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A pair of sailboats from the UConn Avery Point waterfront program catch the breeze Monday, September 24, 2018. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)

Sailing around Avery Point

Sunlight shining through the clouds cast light on boats riding at their moorings in Stonington harbor Monday, September 24, 2018. Clouds are forecast to build throughout the day Monday with rain expected overnight and through Tuesday. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)

Subtle sun over the harbor

Mahmoud Mansour, left, speaks to the crowd gathered at the Islamic Center in Groton for a vigil Saturday, Sept. 22, 2018, to show their support after the hate crime incident at the center on Friday. Autumn Hanscom, right, a neighbor of the center who helped organize the vigil, listens after saying a few words. (Dana Jensen/The Day)

Vigil held in support of Groton Islamic center

Coast Guard personnel from station New London play a game of touch football on the parade field at Fort Trumbull State Park, adjacent to the station, Friday, September 21, 2018. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)

Coast Guard touch football

Sonar Technician 3rd Class Jose Contreras spends time with his son, Elias, 1, and his wife, Sara Contreras after he and his fellow crew members of the USS California (SSN 781) arrived at the Naval Submarine Base in Groton Friday, Sept. 21, 2018 after deployment. The Virginia Class fast-attack submarine returned from the European Command Areas of Responsibility where it executed the Chief Naval Operations Maritime Strategy in support of national security interests and maritime security operations. (Dana Jensen/The Day)

Homecoming for the USS California

Spectators watch as a crew from Ground Up Construction demolishes the former John's Mystic River Tavern on Cottrell Street in Mystic on Thursday, Sept. 20, 2018. The bar closed in December of last year and in January it was announced that the adjacent Whaler's Inn had purchased the building. The Whaler’s Inn also recently demolished the two adjacent residential structures at 1 and 3 Haley St. Plans have yet to be announced for the site. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)

Demolition of John's Mystic River Tavern begins

The Pre Commissioning Unit (PCU) South Dakota (SSN 790) is moved from its berth at General Dynamics Electric Boat to the U.S. Naval Submarine Base in Groton on Thursday, Sept. 20, 2018. The South Dakota is the 17th boat in the Virginia class of nuclear attack submarines. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)

Moving day

People wait in line and are interviewed by WFSB during a casting call for the reality television show Survivor in the mall concourse at Mohegan Sun in Uncasville Thursday, Sept. 20, 2018. (Dana Jensen/The Day)

Casting for Survivor

Amanda LoMonte, of Shelton High School, goes down as she and her paddling partner Max Klein, charge into the water at the start of the third high school heat of the 8th annual UConn Avery Point/UConn Early College Experience cardboard boat races Wednesday, September 19, 2018 at Eastern Point Beach in Groton. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)

Off to the cardboard boat races

Connecticut College freshmen India Robert, left, and Nora Ozer take advantage of the nice weather to study outside in-between classes on Wednesday, September 19, 2018, at the school's Tempel Green. (Sarah Gordon/The Day)

Study break on the green

Construction workers set up scaffolding along the roof of Union Station in New London on Monday, Sept. 17, 2018. (Sarah Gordon/The Day)

Union Station getting some repairs

Sam Johnson of East Haddam looks at the double rainbow while walking across the lawn at Harkness Memorial State Park to go fishing at sunset Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2018. (Dana Jensen/The Day)

Chasing a rainbow

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