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U.S. Coast Guard veteran Rev. Wade Hyslop Jr. laughs as he receives a Connecticut Veterans Wartime Service Medal from Thomas J. Saadi, commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Veterans Affairs, during a ceremony Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2019, at New London City Hall. (Sarah Gordon/The Day)

Recognizing local veterans

Ben Turner, outdoor education director at Waterford Country School, pulls a rehabilitated barred owl from a carrier Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2019, before releasing it into a field at the school's nature center. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)

Barred owl returned to the wild at Waterford Country School

Sylvi Otter, 9, moves across a rope net Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2019, during a Ninja Zone workshop at ABC Shoreline Gymnastics in Niantic. The gym offers ninja classes twice a week, on Mondays at 4:15 p.m. and Wednesdays at 6:45 p.m., to introduce students to training basics. (Sarah Gordon/The Day)

Netting ninja skills in Niantic

Tiare, left, and Kai'Ulani, right, dancers with Kaiholunuie, a Polynesian dance group from Wallingford, lead a lesson for children attending Tropical Sunsation at Mystic Aquarium Monday, Feb. 18, 2019. Kai'Ulani is wearing a Tahitian regalia. The group taught dances from Tahiti, Hawaii and New Zealand Maori traditions. The event, which ran over the long Presidents' Day weekend, also featured Live steel drum music, diving mermaids in the Coral Reef exhibit, and a tropical fish craft for kids of all ages. Tropical Sunsation activities were free to all with paid admission to the aquarium. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)

A taste of the tropics

Cindy Shea, of East Lyme, throws donuts and pizza rolls to the seagulls at McCook Point Beach on Monday, February 18, 2019 in Niantic. Shea said she stops to feed the birds most days and usually brings donated food from Flanders Bake Shop that the store was going to throw away.

Feeding the seagulls

Al Brown, with the Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center, leads a hike through Gungywamp on Sunday, February 17, 2019 in Groton. The hundreds of acres of woodland that feature mysterious stone structures. (Sarah Gordon/The Day)

Hiking the Gungywamp

Shellfishermen work the fishing grounds Friday, Feb. 15, 2019, in the Niantic River. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)

Fishing around in East Lyme

Sujata Gadkar-Wilcox of Trumbull talks with her daughter Aksita, 2, while her daughter Ishika, 6, plays with sand and shells at Hole in the Wall Beach in Niantic on Friday, Feb. 15, 2019. Sujata Gadkar-Wilcox said they and her mother, Sheela Gadkar, not shown, were spending the day exploring Connecticut because it has so much to offer. (Dana Jensen/The Day)

Checking out the beach in Niantic

Amanda Marolda gives a cheer Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019, after being married to her husband, Dan, back right, by Justice of the Peace Marie Tyler Wiley in the meetinghouse at Olde Mystick Village in honor of Valentine's Day. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)

Valentine vows

Namgyal Lhamo, center, a kindergarten student, and other students perform a traditional Tibetan dance during a Lunar New Year event on Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019, at Mohegan Elementary School. The school celebrated the holiday with students participating in a Chinese dragon parade and Tibetan dancing. (Sarah Gordon/The Day)

Dancing in the new year

Max Hart, 3, of New London rides his scooter Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019, around the oval with his mother, Liuba Hart, and brother, Alex, 11 months, carried by Liuba Hart, as the family spends a little time at Harkness Memorial State Park in Waterford. (Dana Jensen/The Day)

Scooting around in Waterford

A small group of hooded mergansers takes off Monday, Feb. 11, 2019, from the waters of Lambert Cove in Stonington. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)

Mergansers in flight

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