Ann Gleason hangs a flower basket Tuesday on the porch of her Manchester home. Blue skies prevailed as Gleason watered her plants. The weather is forecast to remain mild with clear skies through the remainder of the week.

Jeremy Gorman walks on the lip of the American Tissue Dam Tuesday on Cobbossee Stream in Gardiner while deploying safety barrels. Wearing a safety harness and hooked onto a cable, Gorman said the barrels were deployed in the current to deter boaters from approaching the 20 foot drop off at the hydro-electric dam.

Law enforcement officers march around the corner from Union Street onto to State Street on their way to the Law Enforcement Memorial during a ceremony on Thursday near the State House in Augusta. Attorney General Janet Mills was the keynote speaker for the 23rd annual event, which focus’ on the granite plaques with the names of the officers who have killed in the line of duty. There were no new names to be added this year.

Kelly Houston searches for more used books to buy on Thursday in the Reading Room at the Lithgow Public Library in Augusta. The book sale continues Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and then on Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon. They’re planning on having two sales a year inside the library instead of one big one at an offsite venue.