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Stonington Borough Highway Department employee Gary Farrell, left, and foreman Sue Cordeiro, back, use gas-powered leaf blowers Thursday, Nov. 14, 2019, to clear the lawn of Wadawanuck Square. Cordeiro, who has worked for the highway department for 38 years, says this is the third, of likely four, clearings of the lawn this fall. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)

Turning a leaf in Stonington

Steve Plona of Secor Auto Group gets a Lotus ready to show Thursday, Nov. 14, 2019, during preparations for the Connecticut International Auto Show at the Mohegan Sun Expo Center. The annual event runs Friday, Nov. 15, through Saturday, Nov. 17, and features 25 different car lines and hundreds of vehicles. Admission is $14 for adults and $6 for children, military are free with ID. For more information, visit www.ctautoshow.com. (Sarah Gordon/The Day)

Auto show drives in to Mohegan Sun on Friday

Courtney Wilson of Mystic plays with her dog Ezra at Esker Point Beach on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2019, in Groton. (Sarah Gordon/The Day)

Dog's day at the beach in Groton

Kyle Heard, 17, left, of Boy Scout Troop 4 of Norwich, attaches a perch to his osprey nest attached to the top of a 35-foot-tall pole, with the help of Norwich Public Utilities lineman Jeff Burgess, right, while working to install the nest Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2019, off Route 32 in the area of Norwich Harbor. The osprey nest is Heard's Eagle Scout project that he built with the help of members of his troop with materials donated by Lowe's and Norwich Lumber. NPU's help installing the pole was a free service. To install the osprey nest, Heard had to have approval from the Norwich Harbor Management Commission and state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, and permission of the owner of the land where the nest was placed. (Dana Jensen/The Day)

Eagle project for ospreys

A scuba diver waves to children while swimming with fish at Mystic Aquarium during a Toddler Tuesday Green Bubble Party event on Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019. During the event children were also able to blow homemade eco-friendly bubbles. (Dana Jensen/The Day)

Underwater wave

Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 270 member Jerry Donat holds the stars and stripes during the East Lyme Veterans Council Veterans Day ceremony Monday, Nov. 11, 2019, at the Niantic Liberty Green. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)

East Lyme honors veterans

Boy Scout Nathan Jankowski, 15, unfurls a flag placed on Water Street in Mystic as he and fellow scouts from BSA Troop 76 and Pack 200 place flags along East and West Main streets in Mystic Monday, November 11, 2019 for Veterans Day. The scouts are chartered through St. Patrick Church on East Main Street and along with family members place the flags between Broadway on the Stonington side of Mystic and Water Street on the Groton side. The scouts, acting for the Mystic Flag Committee, place flags for Veterans Day, Memorial Day, Flag Day, Independence Day, and Columbus Day. Flags are placed starting at sunrise, around 7 a.m. and the scouts return at 4 p.m. to remove the flags. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)

Scouts place flags for Veterans Day

Ron LaBonte, left, and presenter Sue Spang, right, look at honoree Janet Griggs during the Salem Unsung Heroes Awards on Sunday, November 10, 2019, at the Gardner Lake Volunteer Fire Company Firehouse. The 10th award ceremony honored 11 recipients for their years of commitment to volunteerism and community service. The program was established in 1989 by a bipartisan coalition to showcase civic virtue within the community, and to promote future volunteerism efforts. (Sarah Gordon/The Day)

Salem honors its unsung heroes

The Ledyard High School Concert Choir sings

Musical tribute

The Latimer Reef Light stands against the cold wind Friday, Nov. 8, 2019, on Fishers Island Sound off of Stonington. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)

Cold sentinel

Amtrak passengers huddle against the cold Friday, Nov. 8, 2019, as they wait on the platform at Union Station in New London for the 9:35 a.m. Northeast Regional to Boston. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)

Cold commute

Crew members aboard the U.S. Coast Guard barque Eagle, from left, Seamen Austin Amador, Wesley Tallman and Cord Toth, work Thursday, Nov. 7, 2019, at unbending the main t'gallant sail. Eagle carries a complement of 23 sails with a sail area of 22,227 square feet. Four or five of the sails will be unbent, or taken down, this fall for evaluation and maintenance over the winter. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)

Working aloft in New London

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