Miranda Lekacos, 14, left, of Norwich and Lindsey Johnson, 14, of Manchester lean against Lekacos' horse, Sunny, back, and pony, Cinna, at Bluff Point State Park in Groton Monday, July 25, 2005. The two girls rode the horses on the trail and then let them swim for a bit.
Joan Jones, left, a St. James volunteer for 7 years, laughs with fellow volunteer Millie Deurloo and Evelyn Peyton as they sort donated clothing at St. James Jumble Shoppe alongside St. James Church in New London Tuesday, April 24, 2007. Peyton, who oversees the store, has been volunteering since the store opened in 1968. She remembers the year because it happened to be the morning after Bobby Kennedy was shot.
Matthew Hare, 6, of Canterbury waits behind the wheel of his grandfather's 1907 Maxwell RL Tour-A-Bout during the Annual Northeastern Connecticut Chamber of Commerce Car Show at the Plainfield Memorial School in Plainfield Sun., August 24, 2003. Hare's grandfather, Dick Baril of Brooklyn, was talking to attendees about his car as Matthew Hare and, his brother, Zachary, 8, waited for his company at the car show.

Members of the Chinese School Dance class watch their younger classmates perform during Southeastern Connecticut Cultural Society's Chinese New Year Celebration at East Lyme High School in East Lyme Sunday, Jan. 29, 2006.
A young boy travels through the tunnel of a playground in Milford, MA.
Friends or family of Molly Ann Bish comfort each other in the center of Warren, MA where search parties conglomerated and friends of Bish's gathered to await news about the vanished 16-year-old lifeguard on Wednesday, June 28, 2000.

Timmy Commerford of Commerford & Sons leads his animals from the barn at his family animal farm in Goshen, CT Thursday, July 12, 2007. Commerford's tends the only privately owned elephants in the state. Bob Commerford spoke out against Representative Diana Urban's bull hook legislation in the last session.
Sean Lilly of the 75-foot dragger Excalibur of Point Judith, RI unloads around 8500 pounds of catch including fluke, scup and sea bass, pictured, to Gambardella Wholesale Fish Inc. at Stonington Dock in Stonington Borough, Conn. before midnight Thursday, February 8, 2007 before she and her crew returned to sea for more scup Friday.


Nelmaries Irrisary, the daughter of muder victim Raul Melendez, plays on the jungle gym outside of her family's New London apartment Monday, February 20, 2006. Melendez was murdered by a stray bullet outside of the Jefferson Avenue barbershop where he worked.
Sean Lilly of the 75-foot dragger Excalibur of Point Judith, RI unloads around 8500 pounds of catch including fluke, scup and sea bass, pictured, to Gambardella Wholesale Fish Inc. at Stonington Dock in Stonington Borough, Conn. before midnight Thursday, February 8, 2007 before she and her crew returned to sea for more scup Friday.
Lockwood B. Whiteley, 92, EM3, USN Ret., of Warwick, RI, salutes during the tolling of the boats beside US Subvets Groton Vice Commander Bud Atkins, USN Ret. including former USS Kamehameha COB, during the annual Memorial Day Service held by the U.S. Submarine Veterans Groton Base at the U.S. SubVets WWII National Submarine Memorial East in Groton Monday, May 28, 2007. Whiteley served aboard the SS Narwhal. He joined the Navy in 1936, graduated Navy Submarine School Groton in 1935 and served the US Navy for 61 years.

Fred Murray, 71, a New London resident since 1963, trims the grass around the nameplate stone of his wife, Beulah Murray, with scissors at Cedar Grove Cemetary in New London Tuesday, April 12, 2005. Beulah Murray died one year and one day ago when she was 78-years-old. Murray visits his wifes' grave twice a week in the summer and once a week in the winter to either cut, tend or shovel her space.
Courtney Morris, left, of Groton leaps into the arms of her husband, EM2 Michael Morris, upon seeing him emerge from his submarine during the homecoming of the USS Augusta at the United States Naval Submarine Base New London in Groton Mon., August 11, 2003.
Boaters watch as fire and smoke engulf the Monsanto Site in Stonington Borough Thurs., July 3, 2003.

Mulberry Street District resident Efigenio Badillo of Newark, center right, walks out of the local Bodega on Mulberry Street as Maria Rivera, a past resident, waits outside in the Mulberry Street district in Newark, New Jersey Wednesday, February 2, 2005. Rivera said, "I love it here. It's beautiful, quiet, peaceful."

New London artist Denny Rivera, 27, paints a 20 foot mural on the wall of Station 58 in New London Tuesday, March 30, 2004. Rivera is painting the mural free of charge because he likes to give back to the New London community where he was born and raised.

Mark Simmons, a Pawcatuck, CT resident, flies over Mystic Seaport in his 1041 AT 6 A World War II plane that was once used to train fighter pilots Wed., Spet. 10, 2003 along the Southeastern Coast of Rhode Island and into Connecticut.
Lewis Dudley of the City of New London Department of Public Works paints the posts of the basketball hoop safety red as he and co-worker Tim O'Neill spruced up the courts at Bartlett Park with newly painted lines and hoop stands in the Borad Street park in New London Mon., August 11, 2003.
Jim Murphy of the Knowlton's Rangers marches around Fort Griswold in period dress before the Sailfest fireworks in Groton Sat. July 13, 2002.

Michael Calderone, 5, of Waterford, right, and his sister, Catherine, 4, search for frogs and tadpoles with their father, John, at the Civic Triangle Duck Pond in Waterford Monday, August 28, 2006.
M.J. Schenandoah of Oneida, N.Y., left, and Shantel Burning of the Seneca Nation in Buffalo, N.Y. share a laugh as they dance during the smoke dance competition during the Mohegan Wigwam Festival Sunday, August 20, 2006 at Fort Shantok in Uncasville.
Al Sharpton, left, Rev. Jesse Jackson, and Lowell Weicker at the Ned Lamont Headquarters Primary Night at the Four Point Sheraton in Meridan, CT Tuesday, August 8, 2006.

MMFA Bach Martin, left, of Fort Worth, TX hugs his mother, Marjorie Martin, during the homecoming of the USS Annapolis to the Naval Submarine Base New London in Groton Wednesday, March 8, 2006.
Louis LaVallee of Millville anxiously awaits as Millville firefighters remove his wife, Jeanette, 79, from her overturned car during a single car accident in September.
Karl Nagy, left, shares conversation with Dick Whitman of Burdickville, RI and Charkes James of Ashway and owner of Rhode Island Harvesting Company during the Road Island Antique Tractor Club plow days in North Stonington Sunday, April 22, 2007.

Elizabeth Knorr, left, a Connecticut College sophmore, gets lessons from David Wohlers, a Coast Guard Academy First Class Cadet, on riding a unicycle at Harkness Memorial State Park in Waterford Sat., Feb. 1, 2003. Wohlers has been riding since kindergarten when he found a unicycle in his family's attic.
Camelia Daniels, left, a Science EpiCenter intern, assists New London Park and Recreation summer playground group kids including Dante Alston, 6, left, Jermaine Oddman, 6, Kevin Vazquez, 7, and Doris Carter, 8, with a wandering hermit crab as they retrieve sea animals while learning about the habitat of the salt marshes from interns with the Science EpiCenter at Ocean Beach Park in New London Thurs., July 10, 2003.
Two pedestrians walk through the rain past the Wyland whale mural on Eugene O'Neill Boulevard in New London Wed., April 9, 2003.