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Lights for Liberty in Norwich

By Tim Cook

Dozens gather at Howard T. Brown Memorial Park in Norwich to take part in the Lights for Liberty national protest and vigil against the mistreatment of immigrants in border detention centers.

One man's crusade

Time lapse: Sunset from Stonington Point

5-year-old leads clean-up effort in New London

A night of baseball and family fun at Dodd Stadium

The Day's 2018-2019 Athletes of the Year banquet

Time lapse: North Stonington wood pavilion raised in five hours

A reunion with history aboard the M/V Cape Henlopen

Public weighs in on Smiler's Wharf development

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Director Carolyn Whinnem leads the Old Lyme Town Band during a concert Tuesday, July 16, 2019, at Riverside Park in Mystic. The Summer Sounds Concert Series, presented by Noank-Mystic Community Band, features local musicians every Tuesday at 7 p.m. at the park through Aug. 6. (Sarah Gordon/The Day)

Summer Sounds in Mystic

Meredith Howard, left, of Broken Arrow, Okla., and Marlene Fein of Simsbury on Tuesday, July 16, 2019, spend time watching all the ospreys nesting in the area of the Great Island State Boat Launch in Old Lyme. (Dana Jensen/The Day)

Birdwatching in Old Lyme

Bryan Williams of Rainbow Amusement Company, left, and Dylan Button, 16, roll one of the cars in place Tuesday, July 16, 2019, while they set up the Kiddie Cars ride for the St. John's Carnival in Niantic. Button decided to help out while accompanying his father, Allen Button, an employee of Rainbow Amusement. The carnival, located on St. John's Green, opens at 6 p.m. Friday and runs through Sunday. (Dana Jensen/The Day)

Carnival rolling in to East Lyme

A painted lady butterfly (Vanessa cardui) alights on a buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentals) along the edge of the pond in the Connecticut College Arboretum Monday, July 15, 2019. The 750-acre arboretum contains 5,984 scientifically documented living plants in its collections representing 809 taxa as 2,537 trees, 3,413 shrubs, and 34 vines. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)

A paradise for butterflies

People share a laugh Friday, July 12, 2019, while stopped along New London's Waterfront Park on opening night of Sailfest. (Dana Jensen/The Day)

Sailfest begins

Whole lotta hoopla in Stonington

Joe Hancock, quartermaster for the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 189 in New London, obscured, and his brother, auxiliary member Bob Hancock, place a flag on the fire Wednesday, July 10, 2019, during a flag retirement ceremony. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)

Retiring Old Glory

Ella Ververis, 8, reaches for her order from Mike Powers, left, while she and her father, Tim Ververis, and sister, Madilynn Gruss, 10, and others visit the Flavor King ice cream truck Tuesday, July 9, 2019, during its stop at Gutherie Beach in New London. (Dana Jensen/The Day)

Getting a taste of summer

People get some sun Tuesday, July 9, 2019, while aboard a sailboat moored off shore from New London. (Dana Jensen/The Day)

Sun on the water

Haley Sharack, a transformational wellness, optimal health and embodiment coach, leads a summer outdoor yoga class Tuesday, July 9, 2019, at Harkness Memorial State Park in Waterford. (Dana Jensen/The Day)

Exercise by the sea

Dianne Daniels paints the columns of her 1865 Greek Revival house Tuesday, July 9, 2019, on Union Street in Norwich. Daniels, who purchased the home in 1998 with her husband, Al, says this is

Greek Revival revival

Nicole Hirchart holds her son Antonio Gonzalez, 4, to peer through the coin-operated siteseeing binoculars at the end of the Custom House Pier in New London Monday, July 8, 2019 as daughter Yazmarissa Jimenez, 2, not pictured, naps in her stroller. Hirchart says the pier is among her son's favorite spots, even in winter, and today he delighted in spotting an egret wading in the shallows. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)

Seeing sites

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