Essex Elementary School held a Family Night on Feb. 28 with pizza and pajama party, bake sale, raffles, crafts raising money for the Essex Elementary School Foundation. Callie Tyrseck, Mason Faison and Jackson Tyrseck pose for a photo in the cafeteria.Photo by Kelley Fryer/The Courier

It was a beautiful May afternoon to take a walk around the Hagaman Memorial Library with the cherry blossoms in bloom. Nicholas Lord, Jessica DeLoughery, and daughter Isabella Rose Lord took in the fresh air and the beautiful flowers on May 2.Photo by Kelley Fryer/The Courier

A peaceful rally was held on the East Haven Town Green on June 5 where the community gathered and came together with the East Haven Police Department to address the death George Floyd.Photo by Kelley Fryer/The Courier

A Black Lives Matter (BLM) peaceful protest took place on the Branford Green on June 7. An estimated 1,100 people took part in the event which included speeches, an eight minute and 46 second moment of silence, where people knelt, or laid prone on the ground, followed by a few more speakers then a march on the roads around the Green.Photo by Kelley Fryer/The Sound

Old Saybrook High School class of 2020 celebrated a drive-in-style graduation on June 16 at the High School.Photo by Kelley Fryer/Harbor News

The summer music was back on the terrace at the Saybrook Point Resort & Marina where the Meadows Brothers played June 26.Photo by Kelley Fryer/Harbor News

The East Haven High School Class of 2020 held a drive-through style graduation that was live streamed at the East Haven High School on July 11. Here, Michael Castellano and family celebrate.Photo by Kelley Fryer/The Courier

The Yo-Yo Guy! (John Higby) came to the Deep River Public Library and put on a high energy comedy show for campers and families on the library's front lawn on July 30.Photo by Kelley Fryer/The Courier

Tropical Storm Isaias damage was getting cleaned up on Aug. 5. Friends Ethel Luysterborghs and Pat Marden found a clear, shady spot to talk and sit socially distanced on the Guilford Green.Photo by Kelley Fryer/The Courier

Family, friends, and the Madison Fire Department drove by to wish former Madison Fire Chief Adrian "Adie" Ellsworth Bassett a happy 100th birthday in Madison on Aug. 13.Photo by Kelley Fryer/The Source.

The Madison Farmers' Market had lines forming early, socially distanced, for the vendors on the town Greenon Aug. 21.Photo by Kelley Fryer/The Source

North Haven High School alumni and current students as well as North Haven community members held a Black Lives Matter protest on the North Haven Town Green on Aug. 22. The protest which had over 100 people gathered, had speakers share their stories, poetry and then group took to the streets with their message marching down Washington Ave. There were a few trucks that circled the Green with Blue Lives Matter flags, and other that stood on the edges of the Green observing, and some drivers passing by honking in support as they passed the Green.Photo by Kelley Fryer/The Courier

The first full day at Daisy Ingraham Elementary School in Westbrook rolled out with new protocols in place to keep students and staff safe. Student Madeline McKeith gives a air hug and gets one back from Yvonne Reynolds (Spanish Teacher), as she arrives at school. Kathleen Burk (Speech Pathologist) on left, and Helen Sweet (Library/Media Specialist) on the right, greet and help direct the students.Photo by Kelley Fryer/Harbor News

Peter's Rock Association put out a call to help clean up the downed trees on Sept. 19 following a tornado in August. The group set out to clear the downed trees blocking parts of the red trail. Walt Brockett drives a wedge into the cut in the oak tree. Sandy Stetson, Joanne Chvisuk, Rob Kissel, Hugh Davis and Jim Lorusso, Paul Chvisuk wait to move the cut sections as they fall.Photo by Kelley Fryer/The Courier

On Sept. 24, a funeral procession for former NBPD Sergeant Christopher Manner passed members of the North Branford Fire Department and North Branford Police Department, first responders and members of the community paying tribute in front of the North Branford Police Department along Forrest Rd; from which he retired in 2011 after 25 years of service.Photo by Kelley Fryer/The Sound

Madison Diversity and Inclusion Committee held the first Madison Pridefest on the Madison Green and First Congregational Church Lawn on Oct. 17n. Ariel Yan and Maura Bozeman listen to the speeches and performers.Photo by Kelley Fryer/The Source

Election day in North Haven brought out many people to vote. The lines were long early in the morning, and the afternoon, but they moved quickly allowing for voters to keep socially distant while waiting in line to cast their vote. Here, a line of voters wraps around Clintonville Elementary School.Photo by Kelley Fryer/The Courier

Free COVID-19 drive thru testing provided by a community collabroation between, Community Health Center, Inc., Old Saybrook Office of Emergency Management, Old Saybrook Police, and Connecticut River Area Health District Public Health was busy on Nov. 18.Photo by Kelley Fryer/Harbor News

North Branford's drive-through holiday event Candy Cane Lane on Dec. 4 was a massive success.Photo by Kelley Fryer/The Sound

Chabad of the Shoreline held virtual celebrations for Chanukah every night except for Dec. 13, the fourth night of Chanukah, when it held a drive in menorah lighting in the parking lot of 2730 Boston Post Road, Guilford. Here, Rabbi Yossi Yaffe lights the menorah.Photo by Kelley Fryer/The Courier