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During the event members of local indigenous tribes performed traditional dances and held a drum circle before speakers and a moment of silence for George Floyd. “We’re standing on beautiful soil and beautiful land,” said organizer and City Councilor Curtis Goodwin. “And this, today, is called history.” The City Council voted late Tuesday to remove the statue from display in any public property in the city and the New London Police Department announced it would not be pursuing charges in the "incidents of criminal mischief" during demonstrations on June 6, when the statue, a police substation and a cruiser were spray-painted. (Sarah Gordon / The Day) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1570298407669-8GPS0TVXY50PQH7Y71B9/0816+DAY+Metropolitan+Windows+SG+20170815+001+2.jpg Portfolio Workers with DC Construction Barry Huntoon, left, and Vince Haggett, center, work on a window frame of the Metropolitan Hotel building as Ben Ceccarelli, 12 years old, looks out a window at Bank Street on Tuesday, August 15, 2017, in New London. The building was recently purchased by Brandt Gentry in September of 2016 and renovation plans have not been made known. (The Day) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1669165988479-I8HUCMYL3LADPGTXFQL7/1231+DAY+2020FAVS+Rally+SG.JPG Portfolio Taylor Wininger-Sieve, of Waterford, screams “I can’t breath” during a Walk for Justice in Waterford on Sunday, June 14, 2020. Several hundred participated in the march and rally that went from Clark Lane Middle School to the Town Hall and Police Station before returning. (Sarah Gordon / The Day) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1570298427093-U4LDGOSL0YGL3917ZFHS/1015854872+OL+BSOCC+20190912+SG+001.JPG Portfolio Old Lyme's Rory Cavicke (9) kicks a ball past North Branford's Jason Stanford (17) during a boys soccer game on Thursday, September 12, 2019 at Colafati Field. (The Day) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1763332494863-3TVQMDAJ06TF4BMCOMCK/FTSG_8454921422_RescueTraining.JPG Portfolio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1669165985026-VCRK2Q124U59M1PVONWJ/1225+DAY+2021+FAVS+SG+04.JPG Portfolio Juno, a Beluga whale, swims by as Meghan Smith, with Hot on Bank, leads a yoga class during a BeluYOGA event at the Mystic Aquarium on Wednesday, July 7, 2021. The class is a collaboration between the aquarium and the New London based yoga school which recently opened a second location at 11 Main St. in Old Mystic. Smith said the aquarium is starting a “Wellness Wednesday” program and when they reached out to her to teach the classes she was so grateful to be included. “These guys (the whales) are so famous,” she said laughing, “I’m so excited to teach them.” (Sarah Gordon/The Day) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1451778230191-M2DV6H8FRHCR7WR60M5D/Shop+with+a+Cop.JPG Portfolio Audrea Martinez, right, 9 of Richland, tries to break up a play toy fight between her brother Roman Canon, 5, and Richland Police Department Officer Eric Edwards Saturday December 12, 2015 during the Shop with a Cop event at the Richland Wal-Mart. Multiple local law enforcement agencies helped local kids holiday shop with $100 gift cards during the second of three local events. (Tri-City Herald) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1570298415800-E3GHK1KUV7CIEUMYSPQ4/0822+DAY+Eid+al-Adha+20180821+SG+001.jpg Portfolio Adam Aboudawd celebrates with his cousin Eyad Alawi, 2, as members of the Islamic Center of New London gather for a prayer to celebrate Eid al-Adha on Tuesday, August 21, 2018 at Washington Park in Groton. The holiday, also referred to as the Festival of Sacrifice, honors the willingness of Abraham to sacrifice his son as an act of obedience to God’s command. (The Day) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1688651952705-L6EYK8Y0RTXGM0S8WXFE/CTNLD101+Sky+Sun+Basketball+SG.jpg Portfolio Connecticut Sun’s Alyssa Thomas (25) puts up a basket against Chicago Sky’s Robyn Parks (21) during a WNBA basketball game at Mohegan Sun Arena Sunday, June 25, 2023. (Sarah Gordon/The Day) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1669165985297-VTKD9A4Q9VS95UQWMQK2/1225+DAY+2021+FAVS+SG+01.JPG Portfolio Residents, from left, Marge Roggero, Pat McFarlane, and Kathryn Bergeeron participate in a chair yoga class at Beechwood in New London on Wednesday, March 10, 2021. The nursing home has recently restarted indoor group activities in a small socially distanced setting. (Sarah Gordon/The Day) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1669165989273-77L2GUL9KYZFXO6KMR7A/1231+DAY+2020FAVS+Trump+Floatilla+SG.JPG Portfolio Maureen Lawton, center, of Naragansett, holds up a Donald Trump doll as she cheers during the Trump Boat Floatilla along the Mystic River on Sunday, September 13, 2020. More than 800 boats flying pro-Trump flags and carrying groups of cheering supporters of the president paraded up the Mystic River on Sunday afternoon. (Sarah Gordon/ The Day) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1451778134627-B7B19HB5QRBYY93A9KHV/Harpster+Barn.JPG Portfolio (Ashland Times-Gazette) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1451778093374-U76HM07928VLLV3RN25L/Hospice+Vows.JPG Portfolio Family members react as Martin, right and Angelene, center, Bates renew their vows Thursday during a ceremony at the Tri-Cities Chaplaincy's Hospice House in Kennewick. The Prosser couple, who met in Oregon when Martin was just 16, have been married for 46 years. Angelene, who has been battling ovarian cancer for three years, was admitted to hospice on Wednesday June 17 and nurses decided to organize the ceremony. "We always wanted to renew our vows," said Martin, "we just never had the money. Now I know that really all you need is love." Joining them are, from left, Chaplain Cheryl Kulas, nephew John Bales and children Martin Bales Jr., Jeremy Bales, Vonda Miller and Travis Bales. (Tri-City Herald) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1570298398570-5RJ3AFZUVIRCM3JNLVZE/0513+Environment+Painting+001+SG+20170512+2.jpg Portfolio Connecticut College sophomores Emily Ehler, right, and Emily Senatore, left, laugh as they paint classmate Caitlyn Teare, center, into the "One Place Many Cultures" mural on Friday, May 12, 2017, as part of their final for a color theory class "Decoding Color" in downtown New London. For their final project class members worked in teams to find an urban space and camouflage a classmate into the environment. (The Day) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1570298423982-WRFYEAZP4S3Q9FBORDGD/1011232524+Lantern+Hill+Sunrise+20180320+SG+005+.JPG Portfolio Spectators watch as the Westerly Morris Men mark the sunrise of the first day of spring on Tuesday, March 20, 2018, on top of Lantern Hill in North Stonington. The a traditional English ritual dancing group was founded over 40 years ago and has been performing the rite of spring dances for over 30 years. (The Day) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1669165987319-Z72HEM0GQATAEE87CA0O/1231+DAY+2020FAVS+Plane+House+SG.JPG Portfolio Crew members with Anglin Aircraft Recovery Services look through the debris on Wednesday, August 19, 2020, at the scene where a plane crashed into a home on Monday evening at 243 Ring Drive in Groton. 