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Caleb Espinosa, 7, of Ledyard volunteers to allow a blue tongue skink, held by Brian Kleinman of Riverside Reptiles, to touch his nose with its blue tongue during the Reptiles and Amphibians event at the Bill Memorial Library in the City of Groton on Wednesday, April 18, 2018. (Dana Jensen/The Day)

Up close and personal

Matthew Curtiss, of Groton, attempts to set up a hammock for sons Grayson, 4, and Kaden, 3, (not pictured) as the wind blows on Wednesday, April 18, 2018, at Harkness Memorial State Park.

It's hammock time

Eric Tarulli of Sound Beach, N.Y., prepares his 32-foot sailboat

Preparing to sail

Volunteers Seaman Griffin Hayes, left, Zachariah Stover, second from left, co-organizer of the event, Petty Officer 3rd Class Bradley Cook, second from right, and Petty Officer 2nd Class Brandon Hester, right, work together picking up trash along Central Avenue during the spring cleanup in the Greeneville section of Norwich on Tuesday, April 17, 2018. The spring cleanup was held by the Greeneville Neighborhood Revitalization Zone and volunteers picked up trash along North Main Street, Central Avenue, Prospect Street and some of the side roads. Hayes, Cook and Hester are with the Navy Information Operations Detachment in Groton. (Dana Jensen/The Day)

Spring cleaning

Captain Neal Kurk, with the Free Men of the Sea, addresses the crowd as the group gets ready for a small cannon demonstration during Pirate Days on Tuesday, April 17, 2018, at the Mystic Seaport. The event continues tomorrow at the seaport starting at 10 a.m. with a treasure hunt, games, live question and answers and performances. (Sarah Gordon/The Day)

Pirate Days at Mystic Seaport

Jim Auclair, with the City of Groton Parks and Recreation, puts down the first base line while preparing the baseball field at Washington Park for the UConn Avery Point vs. Massasoit Community College baseball game on Tuesday, April 17, 2018. (Dana Jensen/The Day)

Drawing the line in Groton

Local students are joined by parents in prayer as they get ready to depart on the annual Historically Black College Alumni Association bus tour Monday, April 16, 2018, at New London High School. The 26th annual tour will take students to Morgan State University, Howard University, Coppin State University, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, University of Delaware, Delaware State University, as well other educational stops. (Sarah Gordon/The Day)

A prayer before departing on annual college tour

A tour group hides under umbrellas as they walk through Connecticut College's campus on Monday, April 16, 2018, in New London. (Sarah Gordon/The Day)

Keeping dry

Station members use the jaws of life during a demonstration at Volunteer Firefighter Day on Sunday, April 15, 2018, at Cohanzie Fire Company #5 in Waterford. The station was the sole department selected to hold the open house in the state of Connecticut. (Sarah Gordon/The Day)

Volunteer Firefighter Day

Mckyia Garner, 13, of Ledyard decides its time to move after catching a pond weed while fishing Saturday, April 14, 2018, at Long Pond in Ledyard. Earlier in the day, Garner caught a 20.5-inch brown trout, weighing about 4 pounds, during opening day for the 2018 fishing season. Garner was fishing with member of his family, who said the water temperature was only 49 degrees. (Tim Martin/The Day)

Gone fishing in Ledyard

A worker watches a fellow worker climb the ladder to the top of the new Norwich Public Utilities water tank in Mohegan Park in Norwich so they can install safety switches for security Friday, April 13, 2018. Construction of 2.5-million-gallon tank, which is 73 feet in diameter and 86 feet tall, began in the summer of 2017. (Dana Jensen/The Day)

Got water?

Carl Holdridge operates a tractor with a manure spreader in tow, spreading manure over a large field on the grounds of Wychwood Farm in Stonington on Friday, April 13, 2018. The former turkey farm was founded in 1966, and owned by George and Ann Brown of Stonington, who still reside on the farm but have since retired. The field is used to harvest corn, providing nutrition for livestock, and rented to the Beriah Lewis Farm, a dairy farm in North Stonington. Holdridge has been farming the land on and off since the 1960s. (Tim Martin/The Day)

Field prep in Stonington

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