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Kids sail Optimist dinghies through the upper lagoon of Groton Long Point during a session of the yacht club's Seashell sailing program on Monday, August 19, 2019. (Sarah Gordon/The Day)

Summer sailing

Alejandro Long, 9, a member of the Mohegan and Taino nations, gets some help with his dancing regalia from parents Marisol and Shane during the Mohegan Wigwam Festival at Fort Shantok on Sunday, August 18, 2019, in Uncasville. (Sarah Gordon/The Day)

Mohegan Wigwam Festival gives thanks

Pedro 'Kepa' Mendia of Cheshire and others attending the Basque Festival join members of the Ruby Mountain Ardi Baltsa dance group in a dance on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2019. The event took place on Parade Plaza in New London and was hosted by the New England Basque Club. (Dana Jensen/The Day)

Basking in Basque culture in New London

People look at one of the several privately owned aircraft on display Saturday, Aug. 17, 2019, during the National Aviation Day open house at Groton-New London Airport in Groton. At the event aircrafts were on display, booths with introductions to aviation/aerospace organizations were in the airport terminal and tours of airport facilities were available. (Dana Jensen/The Day)

Aviation up close in Groton

Ann Evans, left, and Lori Caine, both of Lyme and volunteers with the Lyme Garden Club, place flora culture and floral arrangement entries in the correct categories before the Hamburg Fair opens Friday night, Aug. 16, 2019, at the fairgrounds in Lyme. The fair runs through Sunday. (Dana Jensen/The Day)

Flair for the fair in Lyme

Ryan Craig, left, of Waterford gets started fishing Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019, while his brother, Devin, works on fixing the line on his fishing rod soon after arriving at Pattagansett Lake in East Lyme. (Dana Jensen/The Day)

Gone fishin' in East Lyme

Tyler Gates, 4, climbs out of a construction vehicle with some help from his grandmother Michelle Ripley, both of Old Lyme, following a construction truck storytime event Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019, at Waterford Public Library. (Sarah Gordon/The Day)

Words and work trucks at Waterford library

A crowd watches as cars approach the finish line in a zucchini car derby on Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2019, during the Ledyard Farmers Market. Hosted by the Boy Scout Troop 16, the inaugural race at the Ledyard Fairgrounds featured car bodies made of zucchini, squash or cucumbers with wheels. (Sarah Gordon/The Day)

Squash the competition

People stop to look a birds flying over the Dr. William A. Niering Natural Area Preserve on Wednesday, April 14, 2019, at Harkness Memorial State Park in Waterford. (Dana Jensen/The Day)

Birdwatching at Harkness

Jenine Toback of East Lyme, right, is handed a glass of wine from David Goldschneider, left, while visiting with him and his wife, Margaret, of Waterford during the reception of the Farm to Pier dinner Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2019, on Custom House Pier at New London Waterfront Park. The event was hosted by Neff Productions, which will be donating the proceeds to New England Science & Sailing, a nonprofit ocean adventure organization that offers science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM, education programs. (Dana Jensen/The Day)

Dining farm to pier in New London

The Wittwer family of Voluntown, with family members visiting from New York and Germany, pause to take a picture in the rain Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2019, with the gnome in front of Bestemors, a Scandinavian gift shop, at Olde Mistick Village in Mystic. (Dana Jensen/The Day)

Rainy Tuesday traipsing

Lee Seger, 9, cheers as he watches the outbound USS North Dakota (SSN-784) in the Thames River with, from left, grandmother Bobbi Seger, mother Kourtney Seger and sister Gaige Seger, 5, on Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2019, at Eastern Point Beach in Groton. (Sarah Gordon/The Day)

Soggy send-off in Groton

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