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She has been working at Trios Health for over 38 years. Most of those years have been spent on the overnight shift. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1458951546034-FWG9QG7C6X44O6GP1FCV/Patsy+Haeg003.JPG 24 Hours Patsy Haeg, an overnight charge nurse in the emergency department at Trios Southridge Hospital in Kennewick, talks with a patient during the 1 a.m. hour.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1458951551336-WZPMNUXJB6EIY32MIY9C/Patsy+Haeg004.JPG 24 Hours Patsy Haeg, an overnight charge nurse in the emergency department at Trios Southridge Hospital in Kennewick, laughs as she talks with coworkers during the 1 a.m. hour.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1458951554012-Z341TQA6BZIZCRGVSRFD/Patsy+Haeg005.JPG 24 Hours Patsy Haeg, an overnight charge nurse in the emergency department at Trios Southridge Hospital in Kennewick, talks with coworkers during the 1 a.m. hour https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1458951565247-CLIRTTVE8P1SPISDL52H/Patsy+Haeg009.JPG 24 Hours Patsy Haeg, an overnight charge nurse in the emergency department at Trios Southridge Hospital in Kennewick, talks with coworker Loran Judy while getting supplies in the medication room during the 1 a.m. hour   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1458951925832-91GK1LN609W4FH29WM3C/HOURS+Carol+LeCompte001.JPG 24 Hours Carol LeCompte, 66, of Kennewick, says praying in the early morning hours is renewing. “You cannot come into our Lord’s presence and not be changed,” she said.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1458951917838-67CC4ZSZPH3FNKX0JCQG/HOURS+Carol+LeCompte003.JPG 24 Hours Carol LeCompte, 66, of Kennewick, sits quietly as she prays at the perpetual adoration chapel at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Kennewick during the 2 a.m. hour. LeCompte, who is the coordinator of the program, spends a few early morning hours a week in the chapel.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1458951914937-1214ULIIO72ZJAVCVKTK/HOURS+Carol+LeCompte002.JPG 24 Hours Carol LeCompte, 66, of Kennewick, is the coordinator of the perpetual adoration devotion and ministry program at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Kennewick. About 200 volunteers take turns praying and worshipping God in the chapel around the clock.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1458951920332-89QT4ZGI9MUVI2VDJ7E9/HOURS+Carol+LeCompte004.JPG 24 Hours Carol LeCompte, 66, of Kennewick, holds rosary beads and prays in the perpetual adoration chapel at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Kennewick during the 2 a.m. hour. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1458952214404-1F2IQJNXDTMRD5LFNVKV/Hours+Angela+Deahl002.JPG 24 Hours Angela Deahl, an equipment operator, stands in front of a wall of equipment during her overnight shift at the Columbia Generating Station near Richland. 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A meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Pendleton for over two decades she uses advanced technology to keep an eye on the weather and inform the public, even overnight.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1458952520828-9MUUT3VNUJ4SN0Z7BPGS/HOURS+Mary+Wister003.JPG 24 Hours Various weather maps and computer screens of satellite and radar images frame meterologist Mary Wister as she talks to a co-worker during an overnight shift at the National Weather Service in Pendleton. With two decades in the field, Wister has seen significant technological advancements that change how she does her job   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1458952523077-Q911R3OJZUEDTOVZS38T/HOURS+Mary+Wister004.JPG 24 Hours Meteoroligists Mary Wister, right, and Rachel Cobb work on forecasts during a recent overnight shift at the National Weather Service in Pendleton   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1458951111107-03OHVDOH0HPE6KQ1ZCHI/HOURS+Zade+Hakki001.JPG 24 Hours Zade Hakki cleans the espresso machine while working at 12 a.m. on the graveyard shift at Dutch Bros. Coffee on Clearwater Avenue in Kennewick. For Hakki the job isn’t about making coffee but the conversations with customers.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1458951114997-DUGS8UX6UBX8Y81TZZYT/HOURS+Zade+Hakki005.JPG 24 Hours https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1458951115019-2W31JZ5S2EVZO59LIZI0/HOURS+Zade+Hakki004.JPG 24 Hours Co-workers Jake Daniels, left, and Garrit Farrell, right, stop to visit Zade Hakki while he’s working in Kennewick. For many who work at Dutch Bros., their co-workers become family and they spend many off-the-clock hours hanging out at the coffee shop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1458951110997-R2LOK2E0H4BFV89LEAUX/HOURS+Zade+Hakki002.JPG 24 Hours Zade Hakki cleans the espresso machine while working at 12 a.m. on the graveyard shift at Dutch Bros. Coffee on Clearwater Avenue in Kennewick. For Hakki the job isn’t about making coffee but the conversations with customers.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1458952805896-KWZ2V3YHJAEQDO3YGKF1/Hours+Steven+Whitehead001.JPG 24 Hours Steven Whitehead talks to Jordan Gray, a Kennewick High School junior, during a early morning training session with high school athletes at Elite Ambitions Training in Kennewick. Whitehead, founder and owner of E.A.T., came to Kenenwick in 2011 to play for the Tri-Cities Fever but surprised himself by making a home here.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1458952806209-QFN7GI84IBR2UKL3IGDN/Hours+Steven+Whitehead002.JPG 24 Hours Steven Whitehead spots Jared Gray, Kennewick High School junior, as he lifts weights during a early morning training session with high school athletes at Elite Ambitions Training in Kennewick. Whitehead, founder and owner of E.A.T., says he isn't a typical trainer who says "good job," but instead pushes those he works with.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1458952814020-YDWE5VYOFKE1SNPQLBVQ/Hours+Steven+Whitehead005.JPG 24 Hours A photo of Steven Whitehead from his Tri-Cities Fever days hangs on the wall with other professional athletes during early morning fitness classes and weight training at Elite Ambitions Training in Kennewick. . Whitehead is the founder and owner of Elite Ambitions Training on South Washington Street. