Girls attending Ampersand Academy of Dance and Performing Arts stretch Tuesday while performing yoga on the Kennebec River waterfront in Gardiner. The 24 dancers doing poses beneath overcast skies were participating in a summer competitive camp for teenagers, according to instructor and proprietor Rachel Waterbury.
Ellen Crocker, from left, Sen. Angus King, independent of Maine, and Gary Crocker talk about the Crockers' Indian motorcycle after King's speech on Wednesday at the Senator Inn and Spa in Augusta. Crocker said that the two men and some other friends are planning a weekend motorcycle trip around Maine like they used to do when King was the governor.
People hold signs and sing songs at the State House on Monday in Augusta. During the rally held in support for Charlottesville, Virginia, the crowd also started several chants, including, "No hate. No fear. Everyone is welcome here," and "Silence is violence, no justice, no peace."
Members of the Monmouth girls soccer team get loose Monday morning during the first practice of the fall sports season.
Stanley McGray has operated his Stan's French Fries concession at the Skowhegan State Fair for 30 years. McGray is seated in a director's chair bearing his name outside his popular booth under the grandstand at the fairgrounds on Tuesday.
Feysal Mudey sets his family's canopy up Aug. 4 at the Beyond Borders Farmers Market held each Friday at the Viles Arboretum in Augusta. Mudey sold vegetables with his mother, Asli Hassan, center, and aunt, Dahabo Hassan.
There was plenty of water both in bottles and on the ground at the midway of the Skowhegan State Fair on Sunday. Vendor Scott Thomas sets up his booth Sunday after closing it up for the heavy rainstorm that flooded the fairgrounds and nearby streets.
A firefighter attacks the fire on Tuesday at a multi-unit in Gardiner at 33 Spring St.
Firefighters on the ground pull siding off a building as their colleague waits to spray down the flames that are exposed behind it on Tuesday at 33 Spring St. in Gardiner.
Bruce Brooks pushes a paint sprayer as he lays down the football field yard lines Tuesday at Maxwell Field in Winthrop. Brooks said that he has been taking care of the complex where the Winthrop/Monmouth football team plays for 21 years.
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