Waterford High School teacher Mike O´Connor, left, and one of the cohorts of his Marine Biology class spend time exploring the salt marsh at Alewife Cove Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020, in Waterford. The class has two cohorts that attend school and one that attends classes online at home. Two cohorts will be taking trips to explore a salt marsh and tidal flats while the third group will watch prerecorded Facebook videos that O´Connor recorded at those locations. Later on all three groups will take a trip on the Project Oceanology boat to visit an estuary. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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Participants gather on boats during the Trump Boat Floatilla along the Mystic River on Sunday, September 13, 2020. (Sarah Gordon / The Day)

Maureen Lawton, center, of Naragansett, holds up a Donald Trump doll as she cheers during the Trump Boat Floatilla along the Mystic River on Sunday, September 13, 2020. (Sarah Gordon / The Day)

Sue Johnston, of Ledyard, holds a Biden For President sign as she stands with Trump supports on the Noank Town Dock during the Trump Boat Floatilla along the Mystic River on Sunday, September 13, 2020. (Sarah Gordon / The Day)

Jemal Davis, Assistant Principal, helps sixth graders figure out their room assignments before the first day of school at Groton Middle School on Monday, September 14, 2020. The consolidated school opened its doors after years of planning and construction. (Sarah Gordon / The Day)

May Dale and other members of Ledyard Walkers finish a walk through the trails before a picnic celebrating the 50th anniversary of the group on Monday, September 14, 2020 at Colonel Ledyard Park. (Sarah Gordon / The Day)

Petty Serraro, back, leads an in-person yoga class for, from front to back, Ashlee Felton, Andrea Miller, Trina Gromko, and Laurie Carlson, at Baptiste Power Yoga in Groton Tuesday, September 15, 2020. Serraro had planned to open the studio this spring and offered online classes during the pandemic. The studio opened to limited in-person classes last week. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Connecticut College sophomore Pali Sureck, center, moves through a routine during a Repertory Dance Class at the school´s arboretum on Tuesday, September 15, 2020, in New London. This was the first in-person class for the group who has been meeting on zoom up to this point to follow the school´s COVID-19 guidelines said instructor Lisa Race. Facemasks are required and the class will meet in person outdoors only before an outdoor performance in October. (Sarah Gordon / The Day)

Coast Guard Academy Cadets, from left, Joram Stith, Jordan Park, Mia Hunchareck, Branyelle Carillo and Henry Smith pose for a portrait at the academy´s docks in New London on Tuesday, September 15, 2020. The cadets filled in on the Coast Guard cutter Munro this summer when the coronavirus sidelined 18 crew members a week before deployment. (Sarah Gordon / The Day)

Luka Van Vlaenderen, 15, jumps off the board as he practices skateboard tricks with friend, Brett Caran, 15, not pictured, on Wednesday, September 16, 2020 on a sidewalk along Main Street in Stonington. The boys, who are both sophomores at Stonington High School, had a half day of distance learning. “This counts as gym class I think,Ó commented Van Vlaenderen. (Sarah Gordon / The Day)

Local and state officials, including Department of Public Health Acting Commissioner Deidre Gifford, at podium, hold a press conference to discuss the closing of Three Rivers Health Care in Norwich Wednesday, September 16, 2020. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Model Lauren Goodale poses for Michael DeAngelo, left, and his fellow students during a figure painting class, with instructor Hollis Dunlap, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020, on the lawn of the Lyme Art Association in Old Lyme. Dunlap said they are working outside to be extra safe and will continue to hold class on the lawn as long as the weather is nice. He also said they have cleared space in the association´s studio to accommodate social distancing, though possibly with fewer students, when the weather turns too cold to work outdoors. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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Workers at Mystic Seaport Museum´s Henry B. duPont Preservation Shipyard, and the crew of the tall ship Kalmar Nyckel watch as the ship is lowered into the Mystic River on the shipyards Ros and Hayes Clark Shiplift Thursday, September 17, 2020. The vessel, the official tall ship of the state of Delaware, has been at the shipyard since the end of August undergoing maintenance and a U.S. Coast Guard Inspection. It will return soon to its homeport off Wilmington and be open for a delayed and shorted fall sailing season. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Briana Hansen, left, sits in a beach chair as she “works from home,Ó with coworkers Isabella Nematalla, right, and Devon Hall, not pictured, all from the Child & Family Agency of Southeastern CT at McCook Beach in Niantic on Thursday, September 17, 2020. “This is how we´re being creative but still being a team,Ó said Hansen. She said they have mainly been working from home due to COVID-19 but have started outdoor meetings and seeing clients in person. (Sarah Gordon / The Day)

A coach works with single scull rowers on Beebe Pond Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020, in Groton. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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Connecticut State Police trooper Darren Connolly and his partner Igor ride out to the training area as seven K-9 teams from the Connecticut State Police, state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) and the Billerica, Mass. police department, train in Search and Rescue on the Connecticut River off Old Lyme Friday, September 18, 2020. The seven teams completed the fresh water aspect of their on the water training yesterday and worked from the DEEP Marine Headquarters in Old Lyme for Friday´s salt water session. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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A crew from American Ambulance arrives at Three Rivers Health Care in Norwich Thursday, September 17, 2020 to transfer a resident to another facility. The Department of Public Health ordered the closure of the facility yesterday. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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John and Lori Herde with one of the Trump campaign signs in the front yard of their East Lyme home Friday, September 18, 2020. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Debra Fluker, of Groton, spends time writing in her journal her thoughts and prayers after reading the Bible among the rocks on the shore of the Thames River Friday, Sept. 18, 2020, in Groton. Fluker said she often comes to the spot because writing her thoughts and prayers in a journal gives her peace.

Ric Waterhouse gives Dina Lopes of Waterford a haircut Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020, at his Waterhouse Salon located in downtown New London. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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Gordon Angell, right, of New London holds a glass bottle that he found Saturday, Sept. 19, 2020, while his wife, Beth, marks it on the list at Ocean Beach Park during Connecticut Cleanup. They were among those who volunteered for several cleanups taking place around the state as part of the annual International Coastal Cleanup. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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Military service members gather chat while they wait in the commuter lot on Route 82 in Norwich Saturday, Sept. 19, 2020, for the start of the Irreverent Warriors Silkies Hike. The hike where veterans and active duty service members wear their combat boots and "silkies",military training shorts, is to promote mental health and suicide prevention for members of the military. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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Veterans and active duty service members walk along Route 82 in Norwich Saturday, Sept. 19, 2020, during the Irreverent Warriors Silkies Hike. The hike where veterans and active duty service members wear their combat boots and "silkies",military training shorts, is to promote mental health and suicide prevention for members of the military. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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Beck Jordan-Young, left, of New London and others attend a vigil Saturday, Sept. 19, 2020, for Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in front of New London Superior Court in downtown New London. The Rev. Carolyn Patierno of All Souls Unitarian Universalist Congregation in New London said she saw a post on the Women's March Connecticut website regarding a nationwide initiative encouraging people to go to their local courthouse and hold a vigil for Ginsburg, who died Friday. Patierno decided since there's a courthouse in town, she would get the word out for people to meet there for a vigil. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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KC Cloud of Groton holds a sign Saturday, Sept. 19, 2020, while attending a vigil for Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in front of New London Superior Court in downtown New London. The Rev. Carolyn Patierno of All Souls Unitarian Universalist Congregation in New London said she saw a post on the Women's March Connecticut website regarding a nationwide initiative encouraging people to go to their local courthouse and hold a vigil for Ginsburg, who died Friday. Patierno decided since there's a courthouse in town, she would get the word out for people to meet there for a vigil. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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