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1458952814030-5XJRNT9JD14KADRCN7BY/Hours+Steven+Whitehead004.JPG 24 Hours Steven Whitehead helps Justice Aragon, a senior at Chiawana High School, with her form while doing a squat during a early morning training session with high school athletes at Elite Ambitions Training in Kennewick. Whitehead, founder and owner of E.A.T., runs multiple training classes for high school athletes   http://www.thesarahgordon.com/news daily 0.75 2023-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1669077051195-TQX2FTXDNAXVG3NPZ1YT/GENW_8454921422_LastKiss.JPG News Sherry Wolfe says goodbye to her husband Harold Wolfe, 95, as their son Scott looks on after Harold was transported from Westerly Hospital to hospice at Mystic Healthcare Monday, January 10, 2022. The couple have been married for over 70 years and are expecting their 50th great grandchild any day, due to COVID restrictions and safety concerns the family was not going in the building. Harold died a week later at the age of 95. (Sarah Gordon/The Day) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1669077049976-LEXN93LKHPAZKYKH3FER/GENW_8454921422_GradYell.JPG News Graduate Joi Garrett jumps and screams as she takes a video of a friend receiving their diploma during a commencement ceremony for New London High School Tuesday June 21, 2022. (Sarah Gordon/The Day) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1570299716054-O5MC68XEYRSTYY54FA2P/GENW_8454921422_PuertoRicoProtest.JPG News Anna Agosto, right, of New London, and other members of the crowd sing along to a song during a rally in support of Puerto Rico on Monday, July 22, 2019 at the Whale Tail in New London. The local event was part of sweeping protests across the country demanding the resignation of Puerto Rico’s Governor Ricardo Rosselló. (The Day) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1570299690864-YQJVEUVOHKEMW2ABLBF4/0314+DAY+NorEaster+20180313+SG+001+.JPG News Paulie Perez Hughes, 10 of New London, uses his fingers to check how much snow has accumulated on the roof as he leans out the window during the snowstorm on Tuesday, March 13, 2018 at his cousin's home on West Coit Street in New London. "I think I need a few more fingers to measure this," he said. (The Day) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1570299722571-2WGPTJ9CK2G8R2X3GQTF/Pasco+Shooting+Vigil.JPG News Pasco residents, from left, Angel Morgan, 5, and his brother Jose Morgan, 6, as well as Alex Gonzalez, 4, and his brother Angel Gonzalez, 8, gather around a candlelit vigil Wednesday evening at the intersection of 10th Avenue and Lewis Street in Pasco in memory of Antonio Zambrano-Montes who was shot to death by Pasco police officers Tuesday. (The Day) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1669166389529-RDD3OXDLL9MBCBDH00CG/1225+DAY+2021+BEST006.JPG News Ledyard Lewis, co-owner of the Beriah Lewis Farm, herds cows across the new Boombridge Road Bridge on Wednesday, January 6, 2021. “This makes every day a lot less challenging,” said Lewis as the farm which spans both sides of the river. The bridge, which connects North Stonington and Westerly over the Pawcatuck River, has been closed since 2008 and opens to the public Thursday morning. The project, which was estimated under $3 million, involved removing the existing bridge, reconstructing the approaches on both sides and then building a new bridge that stands 24 feet wide and 122 feet long. “We thought this would just be a fun, creative, way to commemorate this reopening in a time of COVID-19,” said North Stonington First Selectman Mike Urgo. (Sarah Gordon/The Day) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1570299722267-7RY09VLFNRTWJZBD9NQD/generalnews_sng_graduationtoss_td_ct.JPG News Graduates, from left, Nathaniel Matthews, William Maxam, Matthew McAllister, Frederick McClimans and Michaela McKeown react as they throw their hats in the air during the U.S. Coast Guard Academy's graduation for the class of 2017 at Cadet Memorial Field . President Donald Trump was the commencement speaker as 195 cadets graduated to be the United States Coast Guard's newest officers. (The Day) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1570299725299-W1J5XR58K6VSD11L9OR0/SPNW_8454921422_FireWork.JPG News Firefighters work from the roof, in a bucket, and attic as several area fire departments fight a fire at 42 Prospect St. on Sunday, February 3, 2018 in Norwich. Everyone in the two-family home got out safely after the fire started shortly after 9 a.m. (The Day) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1570299702001-N7TTLY3ZAOYPJFZPN02M/0914+DAY+Gov+Debate+0001+SG+20180912.jpg News Meghan Portfolio, right, of Middletown argues with Christina Norton, left, of Plainfield as supporters of Democrat Ned Lamont and Republican Bob Stefanowski gather in New London before the first debate between the two candidates on Wednesday, September 12, 2018. (The Day) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1570299711836-SHM9DLG21IKXO7WE6N1L/1030+DAY+Prayers+for+Pittsburgh+20181029+001.jpg News Liz Bochain holds her son Jacob Feinsteil, 9, as they react to a speaker during a “Prayers for Pittsburgh” vigil at Temple Emanu-El on Monday, October 29, 2018 in Waterford. (The Day) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1669166388450-9C9JE8U0LWR9G5T738XT/0715+DAY+OFFICER+CANDIDATE+SCHOOL+20210714+SG+004+.jpg News Army National Guard Officer candidate candidate Ricky Goss, of Massachusetts, is dragged by Captain Patric Brown as they demonstrate a drill during field medical training exercises of phase one of Officer Candidate School at Stones Ranch Military Reservation on Wednesday, July 14, 2021. Over 120 U.S. Army Officer Candidates representing nine states are participating in the two-week program that is designed to test leadership abilities and proficiency on basic soldier skills such as land navigation, general military knowledge and squad and platoon tactics. (Sarah Gordon/The Day) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1570299682319-LLJP3SX7CBBXZWB20IMH/0131+DAY+Rocky+Waters_20190130_sg_001.jpg News The Cross Sound Ferry Susan Anne moves thorough rough waters as waves crash on the rocks at Eastern Point Beach on Wednesday, January 30, 2019 in Groton. (The Day) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1570299706566-H0PT8786AXPV7W4HJBJ8/0907+DAY+Storm+Damage+SG+20170906+001.jpg News Don Curcuro ducks under a limb as he inspects the damage to his home on Bentley Ave in new London on Wednesday, September 6, 2017, after a storm knocked down a tree that hit his house. Curcuro, who has lived there for 20 years, was home at the time. "I'm just lucky to not be hurt," he said. The tree heavily damaged the roof and front porch of the home but didn't break through. (The Day) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1669166391737-UGGUP2VUH4V0PSSESSPJ/1015413391+Hartford+Homecoming+20190724+SG+001.jpg