Nathan Davis, 5, of Palermo, watches trains go by during the Maine State Museum train event Friday at the atrium of the Cultural Building at the State House Complex in Augusta. The event will be open Saturday, December 2 from 10 am to 3 pm. The museum is open free of charge that day too.
Kennebec Valley Garden Club Vice President Debbie Sherman, of Winthrop, ties a garland to the front stairway Thursday at the Blaine House in Augusta. The garland includes hydrangea blossoms, pampas grass, pink roses and other plants. The group decorated several of the public rooms downstairs in a Victorian style.
Main Street Skowhegan volunteers and board member Darcy Spooner, second from left, string hand-made balls of Christmas lights on trees Wednesday in the park in downtown Skowhegan for the upcoming 25th annual Holiday Stroll. Volunteers are, from left, Devin MacMichael, Spooner, Mary Haley and Kylie Damon.
Town Council candidates Anthony "Andy" Wess, second from left, David Hughes and Faith Benedetti greet a voters Tuesday at the Winthrop Town Office.
Art Young makes a wreath Tuesday at Moose Hill Tree Farm in Fayette.
Robert Fuller, left, salutes after giving brief remarks Thursday at the opening of the new Veterans Academic Center at the University of Maine at Augusta. Amy Line, the school's coordinator of veterans' affairs, is at right. Fuller, a former Navy captain, and his family foundation, The Windover Foundation, donated most of the money for the project.
Dawn McKenna hoes carrot tops from a row she picked Monday at Andrews Farm in Gardiner. "It's pretty rough today," she remarked of the wind and frigid temperature, "but it's better than when it's 90 degrees in July."
Jaylynn Tenney, 6, and her grandmother Angie Newhouse shop for candy in Scrummy Afters on Saturday on Water Street in downtown Hallowell.
Deb LaVoie, of Winslow, sells baked goods at the annual Christmas fair at St. John Regional Catholic School in Winslow on Friday. The fair will continue today from 2 to 9 p.m.
Paul Hodge, left, and tenant Stefan Buzzell speak outside the fire-damaged apartment 2 at 17 College Ave. in Waterville on Sunday. Fire damaged the apartment late Saturday evening and police arrested the tenant. Buzzell said the man entered his apartment 1 saying there was a fire and Buzzell called the fire department and alerted neighbors by banging on doors. "When I opened the door of apartment 2, the door was hot and smoke poured out," Buzzell said.
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