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Coming January 13, 2021: A weekly true crime podcast investigating the Todt family murders. How did a well-known family man wind up accused of murdering his wife, three children and dog and living with their bodies for weeks?

After years on death row, pit bull gets sanctuary

Emily DeRoehn - All-Area Girls' Soccer Player of the Year

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Brant geese take off Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021, with a man walking in the background at Harkness Memorial State Park in Waterford. (Dana Jensen/The Day)

Seaside offers solace in Waterford

Tanya and Lloyd Wessam of Groton enter Fort Griswold through the sally-port Friday, Jan. 15, 2021, during their first visit to Fort Griswold Battlefield State Park in Groton. (Dana Jensen/The Day)

During pandemic, families take to exploring their own neighborhood

The Oswegatchie Fire Company's 1967 Mack pumper passes under a 50-foot U.S. flag Friday, Jan. 15, 2021, while carrying the casket of Don Kutz, the Montville Fire Company's deputy chief, in a funeral procession to the Comstock Cemetery in Montville. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)

Montville firefighters honor deputy chief who died of COVID-19

Brothers Emmett Boyle, front, 11, and Elliott, 8, of Stonington try to see who can go higher on the swings Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021, at the Stonington Borough Playground. (Sarah Gordon/The Day)

A trip to Stonington playground offers a break from school

Friends, clockwise from left, Pat and Corinne Ingellis of Old Saybrook and Pat and Eileen Howley of Rhode Island laugh Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021, as they enjoy an outdoor lunch at Stonington Point. (Sarah Gordon/The Day)

Friends look to outdoors for pandemic gatherings

Megan McDuffee of Groton and her son, Burlington, 10 months, in the child backpack carrier, watches from the starting line as her sons, Cormac, 4, front left, Callan, 6, front right, and daughter, Oakley, 2, trailing behind, have a foot race Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021, while spending time on the trails at Haley Farm State Park in Groton. (Dana Jensen/The Day)

Seizing the day: Groton mother shows gratitude by embracing life in Groton

Friends, from left, Tyler Enz, Dylan Johnson and Connor Foerster, all 13 and of Waterford, skateboard along a path Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021, at Harkness Memorial State Park in Waterford. (Sarah Gordon/The Day)

Skateboarding with friends at Harkness

Beachgoers walk along the Ocean Beach side of Alewife Cove as the Cross Sound Ferry New London passes by in the background Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021, as seen from Waterford Beach Park. (Sarah Gordon/The Day)

Beaches seeing some visitors amid mild conditions

Steve Lamb, a tuba player with the United States Coast Guard Band takes a break from his playing duties to record video of the band marching across the Washington Parade Field on Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021, at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London to make a recording to be included in the virtual inaugural parade for President Joe Biden. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)

Coast Guard Band does leg work for Biden's virtual inaugural parade

Artist Candice Flewharty fine-tunes details Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021, on her mural depicting a variety of local birds on a building at 15 Town St. in Norwich. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)

This mural's for the birds in Norwich

Jamie Baxter of Taftville sits on a dock Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021, overlooking the Mystic River. (Sarah Gordon/The Day)

Taking in the view from the dock in Mystic

Rick Scarpa waves his flag and cheers from a parking lot in Groton as the U.S. Navy Virginia-class attack submarine USS North Dakota comes into view on the Thames River en route to the Naval Submarine Base in Groton Monday, January 11, 2020. Scarpa, a retired navy chief petty officer and submariner, is friends with the Chief of the Boat on the North Dakota and is three years removed from the last homecoming of his career. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)

A welcome home salute

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Seaside offers solace in Waterford

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Seizing the day: Groton mother shows gratitude by embracing life in Groton

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Seaside offers solace in Waterford

During pandemic, families take to exploring their own neighborhood

Montville firefighters honor deputy chief who died of COVID-19

A trip to Stonington playground offers a break from school

Friends look to outdoors for pandemic gatherings

Seizing the day: Groton mother shows gratitude by embracing life in Groton

Skateboarding with friends at Harkness

Beaches seeing some visitors amid mild conditions

Coast Guard Band does leg work for Biden's virtual inaugural parade

This mural's for the birds in Norwich

Taking in the view from the dock in Mystic

A welcome home salute

USS North Dakota returns to U.S. Naval Submarine Base New London following deployment

Outdoor ceremonies and protests mark opening of 2021 state legislature

The Day's Best Photos of 2020

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