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Skying high in New London

Published 02/21/2013 12:00 AM
Updated 02/21/2013 12:12 AM

Joel Velez, 18, of New London is silhouetted against the afternoon sky Wednesday as he practices basketball at the courts along Crystal Avenue in New London adjacent to the Thames River Apartments complex. The renovated courts are almost directly under the Gold Star Bridge's northbound lanes of Interstate 95. Velez is a junior at New London High School.

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