News Lt. Cmdr. Steven Halle, Executive Officer, hugs his daughter Erin, 10, while holding Margaret, 5, as his wife Alissa, from left, Maeve, 18 months, and Rowan, 8, look on during the homecoming for the USS Hartford (SSN 768) for its return to the Naval Submarine Base New London in Groton on Wednesday, July 24, 2019. The Los Angeles class fast-attack submarine sailed approximately 34,200 nautical miles during the deployment that supported national security interests and Maritime Security Operations. (Sarah Gordon/The Day) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1669077051443-ORYGLY5XKNHN8ACWPTVK/GENW_8454921422_UkraineVigil.JPG News Members of the Niantic Community Church, from left, Kristin Lambert, of East Lyme, Margaret Homberg, of Waterford, and Judy Barnard, of East Lyme, help hold a Ukrainian flag during a Community Vigil for Peace at the Soldiers and Sailors Monument in New London Monday, March 14, 2022. Over 100 people gathered at the event which was organized as an opportunity for community members to gather in solidarity with the Ukrainian community and all people who are suffering and fleeing from political violence. It was co-sponsored by the Greater New London Clergy Association & the Southeastern Connecticut Ministerial Alliance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1669166392437-AIL9SF2KKKQOSME5RMWA/2020Favs+_SG_KidsLegislative.JPG News William Petit III, 4, of Guilford, plays with toys during a break in session for the State Representatives where his father William Petit represents the 22nd district during the opening of the Connecticut General Assembly session for 2020 on Wednesday, February 5, 2020 at the State Capital building in Hartford. (Sarah Gordon/The Day) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1669077050026-XUPN4WJQQRV6DGJUMQI7/GENW_8454921422_DebateProtest.JPG News https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1669166388541-4KL6J9RGA5T4TSCJDE83/0608+DAY+GROTON+BLM+20200607+SG+001.jpg News A crowd makes their way down the Meridian Street Extension during a Black Lives Matter march in Groton on Sunday, June 7, 2020. A crowd of about a thousand people marched from Poquonnock Plains Park to the Groton Municipal building and back during the youth-organized protest in response to the recent murder of George Floyd and other acts of racism against people of color. (Sarah Gordon / The Day) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1669166389183-MSB6VBQKULGRUCZXMLDS/1225+DAY+2021+BEST005.JPG News U.S. President Joe Biden puts his fingers in his mouth to whistle during the United States Coast Guard Academy 2021 Commencement Ceremonies at the school New London on Wednesday, May 19, 2021. (Sarah Gordon/The Day) http://www.thesarahgordon.com/features daily 0.75 2023-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1669077222790-DOMUXC7WUOYSVENLOUT2/FTSG_8454921422_BeadedAnimal.JPG Features https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1669077188501-3KWMTHQ9ZLMRNO9ZTAD0/RAINY+WALK+081722+SG+01.jpg Features Friends Ashley Thompson, left, and Anya Duarte of Montville, walk through Harkness Memorial State Park in Waterford as it rains Wednesday, August 17, 2022. “We both needed a walk with a friend in a pretty place to relieve some stress,” said Duarte. Thompson said she was excited when they noticed the rain clouds coming in and instead of rushing to the car to stay dry decided to dance in it. (Sarah Gordon / The Day) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1570300317619-MCIBBUBH1ZS1X8809Z0Z/FTSG_8454921422_PenguinPlunge.JPG Features Participants exit the water during the Penguin Plunge on Sunday, March 3, 2019, at Ocean Beach Park in New London. The annual event benefits Special Olympics of Connecticut. (The Day) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1763332819997-UZYTMUXOAF1NQ33TAYG4/PSES_8454921422_BlessingoftheFleet02.JPG Features https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1570300298077-X79U38AGOD56MI0KS13X/1009130464+Suns+Pizza+Challenge++SG+20170810001.JPG Features Crown Pizza owner Taso Vitsas, center, looks on Connecticut Sun player Alyssa Thomas as she helps put cheese on a pizza as they attempt to break the world record for most types of cheese on a pizza on Thursday, August 10, 2017, at restaurant in Waterford. The current record is 101, Vitsas used 112. (The Day) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1763332889988-Q22Z0XF7CP6F9NJEW88B/FTSG_8454921422_CornMaze.JPG Features https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1570300307839-4T4CRKA6LR0XZ09FL7OQ/Eid+al+Fitr.JPG Features Fozia Yussuf, 10 of Pasco, center, looks on as her cousin Fahima Ise, 15 of Pasco, licks her finger while getting food Friday to celebrate Eid al-Fitr at the Islamic Center of the Tri-Cities in West Richland. Over 500 people gathered to celebrate the joyous holiday that marks the end of Ramadan, a holy month of fasting observed by Muslims. (Tri-City Herald) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1570300304734-B1N2PHMDX4YWV87HMF6O/0814+DAY+Harkness+Rain+20180813+SG+001.jpg Features Lobsang Sangye, of Montville, stands under an umbrella while heating a kettle for tea on a grill as it rains on Monday, August 13, 2018 at Harkness Memorial State Park. Sangye, who works at Mohegan Sun and had the day off, was prepared for a rainy picnic with friends as they ate in a tent and took turns grilling in the rain. "I'm from Tibet, I'm used to the rain," said Sangye, "it doesn't stop me from doing what I want on my day off." (The Day) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1570300311029-HQVMPSVL1ALXHP45RJCL/1014936717+Memorial+Day+Beach+20190526+SG+001++.jpg Features Aubree Thompson, 8, of Massachusetts, looks on as Harmony Corresda, 8, attempts a back bend and Alexis Rivera, 9, both of Bristol, collapses in the water as the friends play at Ocean Beach Park on Sunday, May 26, 2019 in New London. (The Day) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1669166763778-2YU0SLAHPYC5Z71BUP1N/0210+DAY+EDIT+LYMAN+ALLYN+SNOW+20210209+SG+001.jpg Features Sophie Gualtieri, 9, of Waterford, looses her hold on the sled as she goes over a jump on the hill at Lyman Allyn Art Museum on Tuesday, February 8, 2021. There was a small crowd of kids and parents enjoying the hill Tuesday as New London Public Schools had a snow day. (Sarah Gordon/The Day) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1570300322947-DO6HCYYGM9254AUY1ESJ/FTSG_8454921422_TreeClimb.JPG Features Bowen Parson, three, of Pawcatuck, lays on a branch as he climbs a tree with friends after a summer reading program at the Stonington Free Library on Thursday, August 1, 2019. (The Day) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1570300317924-QHYGY9VBPUA5JLYGW0OU/FTSG_8454921422_TalentShowRehersal.JPG Features Joy Garrett, an eigth grader at Bennie Dover Jackson Middle School, plays the