harkness Memorial State Park on Monday, August 31, 2020. The siblings were visiting the park with family for the day, enjoying their last week of summer vacation before school starts for them next week. (Sarah Gordon / The Day)

Lyme-Old Lyme Middle School Principal Mark Ambruso directs students to the building before the first day of class on Tuesday, September 1, 2020. The district is one of the only in the area with full in-person learning, though students have the choice to go fully remote. (Sarah Gordon / The Day)

The U.S. Navy Virginia-class attack submarine USS Texas (SSN-775) passes the U.S. Coast Guard training ship Barque Eagle docked at Fort Trumbull State Park in New London during a transit of the Thames River en route to the submarine base in Groton Tuesday, September 1, 2020. The Texas, commissioned in 2006, is the second boat in the Virginia-class and is moving its homeport from Honolulu, Hawaii to Groton. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Volunteer Ryan Decosta, left, helps Olivia Phillips, 9, pick out a backpack as her sister Carolina Castillo, 5, and grandmother Debbie Phillips look on during a backpack giveaway at Toby May Park in New London on Tuesday, September 1, 2020. The event, organized by Heather O´Connor and Katelin Teel of Lady Boss Productions, gave out over 350 age appropriate backpacks full of school supplies to attendees. “The last things many parents can do is spend money on school supplies right now,Ó said O´Connor of their decision to have the event. “We like to do community driven charity events, anything we can do to help out.Ó Donations came in from numerous New London businesses and organizations of both bags and supplies. (Sarah Gordon / The Day)

The nearly full “CornÓ moon appears over the low clouds on the horizon beyond Fishers Island as it rises over Ledge Light at the mouth of New London harbor Tuesday, September 1, 2020. The final full moon of summer is also sometimes known as the Barley Moon, or Fruit Moon. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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A great egret snags a snack from the wetlands behind Pleasure Beach in Waterford Wednesday, September 2, 2020. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Crew members of the tall ship Kalmar Nyckel, Colin McGowan, left, Manni Cortes, right, and Libby Meir, back, clean the ship´s bottom Wednesday, September 2, 2020 at the Mystic Seaport Museum´s Henry B. duPont Preservation Shipyard. The ship, built in 1997, is a full-scale replica of a Swedish merchant ship that established the colony of New Sweden in the Delaware valley in 1638. With any summer sailing plans cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic the trip to Mystic is the only voyage undertaken in 2020. A crew of 28 was recruited to quarantine for two weeks prior to the voyage and is now providing the labor to clean, scrape, caulk and paint the hull in preparation for coast guard inspection. The ship is scheduled to depart Mystic sometime around the 21st of September. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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A group of crabbers throw things back into the water as they work from a boat in Banning Cove in Waterford on Wednesday, September 3, 2020. (Sarah Gordon / The Day)

John Oliveira, owner of Johnny´s Clam Shack, sits in the driver´s seat of his 1945 vintage Duck boat Thursday, September 3, 2020. Oliveira purchased the amphibious vehicle at auction after Ride the Ducks Seattle shuttered its business in the wake of a massive lawsuit judgment in 2019 stemming from a 2015 crash that killed five and injured more than 60 people. Oliveira hopes to have all the plans and permits in place to operate his Duck boat in Norwich, and maybe beyond, by the spring of 2022. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Katya Stutes, right, 7, of Mystic, gets some help flipping her umbrella right side from mother Rachel as her sister Kaiya, 3, looks on as they take a walk in the rain at Fort Trumbull on Wednesday, September 2, 2020 in New London. (Sarah Gordon / The Day)

Valerie Russell, of Groton, dances with her granddaughter Ella Reardon, 7, of Stonington, as Will Evans plays at Esker Point Beach in Groton on Wednesday, September 3, 2020. The concert, organized by the Town of Groton Parks and Recreation, had a limited number of tickets available with safety and social distancing enforced. “I think I´ve been playing here for 15 years,Ó said Evans to the crowd, “I wasn´t going to let covid stop me for coming to this beach.Ó A local musician he has spent the last decade as the songwriter and frontman for the rock roots group Barefoot Truth as well as his solo career. (Sarah Gordon / The Day)

Customers stand in line to place their lunch orders at Muddy Waters in New London Friday, September 4, 2020. Owners Barry Neistat and Susan Devlin confirmed today that they have reached a deal on a sale of the building and business. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Second grade teacher Taylor Teixeira, front, joins other first and second grade teachers for profession development program in a classroom at Winthrop STEM Elementary school in New London Friday, September 4, 2020. The New London schools open for a hybrid of in-person and distance learning on Tuesday, September 8th. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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New London fire department personnel salute as the funeral procession for Rocco Baslilca passes fire headquarters on Bank St. Friday, September 4, 2020. Basilica, who worked over 20-years as a New London firefighter, died last week. His funeral procession departed St. Joseph Church and passed both Fire Headquarters on Bank St. and the department´s north station on Broad St. en route to St. Mary´s Cemetery. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Chris Myers snaps a photo as his wife Amy and daughter Dylan, 5, ride the newly restored 1940´s era Ferris wheel at Ocean Beach Park Friday, September 4, 2020. Jeff Mullen, of Action Amusements, has spent 500-600 hours restoring the ride acquired last year, and originally did not expect to have it running at all this season. A group gathered at 6:30 p.m. to dedicate the ride to long-time Ocean Bach employee John Joseph Jordan, who passed away in 2018. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Tracy Hardy takes a sewage sample Monday, Aug. 31, 2020, to be tested for the coronavirus at the Norwich sewage treatment plant. Norwich and other area municipalities are working on a Yale University study to see if coronavirus tests in sewage could be an advanced warning of local COVID-19 outbreaks. (Sarah Gordon/The Day)
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Crowds of visitors make their way along the West Main St. sidewalks in downtown Mystic Saturday, September 5, 2020. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Sailboats can be seen racing in the waters of Fishers Island Sound just off North Dumpling Island Saturday, September 5, 2020. The island, owned by inventor Dean Kaman of the Seway Human Transporter fame, is within the territory of the town of Southold, Fishers Island, New York. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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