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From left, retired Lt. Cmdr. Carl Matteucci, Cadet Derrick Raymond, both of the New London NJROTC, Sea Cadet Patricia Krepps of the U.S. Naval Sea Cadet Nautilus Division, and Capt. Todd Moore, commanding officer of the Naval Submarine Base in Groton, cut a birthday cake during a Navy 244th birthday ceremony Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019, during the Meet Your Navy event at the Submarine Force Museum in Groton. (Dana Jensen/The Day)

Happy birthday, Navy

Judy Gadbois of Salem prepares a pie before adding a crumb crust top while Amelie Chechile, 7, closely watches while they and other volunteers work Tuesday, Oct 15, 2019, at the Christian Community Center to prepare for the 50th anniversary of the Congregational Church of Salem Apple Festival. Gadbois is one of the founding members of the festival. In the meeting area of the center, people were busy peeling, coring and slicing the apples. The group started making dough for crusts Sept. 21 and making pies on Sept. 23. The volunteers have used about 76 bushels of apples, creating 402 ten-inch double crust pies, 200 ten-inch crumb crust pies and 50 small cutie pies of each type of crust, in addition to turnovers, apple crisps and other baked goods. The festival is Saturday, Oct. 26, at the Salem Green, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. or until sold out. (Dana Jensen/The Day)

An American tradition in Salem

Francisco Peretti, left, takes a photo with his father Gustavo, center, and friend Martin Cornejo, framed by the bull gear of the Mystic River Bascule Bridge Monday, October 14, 2019. Francisco Peretti is studying in Boston and his parents are visiting from Argentina. They stopped in Mystic as one of their visits on the drive from New York to Boston.

Taking in the sights

Adi Kodzis, 7, practices her surfing with her father, Brian, at the Weekapaug Fire District Beach in Westerly Monday, October 14, 2019. Adi's mother, Lisa, watching from the beach with Adi's sisters Gema, 6, and May, 2, said the girls all have their own wetsuits and boards,

Surf lesson

Hayden Plumb, 14, of Auburn, Massachusetts, launches the caber during one of his heaves at the 32nd annual Scotland Connecticut Highland Festival Sunday, October 13, 2019 at the Waldo Homestead in Scotland, Connecticut. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)

Sights and sounds of Scotland in Connecticut

Newlyweds Shannon and Adam Gouveia, of Derry, New Hampshire, pose for photographer Nicole Thurston with their wedding party on board the schooner Amistad docked at the Mystic River Park Saturday, October 12, 2019. The couple were married at Mystic Aquarium before they gathered at the park for photos. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)

Wedding party at the wheel

Laura Gray of Old Saybrook, left, and others participate Saturday, Oct. 12, 2019, in the Witch Paddle on the Mystic River. The event was hosted by Adventure Mystic, and participants were asked to donate a coat or $20 to go toward Enders Island Recovery Retreats. (Dana Jensen/The Day)

Paddle, paddle, toil and trouble

From the kitchen doorway Jim O'Boyle of Stonington hands food orders to the servers Friday, Oct. 11, 2019, with Elaine Ahern, background left, ready to hand him another plate, during the Friday Fish Fry at the Portuguese Holy Ghost Society in Stonington Borough. O'Boyle has been a volunteer at the event for 20 years and Ahern for four years. The event runs 11 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. through Nov. 22. (Dana Jensen/The Day)

Fish Fryday in Stonington

Homeowner Dawn Harcut, left, and her granddaughter Jenessa Hudson, 9, walk through the Eerie Acres Cemetery while setting up for the Trail of Horror on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019, at 2 Old Barry Road in Quaker Hill. The 9th annual event runs this weekend, Oct. 11, 12 and 13, from 6:30 to 9:30 each night. The trail features over 15 separate

Halloween comes to Waterford

Harry Cai of Old Saybrook pauses to watch the waves crash on the rocks Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019, at Harkness Memorial State Park while fishing.

Fishing weather in Waterford

Jacob Rodriguez, center, 4, laughs with instructor Judi

Hoop dreams

The U.S. Navy Virginia-class attack submarine USS Indiana (SSN 789) passes the U.S. Coast Guard barque Eagle docked at Fort Trumbull State Park in New London on Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2019, during a transit of the Thames River en route to the Naval Submarine Base in Groton. The Indiana, the 16th vessel in the class, was assembled by Huntington Ingalls Industries in Newport News, Va., and was commissioned into service in September 2018. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)

Indiana inbound

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