Snow tubing is one of the big outdoor sports of the winter, aided by deep snow left by a series of February snowstorms. At the Quarry Road Recreation Area in Waterville, Katie Stevens, 12, speeds down the hill on her inner tube on a sunny and cold Friday.
Katie Stevens, 12, speeds past Ellianna Dow, 12, as they race down the hill at Quarry Road Recreational Area in Waterville on Friday
Gardiner police Officer Normand Gove, left, and state police dog officer G.J. Neagle search for tracks of a suspect who robbed the Rite Aid pharmacy in Gardiner on Wednesday afternoon.
Forest Hills’ Brandon Ouellette is tackled by Seacoast Christian’s Sky Archer during a Western D semifinal Wednesday at the Augusta Civic Center.
Arthur Bourget blocks a shot on the net by his daughter, Emma, 11, right, as her friend, Megan Farrington, 11, waits on the wing Thursday during a game of shinny at Fuller’s Pond in West Gardiner. The elder Bourget said he took a few vacation days to spend time with his daughter during school break, “just to hang out and play hockey.”
A colony of sea gulls take shelter on the Kennebec River in Gardiner Sunday in 45 mile-per-hour gusts. The National Weather Service said wind chill values are as low as -17 F across Maine.
Hannah Maloy, 17, adjusts her cap after emerging from a shack at Baker’s Smelt Camps on the Kennebec River in Pittston Sunday. Whiteout conditions persisted through the afternoon in the river as gusts reached 45 miles-per-hour according to the National Weather Service. (
Hampden defenders surround Messalonskee senior forward Nick Mayo, bottom left, as he grabs an offensive rebound during an Eastern A semifinal Wednesday at the Augusta Civic Center.
Lawrence’s Nia Irving, left, hugs teammate Morgan Boudreau as Carly LaRochelle (11) looks on after the Bulldogs won the Class A Eastern Maine semifinal against Brunswick on Wednesday.
Players chase after the puck as the sun sets behind them on Tuesday at the Mill Park ice rink in Augusta. The rink is on the banks of the Kennebec River on Northern Avenue between Bond and Mill streets.
Messalonskee sophomore forward Cassidy Baker, left, wrestles for a loose ball against Lawrence junior center Nia Irving during a Class A game on Friday at the Augusta Civic Center.
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