Flanked by residents filling out ballots, Belgrade Town Manager Anthony Wilson sanitizes booths as residents finish voting Saturday, March 20, during the annual Belgrade Town Meeting at the Center For All Seasons. The warrant items were voted on by secret ballot instead of by the usual in-person meeting. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal Buy this Photo

Tina McLellan tends on Thursday to black-eyed Susans at the Campbell’s Agway True Value greenhouse in Winslow. Michael G. Seamans/Morning Sentinel Buy this Photo

Olivia Shrader, 18, of Clinton, receives her order of ice cream from the window attendant Friday, March 19, at Gifford’s Ice Cream in Skowhegan. She was getting a treat along with friend Riley Stratton, 19, of Norridgewock. Gifford’s opened the company’s ice cream stands in Skowhegan, Waterville, Farmington, Auburn and Bangor and started scooping its way toward the million cones the company says it serves in the summer. Michael G. Seamans/Morning Sentinel Buy this Photo

Devon Hinckley surveys sap evaporating in the pan in a shed Monday, March 22, at Camp Mechuwana in Winthrop. The part-time campground manager said he works with executive director Norman Thombs and other workers to tap the trees, split firewood and make the syrup flow. “We are a team,” Hinckley said. “Sweetened by nature.” Andy Molloy/Kennebec Journal Buy this Photo

Rachel Giguere of Bacon Farm Maple Products moves bottles of dark maple syrup Wednesday while working in the farm’s processing center. The Sidney business was preparing for Maine Maple Sunday. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel Buy this Photo

Maranacook softball player Esme Jamison throws a during practice Wednesday in the Mr. Burbank Memorial Gym at Maranacook Community School in Readfield. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal Buy this Photo

Messalonskee High School sophomore Brady Bumford, 15, right, exercises with elastic bands with other pitchers at Messalonskee High School in Oakland on Wednesday. Michael G. Seamans/Morining Sentinel Buy this Photo

Winthrop baseball players retrieve stray balls while warming up outside during the first day of spring workouts Monday, March 22, in Winthrop. Andy Molloy/Kennebec Journal Buy this Photo

Claire Prontnicki picks up litter in The Conourse in Waterville on her own time on Tuesday. Michael G. Seamans Buy this Photo

Augusta Police officers Paul Frye, left, Sgt. Chris Shaw and Detective Matt Estes clear a hallway Wednesday during active shooter training the agency held at a vacant building in Winthrop. Andy Molloy/Kennebec Journal Buy this Photo

Lindsay Lathrop draws a breath Sunday, March 21, while meditating on a granite slab near the Kennebec River in Hallowell. The Pittston resident danced and did yoga before meditating to celebrate the arrival of spring. Andy Molloy/Kennebec Journal Buy this Photo