piano as she warms up with other singers during rehearsals for the New London Talent Show on Thursday, April 5, 2018 at the Garde Arts Center in New London. The 8th annual talent show features 18 different acts from across the region with everything from different styles of dance, to poetry, to guitarists and rap music. (The Day) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1669166764295-E6VFDOPAS3K943Z26OHE/2020Favs+_SG_WindowPainting.JPG Features Gloria Creamer works on painting the windows of The Chocolate Shell in Old Lyme for Thanksgiving on Monday, November 2, 2020. Creamer, who also paints the windows of a few other stores on Lyme Street, said she works with owner Barbara Crowley, to repaint the windows for every holiday. “It’s beautiful I have free rein to do whatever I want on these windows,” she said. (Sarah Gordon/The Day) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1570300314033-3BOVK2MY3ER18EOK3VK3/FTSG_8454921422_BeachParachute.JPG Features Students with the Windham Heights Learning Center, in Wilimantic, run underneath a parachute as they play at Stonington Point on Tuesday, June 26, 2018 while on a field trip. (The Day) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1570300315673-P8TEN6DVWUFW6CKOR9VF/FTSG_8454921422_PaintingGames.JPG Features Caitlyn Chapin, right, of Old Saybrook works on painting with her daughter Mae, 5, as her son John, 8 plays leap frog with Emma, 9, during a community free day on Sunday, May 6, 2018, at Florence Griswold Museum. (The Day) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1570300321746-GZ92FMCBAYZWY6XUU7H2/GENW_8454921422_Purim.JPG Features https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1763332830771-LPVZ9FTD30UY7GAL5JXH/FTSG_8454921422_PaintingSupervisior.JPG Features http://www.thesarahgordon.com/sports daily 0.75 2023-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1669077412521-CFW95YEZVE52OLDDIA7W/SPAC_8454921422_Dive.JPG Sports Ledyard’s Natalyah Williams (5) dives as she attempts to pass a ball past Amistad’s Destiny Bennett (3) in the first round of the girls Class MM state tournament Monday, February 28, 2022 at Ledyard High School. (Sarah Gordon/The Day) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1570300733518-SEJ4WIY5KOPPA4X1Y3PE/SPAC_8454921422_GoalAttempt+2.JPG Sports Ledyard's goalie Ken Turner (1) bocks a shot attempt from East Lyme's Joseph Grubb (24) during the boys soccer ECC Division I semifinal game at New London High School's Cannamela Field on Tuesday, October 30, 2018. (The Day) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1688651755383-MJ2YPM4ZE2UIGYWQ0KT6/CTNLD101+Sky+Sun+Basketball+SG.jpg Sports https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1669166944245-EHPAI2NB6UNHMDZFYCIL/1225+DAY+2021+BEST004.JPG Sports East Lyme’s Mason Senkow (1) dives for a goal attempt on Weston’s Andrew Albert (1) during the Class M boy’s lacrosse semifinal in the CIAC tournament at East Lyme High School on Wednesday, June 9, 2021. (Sarah Gordon/The Day) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1763333227560-ESN8746AFVJSQGUBT4J7/SPFT_8454921422_GoodDunk.JPG Sports https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1669166945375-S2CPYHHA921891HAV2VE/2020Favs+_SG_ReboundFight.JPG Sports Old Lyme's Raymond Doll (25) and Frank Sablone (34) collide with Morgan's Connor Duffy (41) as they go after a rebound during a boys basketball game on Wednesday, February 26, 2020 at the school in Clinton. (Sarah Gordon/The Day) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1669166945229-LXBBEM2NG19IUZS1U3ZS/1225+DAY+2021+FAVS+SG+05.JPG Sports The Cross Sound Ferry Cape Henlopen moves past sailboats during the Hospice Regatta at the Thames Yacht Club in New London on Wednesday, August 11, 2021. The annual event which started in 1997 is a fundraiser for Hartford Healthcare’s Center for Hospice Care in Norwich. “The care they give is just so important, and it’s important to support that,” said Judy Gibbs who started the partnership after her mother-in-law was a patient there. Since it’s start they have raised over $40,000 dollars. The regatta is part of their Wednesday Night Summer Race Series which is open to all sailors and continues through the last week in August. (Sarah Gordon/The Day) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1669077461120-TUWZ755AMTFU9JRR8SED/SPFT_8454921422_GameWin.JPG Sports Ledyard’s bench reacts to the end of their win over Amistad in the first round of the girls Class MM state tournament Monday, February 28, 2022 at Ledyard High School. (Sarah Gordon/The Day) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1570300741490-SLAAOPF8ZNXJCUXJANOK/Wrestling.JPG Sports Kennewick High School's Chris Tiscareno wrestles Wapato High School's Sergy Sales Saturday in the semifinal round of the 113 lb weight class during the Bob Mars wrestling tournament at Kennewick High School. (Tri-City Herald) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1570300735414-FF8SKWRTA0A8F3TB8IS0/SPFT_8454921422_FoulReaction.JPG Sports East Lyme's Luke Leonard (24) reacts to a call along with Waterford fans and players during a boys basketball game on Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018, at Waterford High School. East Lyme won the game 64-60. (The Day) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1570300714910-PR5PJ9WDI5SX4NCKOJWY/1009445048+MHS+vs+WHS+GSOC+SG+20170913+001.jpg Sports Montville's Lauren Velazquez (8) eyes a ball as she moves past Waterford's Meah Zerio (9) during a girls soccer game on Wednesday, September 13, 2017, at Montville High School. (The Day) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1570300715893-BPCOKPUQL7P2U35AXKCG/1007802913+0302+DAY+Waterford+vs+Ledyard+BBKB+002+SG+20170301.JPG Sports Montville's Lauren Velazquez (8) eyes a ball as she moves past Waterford's Meah Zerio (9) during a girls soccer game on Wednesday, September 13, 2017, at Montville High School. (The Day) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1570300733748-A2XOT6GR8CHSDW2D6CAM/Grid+Kids.JPG Sports Members of the Coyotes Team Wednesday during the annual Kennewick Grid Kids Superbowl at Neil F. Lampson Stadium in Kennewick. (Tri-City Herald) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1570300737019-3ZFAXITNK30WW4XY9P2A/Urlacher+Hurdle.JPG Sports Chiawana High School's Austin Urlacher (32) jumps over Gonzaga Prep's Kole Berriochoa (23) in a file photo from the state quarterfinals at Edgar Brown Memorial Stadium November 22, 2014. Chiawana won the game 38-3. (Tri-City Herald) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1570300716171-985UKOEKR6BUZNS8KUNG/1009712589+GHS+at+ELHS+BSOC+SG+20171012+001.jpg Sports East Lyme's goalie Sean Heaney (0) collides with Guilford's Ellis Riccio (23) during a boys soccer game on Thursday, October 12, 2017 at East Lyme High School. Guilford won the game 2-0. (The