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PHOTOS OF THE DAY

University of Connecticut, Avery Point, students, from left, Will Robinson, Larissa Tabb and Bella Langlois sip their soft drinks and cheer on the competitors in the final championship heat of the 9th annual UConn-Avery Point/Early College Experience cardboard boat races from the Tub II, their entry in an earlier heat, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019, at Eastern Point Beach in Groton. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)

Waterlogged watercraft

Al Valverde, center, and Jason Chase, right, employees of Action Amusements, work with the owner Jeff Mullen, left, blocked from view, to remove the horses from the carousel Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019, at Ocean Beach Park in New London to be put in storage for the winter. (Dana Jensen/The Day)

End of a season at Ocean Beach

Amy Prevost, left, of Ivoryton shrugs her shoulders Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019, after taping her audition while her sister, Cathy Hilt, right, of Niantic finishes her audition while being taped by local CBS television affiliate WFSB during the open casting call for CBS's

Vying for a chance at 'The Price is Right'

A raucous crowd cheers as the Flock Theatre company stages its annual Burning of Benedict Arnold on Saturday, Sept. 14, 2019 at the New London Waterfront Park. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)

New London takes revenge

Kayakers paddle Friday, Sept. 13, 2019, by the stern of the U.S. Coast Guard barque Eagle docked at City Pier in New London. Eagle is among a dozen vessels in town for the Connecticut Maritime Heritage Festival and will be open for tours Saturday and Sunday. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)

A matter of scale in New London

Four great egrets and a blue heron perch on the branches of a fallen tree Friday, Sept. 13, 2019, over a flock of Canada geese in a pond on Shennecossett Road in Groton. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)

Birds of different feathers in Groton flock together

From left, Andrew, 4, his sister Elizabeth, 3, and mother Jennie Talstein react Thursday, Sept. 12, 2019, to seeing the children's father, Officer Todd Talstein, standing on the U.S. Navy Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Toledo (SSN 769) as it returns to the Naval Submarine Base in Groton. The Toledo, commissioned in 1995, was supporting national security interests and maritime security operations. (Sarah Gordon/The Day)

Holy Toledo! Sub comes home

Volunteers Allison Daniels, left, and Randi Skodras, both with Citizens Bank, look for trash Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2019, along State Street during a community cleanup. The event, organized by the Public Library of New London, was to honor and remember those who were injured or killed during the U.S. terrorist attacks on 9/11 and started with a moment of silence. (Sarah Gordon/The Day)

Cleanup commemoration

Jennifer Brissette and Carm Hebert take photos together Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2019, on the rocks at Eastern Point Beach in Groton as the schooner Mystic Whaler sails by at the mouth of New London Harbor. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)

Selfie with sails

From top, friends Quinn Holsapple, 8, Kylie Tamura, 10, and Hannah Hausner, 12, all of East Lyme, climb a tree while their siblings compete in an Eastern Connecticut Conference cross country meet on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2019, at Haley Farm State Park in Groton. (Sarah Gordon/The Day)

Branching out in Groton

Connecticut catboat

Eversource volunteers, including Rachel Burdick, center, help raise front walls Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2019, during a ceremony for a new Habitat for Humanity home in Norwich. The duplex on Golden Street, for which construction is expected to be completed in February, will be the first of 14 new homes built by the agency in urban Norwich neighborhoods. The agency has been raising money for the past three years for the estimated combined project cost of $2.3 million, Habitat Executive Director Terri O'Rourke said. (Sarah Gordon/The Day)

Raising the house in Norwich

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