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Augustine Buono of Bristol casts a line as the sun sets at Rocky Neck State Park on Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2018. Buono said he spent the late afternoon fishing from his kayak in Groton but when he noticed the weather on the drive home, he had to stop again. (Sarah Gordon/The Day)

Sunset casting in East Lyme

People are covered in powdered paint Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2018, as they run past freshmen Riley O'Donnell, second from right, and Adrianna McLane, right, at one of the stations during the Color Run/Walk event hosted by the freshman class at Mitchell College in New London. The run was one of the final project events for the freshmen's First Year Experience class at Mitchell College. There was also a bubble soccer event taking place on campus Wednesday. (Dana Jensen/The Day)

Caught in a color cloud

Sam Marsh, left, of Nashville, Tenn. and her cousin, Lydia Guzman, 14, of Pawcatuck make their way through the Nashville Music corn maze at Preston Farms Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2018. Marsh, originally from Plainfield, said while visiting family she heard the theme of the corn maze was Nashville and she just had to make it one of her stops while in the area. (Dana Jensen/The Day)

Nashville corn maze in Preston

Paola Batta of Groton plays beach volleyball with friends at Esker Point Beach in Groton while on their lunch hour Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2018. Batta and her friends, members of the Sandbox beach volleyball club, try to play at least once a month throughout the year as long as it's above 40 degrees. (Dana Jensen/The Day)

Beach volleyball on a cool day

Volunteers snap photos of

Back to the ocean

John Rose stands underneath a kite as friends and family members gather to fly kites at Harkness Memorial State Park on Sunday, October 14, 2018. Rose, of Lisbon, is an avid kite flyer who owns 80 kites, over 20 were up in the air this Sunday .

Let's go fly a lot of kites

Crew and students aboard the schooner Roseway set the fore sail as they depart New London Friday, October 12, 2018. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)

Fair winds for Roseway

Members of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy Class of 1963 move in for a closer look at their gift to the academy, a statue of Coast Guard founder Alexander Hamilton, on Friday, Oct. 12, 2018, in front of Hamilton Hall at the academy in New London, Conn. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)

Academy honors 'father of Coast Guard'

Dancers with the Eastern Connecticut Ballet rehearse the Halloween Waltz act of their annual Ballet Spooktacular show Friday, Oct. 12, 2018, at The Katharine Hepburn Performing Arts Center in Old Saybrook. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)

Spirited steps in Old Saybrook

P.J. Shaw, 16, from Sunapee, N.H., scrubs the rail as crew and students aboard the schooner Roseway clean the vessel as part of a

Swabbing the decks in New London

Roz Etra, a retired music educator and neighbor, plays her accordion as students and staff from the Stanton Network School in Norwich walk along New London Turnpike on Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018, for their third annual Walk to School Day. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)

Trekking to be taught in Norwich

Volunteers help students at the Stanton Network School in Norwich get free winter coats Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018, from local clothing company Ivory Ella, courtesy of Operation Warm. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)

Prepping for winter in Norwich

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