Day) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1763333288162-LR9NBU03RWPEBBLUV3JM/SPFT_8454921422_GoodDunk.JPG Sports https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1570300727424-2OZEZ1USXFCAFNWQ3GKV/SPAC_8454921422_BaseJump.JPG Sports Mystic Schooners' Chris Winkel (28) slides into second base past Sanford Mariners' Jake Alu (6) during a game against Sanford Mariners on Wednesday, June 27, 2018 at Fitch High School. (The Day) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1570300718635-3TCZTEBST7RECOEY8ZWN/1010850465+StB+vs+P+BBKB+20180209+SG+008.JPG Sports St.. Bernard's Cameron Beaudet (40) Plainfield's Jarvin Alday (12) and Joseph Beltran (3) reach for a rebound during a boys basketball game on Friday, February 9, 2018 Saint Bernard School. St. Bernard won the game 54-50 in overtime to earn first place in ECC Division III. (The Day) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1570300719607-1YGC2LQ43MQUKWVRBRRX/1014787818+Sun+Media+Day+20190508+SG001.jpg Sports Teammates, from left, Layshia Clarendon, Jasmine Thomas and Courtney Williams laugh after taking a photo with a pride flag during the Connecticut Sun Media Day on Wednesday, May 8, 2019 at Mohegan Sun Arena. The WNBA's preseason starts with a home game at 7 p.m. on Monday, May 13, against New York Liberty. (The Day) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1669166944155-8PHXUI30SS42FAK7XVUS/1225+DAY+2021+BEST015.JPG Sports Connecticut College’s Kat Norton (33) tangles with Coast Guard’s Abby McGuire (18) and Hope Drake-Duval (60) as she attempts a shot on goal during a women’s soccer game at the academy in New London Wednesday, September 15, 2021. (Sarah Gordon/The Day) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1688651701018-GGVG4NMC1BOODSHGTPVB/SPFT_8454921422_GameWin.JPG Sports http://www.thesarahgordon.com/new-page daily 0.75 2019-10-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1570055484623-FKTR8TZ1A1IKQQ8FLEYP/PSES_8454921422_WhileYouWereGone001.JPG Left Behind Kelsey Smith carries her daughter Hadley, 2, down the stairs while Colton, 6, aims a bow and arrow as they play on Tuesday, Jan. 9 at their home in Groton. For the past six months Smith has had to be both mom and dad as her husband, Josh, a sonar technician on the USS Minnesota, is on deployment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1570056117739-VD26TFMFMRG7TADG2CJU/PSES_8454921422_WhileYouWereGone003.JPG Left Behind Colton carries a saw as he walks through trees at Geer Tree Farms as the family picks out a Christmas tree on Friday, Nov. 24, 2017. "Colton, you have to help me out, you're the man here today," Kelsey told her son as they looked for a tree. The kids were worried about finding the right one, cutting it down and getting it home without their father. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1570056151979-FB4I78MSP1JKD9YN1LOI/PSES_8454921422_WhileYouWereGone004.JPG Left Behind Hadley hugs Colton as Kelsey looks on while he gets off the bus from school on Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2017, in Groton. Hadley makes sure to give Colton a hug every morning when he goes to school and every afternoon when he gets back and is upset if they miss one. "When dad gets home he's gonna get a hug first though," Colton teased. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1570056158613-A9KTCFK2CZWIR5EELGEU/PSES_8454921422_WhileYouWereGone002.JPG Left Behind Colton stands on the toilet to brush his teeth while Hadley sits on the floor and tries to get toothpaste out of the tube as they get ready for bed on Thursday, Jan. 18 at their home in Groton. "I'm ready for this to be a two parent household again," said their mother Kelsey as they went through their nightly routine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1570056164045-Y1EF2415T42PHTDW7852/PSES_8454921422_WhileYouWereGone006.JPG Left Behind Kelsey puts her gloves on as Colton and Hadley give her hugs on Saturday, Jan. 6 as friends get together to get ready to go out at Kelsey's home in Groton. The women, whose husbands are all deployed together on the USS Minnesota, were going to a "Halfway Party" for the wives and girlfriends of men on the boat. For most of them it was the first night they'd had without their kids for the entire deployment, even if they were home by midnight. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1570056167890-LPYZL7FIBSB0OSYBUD1G/PSES_8454921422_WhileYouWereGone005.JPG Left Behind Colton waits his turn to see the dentist as Kelsey sits with Hadley and a friend's daughter, Charlotte, 1, at the Children's Dentistry of Gales Ferry on Thursday, Nov. 16, 2017. Charlotte is the daughter of Jessica Whitman and her husband, Jacob, who is deployed on the USS Minnesota with Kelsey's husband, Josh. "They've become our family," said Kelsey of other mothers from the boat. They frequently babysit for each other and have spent holidays together. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1570056174457-K6F8U5AZBDA0PKQZPJTO/PSES_8454921422_WhileYouWereGone007.JPG Left Behind Kelsey talks to her Colton as he cries while Hadley lies on the ground as the family spends time on a snow day playing outside on Tuesday, Jan. 30 at their home in Groton. When Colton acts out, Kelsey's instinct is to punish him, but she now pauses to think whether maybe he's misbehaving because he misses his father. http://www.thesarahgordon.com/underwater-hockey daily 0.75 2019-10-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1570055806129-D96T56HM5P1HRIZ82T8R/1007+DAY++Underwater+Hockey+20181003+SG+001.JPG Underwater Hockey Players fight for control of the puck during an underwater hockey game Aug. 19, 2018, in the pool at the University of Connecticut's Avery Point campus in Groton. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1570055824545-Y77YFRBQFVZC5IUJAU8J/1007+DAY+Underwater+Hockey+20180909+SG+007.JPG Underwater Hockey Swimmers tape their fins and adjust gloves as they get ready for a pickup game with Southeast Connecticut Underwater Hockey on Sunday, September 9, 2018 at UConn Avery Point. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1570055816204-DNE5K70UWJ20Z0C2NG9U/1007+DAY+Underwater+Hockey+20180909+SG+003.JPG Underwater Hockey Peter Papathanasiou adjusts his snorkel during a pickup game with Southeast Connecticut Underwater Hockey on Sunday, September 9, 2018 at UConn Avery Point. (Sarah Gordon/The Day) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1570055915751-W02X8YFRDYXPM1J52SYG/1007+DAY+Underwater+Hockey+20180826+SG+006.JPG Underwater Hockey Swimmers move past sunlight reflected on the water during a pickup game with Southeast Connecticut Underwater Hockey on Sunday, August 26, 2018 at UConn Avery Point. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1570055948298-KVMIU1ESIBU2IVA6PS85/1007+DAY+Underwater+Hockey+20180819+SG+004.JPG Underwater Hockey Guillaume Delaviel-Anger, left, and Tracy LaPietra move underwater towards the goal during a pickup game with Southeast Connecticut Underwater Hockey on Sunday, August 19, 2018 at UConn Avery Point. