The Colonis family, Bill and Mary, and Peter, 15, and Lilah, 12, break out laughing at one of the answers to a trivia question as a group of families gather for their weekly trivia night on the lawn at Harkness Memorial State Park in Waterford Friday, September 4, 2020. The families started the weekly gatherings on Zoom at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic but have migrated to the park as restrictions have lifted.The winning family each week takes the homemade trophy, crafted of thematic elements, and brings it back the following week further enhanced. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Kim Macklin watches as her daughters Emily, 13, and Zoe, 6, pick McIntosh applies at Scott´s Yankee Farmer on East Lyme Saturday, September 5, 2020. Local orchards are adapting to the combination of unfavorable weather through the growing season and coronavirus restrictions during the picking season. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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A group of families gather for their weekly trivia night on the lawn at Harkness Memorial State Park in Waterford Friday, September 4, 2020. The families started the weekly gatherings on Zoom at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic but have migrated to the park as restrictions have lifted.The winning family each week takes the homemade trophy, crafted of thematic elements, and brings it back the following week further enhanced. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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A small group of people look at photographs in the Ocean Visits Underwater Photographers exhibit during the Meet the Artists & Artisans at Olde Mistick Village on Sunday, September 6, 2020. The 47th annual event featuring a number of artists continues on Monday, September 7, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. (Sarah Gordon / The Day)

Golfers move carts and bags along the green with the Long Island Sound seen in the background at Shennecossett Golf Club in Groton on Sunday, September 6, 2020. (Sarah Gordon / The Day)

Third grader Robert Cabanban, 7, is greeted by Principal Jamie Giordano as he walks into the building for the first day of school at Claude Chester Elementary School in Groton on Tuesday, September 8, 2020. The district is reopening under a hybrid model for the 2020-2021 school year. (Sarah Gordon / The Day)

Cadet Kayla Fear unloads donations from Home Depot in Montville at the Chesterfield Fire Company on Monday, September 7, 2020. The town´s fire companies are working together to help Louisiana´s New Iberia Fire Department with disaster relief efforts, donations can be delivered to any of the four departments. (Sarah Gordon / The Day)

Andre Downes, from left, of Windsor, catches a frisbee as he plays with his son Andre Jr., 12, and wife Lianna at Rocky Neck State Park on Monday, September 7, 2020. (Sarah Gordon / The Day)

Jonathan Tyner, left, of Middletown, works on grilling hot dogs as his wife Patricia gets hamburgers ready and daughters Aliyah, Laniayan and Asia wait for lunch at Rocky Neck State Park on Monday, September 7, 2020. (Sarah Gordon / The Day)

The Connecticut State Fire Academy i works with members of the New London Fire Department, Group 1, to train on heavy vehicle extrication using new Rescue Jacks on Wednesday, September 9, 2020 at Ocean Beach Park. The department received an “Assistance to FirefightersÓ Grant in the amount of $415,954 which was used to purchase and train to operate new equipment. All New London Fire Department members will be trained, with both classroom and hands on training at Yales Junkyard and Ocean Beach, through the month of September. (Sarah Gordon / The Day)

Kindergarten teacher Jeanne McDonald, center, takes photos of her students as they arrive for the first day of school at Moriarty school in Norwich Tuesday, September 8, 2020. The Norwich schools are opening on the hybrid model to start the year with half the students attending in-person on Monday-Tuesday and the other half on Thursday-Friday. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Maureen Bierylo, of Norwich, works on a step during a “senior parking lot dance partyÓ on Wednesday, September 9, 2020 at Dance Country in Gales Ferry. “We´re trying to get creative and keep people active,Ó said owner Lisa Mazzaro of offering trivia and classes in the parking lot during the COVID-19 Pandemic. They also have a full schedule of classes but class sizes are limited to eight people indoors. Their next planned dance is on September 12 at Acorn Acres Campground at 6 p.m., events are $10 and face masks are required. See dancecountryct.com for a full schedule of events. (Sarah Gordon / The Day)

Ryan Malek, of Columbia,Conn., leads the way while he and his son, Masyn, 9, not shown, ride the trails Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020, at Bluff Point State Park in Groton. Malek said he use to come the the park with his father when he was younger for the great trails and Wednesday was the first time bringing his son to the park. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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Bambi Leale, right, of Somers, and her daughter Caitlin Leale, stroll along the Pequot Avenue beaches in New London during a light rain Thursday, September 10, 2020. The pair are vacationing in the city this week. “It´s a nice change of scenery,Ó Bambi commented. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Workers with Regan Enterprises Design and Build, Antonio Veras, left, Jose Colon, top, and William Regan, right, install the small roof over the new decorative water wheel at the Olde Mysick Village duck pond Tuesday, September 8, 2020. The new wheel replaces one that has not operated in years. There will be a celebration of the 47th anniversary of the opening of the village on Friday at 11 a.m. when the will be be dedicated in honor of first responders.. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Michelle Carmack, a special education teacher, directs students arriving by car to the correct entrance for the first day of in-person learning at Jennings School in New London Thursday, September 10, 2020. The district returned to school today in a hybrid learning model, with about 1/3 of students in-school on Thursdays and Fridays, another 1/3 -in school on Mondays and Tuesdays, and another 1/3 distance learning full-time. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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A honor guard of petty officers present a worn and faded flag for retirement as the local Navy community marks the 19th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks with a ceremony Friday, September 11, 2020 at the Historic Ship Nautilus in Groton. The ceremony, which was streamed on the internet because ti was closed to the public, included a tolling of the bells, playing of Taps, and the flag retirement ceremony. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Margaret Victoria, left, of the Rotary Club of the Stoningtons, hands Sue Piver, mother of Joshua Piver, a bouquet of flowers after the annual memorial service for Stonington native Joshua Piver and other victims of 9/11 at the Josh Piver memorial bench Friday, Sept. 11, 2020, at Stonington Point. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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The Mystic-based schooner Argia sails past Latimer Reef Light in Fishers Island Sound Friday, September 11, 2020. The Argia, which sails out of Steamboat Wharf in downtown Mystic, started its sailing season late this year and recently announced that the season will now extend through Columbus Day weekend. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Pedestrians pause to listen to the strings of the New London Community Orchestra perform on Parade Plaza Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020, in New London. Later a brass quintet from the orchestra performed. The performance was the second of orchestra's series that will run every Saturday 4-6 p.m. through Oct. 24. Tom Clark, president of the New London Community Orchestra, said the performances are an opportunity for the musicians to come out and play and bring a spark of life to the downtown area. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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People paddling down the Mystic River take a close look at the Bouchon, a 45.72-meter motor yacht, docked Friday, Sept. 11, 2020, at the Mystic Seaport Museum. Constructed by the custom yacht builder Trinity Yachts, it can reach a speed of 20 knots and can accommodate about 10 passengers with a crew of eight people. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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Volunteers work together to put in a platform for the first through sixth grade playscape while they and other volunteers spend time constructing two new playgrounds Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020, at North Stonington Elementary School. The other is for prekindergarten and kindergarten students. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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