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Kris Grills, from New London Firefighters Pipe and Drum, leads a small parade as Kathryn Smith, second from right, who graduated from the University of Saint Andrews in Scotland with the Class of 2020, walks with her mother Karen as she celebrates her graduation with friends and family in Stonington on Sunday, July 12, 2020. The Scottish tradition is for graduates to be joined by bagpipers as they walk through town following commencement exercises. “We just wanted to do something as close as we could,

A Scottish graduation

Lola and Luis Sosa of New Britain take a photo together Saturday, July 11, 2020, among the fire monitors mounted atop the historic fireboat Fire Fighter docked at the Custom House Pier in New London. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)

Historic fireboat on display in New London

Surfers bob in the water Saturday, July 11, 2020, awaiting a wave off the Weekapaug Fire District Beach in Westerly. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)

Waiting on a wave in Westerly

New London recreation department lifeguards, from left, Fiona Hook, Callan Veltheim and Jake Gannotti, take shelter from the rain Friday, July 10, 2020, inside their office at Greens Harbor Beach. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)

Lifeguards under cover

Aiden Wilson, 10, of East Providence splashes in the cascade from Chapman Falls on Thursday, July 9, 2020, in Devil's Hopyard State Park in East Haddam. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)

Finding relief from the heat in East Haddam

A bumblebee searches for nectar on pickerelweed blossoms as the historic Chester-Hadlyme Ferry M/V Selden III crosses the Connecticut River Thursday, July 9, 2020 in the shadow of Gillette Castle State Park. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)

It's ferry season in Hadlyme

A cyclist moves along Groton Long Point Road on Thursday, July 9, 2020, as kayakers move through Palmer Cove in Groton. (Sarah Gordon/The Day)

Kayakers take to the cove in Groton

Adeline Smith of East Lyme works on her basketball skills Thursday, July 9, 2020, on the courts at Peretz Park in Niantic. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)

Getting in some practice time in East Lyme

The Mystic schooner Argia on Wednesday, July 8, 2020, passes through a Noank shipyard. (Sarah Gordon/The Day)

Ship for sail out of Mystic

Beachgoers play along the rocks of duBois Beach as sailboats move past on Wednesday, July 8, 2020, in Stonington. (Sarah Gordon/The Day)

Spending the day on the rocks in Stonington

Junior staff members Renasha Brown, left, and Makeeda Bandele, work on tying up green beans at a community garden in New London on Tuesday, July 7, 2020. The nine beds, located on Broad Street in front of the Ledge Light Health District office, are part of the Snack Bed Working Group of FRESH New London´s five-year Urban Agriculture Plan. Home to tomatoes, beans, collard greens and other vegetables, the garden is maintained by FRESH and community members are invited to pick produce. (Sarah Gordon / The Day)

Working in the garden

Matt Zeppieri, with Groton City Parks and Recreation, uses a gas-powered trimmer to take down the tall grass growing in the wetlands known as Lake George in Washington Park Tuesday, July 7, 2020. Zeppieri said the mower usually used on the area was out of service so he was using the trimmer on a wider area than usual. The trimmer is typically used only on the tall grasses around the deeper waterways. The area used to be flooded in the winter for use as a skating pond. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)

In the weeds

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