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1570055807180-DXHFOJ9F4WEDOZIWXU1V/1007+DAY+Underwater+Hockey+20180819+SG+005.JPG Underwater Hockey Deryl Gage turns numbers on the scoreboard during a pickup game with Southeast Connecticut Underwater Hockey on Sunday, August 19, 2018 at UConn Avery Point. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1570055814048-9QCBZ9GQM1IVZQRFBQPY/1007+DAY+Underwater+Hockey+20180909+SG+002.JPG Underwater Hockey Teammates talk during a break of a pickup game with Southeast Connecticut Underwater Hockey on Sunday, September 9, 2018 at UConn Avery Point. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1570055826146-TYA8KVS3J03Y5XBG723Y/1007+DAY+Underwater+Hockey+20180909+SG+012.JPG Underwater Hockey Teammates talk over beer and dinner at Sneekers Cafe, a weekly tradition, after a pickup game with Southeast Connecticut Underwater Hockey on Sunday, September 9, 2018. http://www.thesarahgordon.com/housing-solutions-lab daily 0.75 2022-11-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1669079057406-7LDFPO2FRYUBT9UNZWZE/Christine+Santos+04.JPG Housing Solutions Lab Christine Santos makes the bed as her sons play at their Branford Manor home in Groton Friday, June 17, 2022. Santos shares the bedroom with her two sons, climbing over their twin beds to get into hers, so her teenage daughter can have her own room. She said she feels stuck at Branford and doesn’t see many other affordable housing opportunities in the area. (Sarah Gordon / The Day) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1669079070520-X7R5WJMEL1TQEUS5CTC2/BRANFORD+HOTEL+110322+SG+01.jpg Housing Solutions Lab Azrielle Levy, 2, rides her trike down as her mother Valarie watches the hallway of the Residence Inn Mystic on Wednesday, November 2, 2022. With no playground they can walk to Valarie struggles to keep the active toddler entertained in a hotel room. The two have been living at the hotel since leaving their Branford Manor apartment in September due to mold and structural issues. (Sarah Gordon/The Day) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1669079111594-BF39S2DWRPTYKJYI3L3F/BRANFORD+HOTELS+103122+SG+06.JPG Housing Solutions Lab Sandra Fetters shows a note she wrote for doctors about her health issues as she sorts through papers at the Residence Inn Mystic in Groton Monday, October 31, 2022. Sandra, her two daughters and three cats have been at the hotel since leaving their apartment at Branford Manor for health reasons last spring. (Sarah Gordon/The Day) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1669167627079-HISIWUB01UE5OBR1Z3YL/0902+DAY+BRANFORD+MANOR+20210901+SG+001+.jpg Housing Solutions Lab Latasha Burage points out black mold on the bedroom doors at her Branford Manor apartment in Groton Wednesday, September 1, 2021. (Sarah Gordon / The Day) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1669079102778-6HXNDGWMKMD31591BRKL/BRANFORD+HOTELS+103122+SG+01.jpg Housing Solutions Lab Lester Harris Sr. points out storage issues in the bedroom at the Residence Inn Mystic in Groton Monday, October 31, 2022. He and his wife Latasha Fisher-Harris along with family members have been staying at hotels since they had to leave their apartment at Branford Manor due to mold issues this summer. The hotel suite has a lack of storage and every spare space is taken up with belongings. (Sarah Gordon/The Day) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1669079056398-NP782MRWCA6GJTQMQ6WI/Christina+Tejeda+01.jpg Housing Solutions Lab Malkhi Sabb, 14, sits on his mother’s bed as he looks through his phone at the Hampton Inn in Groton Wednesday, July 13, 2022. Christina Tejeda and her three sons are staying at the hotel while their apartment in Branford Manor is being cleaned of mold. (Sarah Gordon/The Day) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1669079115553-G8VZJEB2XI13UKMU7YR1/BRANFORD+HOTELS+103122+SG+07.jpg Housing Solutions Lab Sandra Fetters looks through her notes as her daughter plays with their cat Earl at the Residence Inn Mystic in Groton Monday, October 31, 2022. Sandra, her two daughters and three cats have been at the hotel since leaving their apartment at Branford Manor for health reasons last spring. (Sarah Gordon/The Day) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1669079051255-S7517CGOMC1EVVO7QF6Y/Christine+Santos+05.JPG Housing Solutions Lab Christine Santos looks on as her sons watch out the window of their Branford Manor home in Groton Friday, June 17, 2022. She said she feels stuck at Branford and doesn’t see many other affordable housing opportunities in the area. (Sarah Gordon / The Day) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1669079095430-2HW5D90HJZZUEUJOZ388/BRANFORD+HOTEL+110322+SG+03.jpg Housing Solutions Lab Valarie Levy colors with her daughter Azrielle, 2, in the lobby of the Residence Inn Mystic on Wednesday, November 2, 2022. With no playground they can walk to Valarie struggles to keep the active toddler entertained in a hotel room. The two have been living at the hotel since leaving their Branford Manor apartment in September due to mold and structural issues. (Sarah Gordon/The Day) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1669167627409-DPKJ5CMHU52AP4ZCKEVD/0902+DAY+BRANFORD+MANOR+20210901+SG+008+.jpg Housing Solutions Lab Latasha Burage moves a poster covering a hole in the drywall that has been in the basement of her Branford Manor apartment in Groton since she moved in Wednesday, September 1, 2021. (Sarah Gordon / The Day) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1669079236993-4LEVOGB9ZPUQMPWC28F4/Maribel+Gray+01.JPG Housing Solutions Lab Sisters Samarie, 18, and Tayana, 16, Delgado stop by the Crystal Ave Towers to check out demolition with their mother Maribel Gray, not pictured, Sunday February 13, 2022. Maribel had her daughters as a teenager and lived in the the complex with them when they were babies. (Sarah Gordon/The Day) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1669079260685-R7JYP9CM009WO5MYMJ3N/Aleshia+Valero+02.JPG Housing Solutions Lab Emerson Valero plays with a bike outside his home in Groton on Wednesday, June 22, 2022. His mother Aleshia Valero, who lived at New London’s Crystal Avenue High Rises just before they closed, now lives in a two-bedroom trailer she owns with her four children in Groton. