Gardiner Police Officer Dan Murray photographs a SUV that accidentally backed into a building owned by the Bank of Maine Thursday, on Water Street in Gardiner. The operator briefly lost control of the vehicle due to a medical condition, Murray said, before striking the building, a parked vehicle and light pole. The driver was examined by Gardiner rescue but didn’t warrant additional medical attention, Murray said. The building sustained minimal damage.

About 20 people dressed in pajamas and bathrobes or coats cross Water Street in downtown Hallowell on their way from an apartment, where they gathered on their way to a New Year’s Day brunch at Slates Restaurant, on Tuesday. One of the organizers said that pajamas for brunch has been a holiday tradition for them for at least 10 years.

Christine Simpson, of Anchorage, Alaska, follows her husband, Eric, and mother-in-law, Karen Simpson, Wednesday while cross country skiing in Hallowell.

Justin Lord Willett, 12, runs a snowblower on the back of a farm tractor to clear a a work area on Tuesday in Hallowell.

Duke keeps an eye on Julia Lawe while charging ahead of her and others who were enjoying some sledding at Colby College in Waterville on Tuesday.

Josh Mosher uses an axe to break up ice that froze on a roof at his home on Lincoln Street in Waterville on a chilly Wednesday.