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1669079249393-OMAC9YZE0CWKC9S6K70Q/Towers+Teardown+04.JPG Housing Solutions Lab Exposed apartments show murals on the walls and food in the cabinets as demolition is started at the Crystal Avenue high-rises in New London on Wednesday, February 9, 2022. The Thames River Apartments was a former federally subsidized 124-unit complex for low-income families managed by the New London Housing Authority. (Sarah Gordon/The Day) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1669079212165-Z3UQSD7MYOFO8EAJNGPQ/0828+DAY+THAMES+RIVER+REUNION+082722+SG+01.JPG Housing Solutions Lab Friends Linda I David-Paul, left, and Cathy Hudak hug as they talk during a reunion for formal Thames River Apartments residents at Riverside Park in New London on Saturday, August 27, 2022. The two women grew up in the towers on Crystal Ave tougher in the 70s and 80s. (Sarah Gordon / The Day) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1669079245347-ETM9VDLWJ6CAWCO41D7Y/Towers+Teardown+02.JPG Housing Solutions Lab Fred Cleveland, of New London, shows off his tattoo of the Crystal Avenue high-rises as demolition on the three nine story buildings starts in New London on Wednesday, February 9, 2022. “This was home,” said Cleveland who spent nine years living in the buildings as a child. (Sarah Gordon / The Day) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1669079227474-UIWHX0DNBI3B707MI14C/HOUSING+ALESHIA+VALERO.jpg Housing Solutions Lab Amryn Valero , 8, dances with his sister Esme, 3, as their mother Aleshia Valero and brother Emerson, 3, look on as they have an impromptu dance party at their home in Groton on Wednesday, June 22, 2022. Valero, who lived at New London’s Crystal Avenue High Rises just before they closed, now lives in a two-bedroom trailer she owns with her four children in Groton. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1669079242722-J4NRNMST2XNJDBJO25MJ/Towers+02.JPG Housing Solutions Lab Demolition of the Crystal Ave Towers in New London as seen Wednesday, March 30, 2022. (Sarah Gordon/The Day) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1669079369586-MKJMRRJP78VCQACWOIL1/HOUSING+RED+ROOF+080522+SG+01.jpg Housing Solutions Lab Mike Roy, 18, dribbles a basketball in the parking lot outside his family’s room at the Red Roof Inn in New London on Monday, August 8, 2022. Roy has lived at the motel with his mother Sabrina Babey and her fiancé William Waddicor two dogs and a cat for over two years and they are in the process of being evicted. “I thought this would be a layover this was never meant to be permanent,” said Waddicor. (Sarah Gordon/The Day) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1669079356737-UL47SQCWTE13PLI00K72/Carabetta+04.JPG Housing Solutions Lab Yadiel A. Reyes looks on as his son Adrian A., 2, blows bubbles outside his mother Yesenia Nieves’ Carabetta apartment in New London Monday June 20, 2022. The family has lived there for 14 years.“We were just sitting out here talking about buying a house, rent is more than a mortgage,” said Yadiel. He lived with his parents in the apartment for 10-12 years and now rents an apartment on Michael Road in New London. (Sarah Gordon/The Day) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1669079386705-JB3NEBJYISEM0O89J5YN/Ledge+Light+Mold+01.JPG Housing Solutions Lab Cheryl Haase, Environmental Technician with the Ledge Light Health District, walks up to a home for a mold inspection on Crystal Avenue in New London Thursday, June 30, 2022. (Sarah Gordon/The Day) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1669079389118-FV3WDZFWOQGMM1DKMM3Q/Rebecca+Linder+01.JPG Housing Solutions Lab Rebecca Linder points out lead paint chips falling from the exterior of her home in Ledyard as her son Mark Nathan, 3, plays Monday, July 11, 2022. Linder is the caretaker of Nathan Lester House where they live and all of her children have had elevated lead levels and medical issues in the past few years. (Sarah Gordon/The Day) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1669079360884-L19JDK9O0M7TSJH1J2TB/Clayton+Potter+01.JPG Housing Solutions Lab Clayton Potter, a New London native, works on the garden behind the home he owns on Prest Street Wednesday, June 29, 2022. Potter is the first homeowner with a new Southeastern CT Community Land Trust program and is also a landlord, renting out half the duplex. (Sarah Gordon/The Day) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1669079362642-U90LPXBCE8CZA6GTGGKI/HOPE+02.JPG Housing Solutions Lab Victor Pascual, is followed by his daughter Arlene, 3, wife Mayreni Urena and her bother Andy Urena during an open house at their new multi family home in New London Tuesday, June 28, 2022. HOPE recently completed the renovations on a three-family house at 73 Belden St. and the family will move in later this summer.(Sarah Gordon/The Day) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1669079367809-TKUMFTR2MMVRLEW9RM79/HOUSING+JOSEPHINE+SUAREZ+090622+SG+02.jpg Housing Solutions Lab Josephine Suarez talks about storage issues in her kitchen at her apartment in Norwich Monday, August 8, 2022. She shares a three-bedroom with two of her daughters and worries she may have to move after her landlord sells the building. (Sarah Gordon / The Day) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1669079372022-ZMJICE9DBXHJAB0D9JBL/HOUSING+RED+ROOF+080522+SG+05.jpg Housing Solutions Lab Sabrina Babey talks with her son Mike Roy, 18, and their dog Harmony outside their room at the Red Roof Inn in New London on Tuesday, August 9, 2022. The two have lived with her fiancé William Waddicor, two dogs and a cat for over two years and they are in the process of being evicted. “I thought this would be a layover this was never meant to be permanent,” said Waddicor. (Sarah Gordon/The Day) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1669079374914-U4RESGPSCCKRO9XLGSWL/HOUSING+TOM+SWEENEY+090622+SG+01.jpg Housing Solutions Lab Tom Sweeney does step exercises in the doorway at his apartment on Riverview Avenue in New London Thursday, September 1, 2022. The landlord has recently raised the rent and Tom has applied for senior housing and Section 8 with the NL Housing Authority but hasn’t heard back in months. (Sarah Gordon / The Day) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1669079378188-B2DM873R4KDM8I4UJKT0/HOUSING+WILLIAMS+PARK+MOLD++090622+SG+02.jpg Housing Solutions Lab Barbara Templin look at where water has been leaking from her ceiling at her Williams Park Apartments Sunday, August 21, 2022. Templin, who has lived there for around 10 years, said most of the water issues she has in her apartment have arisen in the last year. “All maintenance does is paint,” she said of leaks in her living room, issues in her shower and a broken bathroom fan. (Sarah Gordon / The Day) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568843b469a91ac1e4c42199/1669079393150-3503U5L6BI33LZBQPWO4/Rebecca+Linder+13.JPG Housing Solutions Lab Corey Watford carries packed belongings as his family moves out of their home in Ledyard Monday, July 18, 2022. His wife Rebecca Lindner is the caretaker of Nathan Lester House where they live and all of her children have had elevated lead levels and medical issues in the past few years. 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