Jens Tyrol, 6, releases one of three alewives he netted in a single scoop Sunday, May 16, in Seven Mile Brook in Vassalboro. Tyrol and his sister, Catherine, had already caught a frog when they waded into the water near their backyard and captured the fish that are migrating from the Atlantic Ocean to nearby lakes. Tyrol said he lets all the alewives go so the eagles perching on trees along the brook can eat them. Andy Molloy/Kennebec Journal Buy this Photo

Ross Trainor hauls his family’s lobster boat through downtown Vassalboro Sunday, May 16, after taking his family for a ride on a nearby lake. A commercial fisherman who maintains a boat in Alaska, Ross said he can load up his family, fire up the tractor and pull the 22-foot boat to nearby launches for an excursion on the water whenever the family feels like some time on the water. Andy Molloy/Kennebec Journal Buy this Photo

Retired bus driver Barbara Astbury is greeted by some second-generation students during retirement party Tuesday at the MSAD 11 bus depot in Gardiner. Astbury had driven the kid’s parents in West Gardiner too during her 50-year career. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal Buy this Photo

The Center building is shown as it’s demolished in downtown Waterville on Monday, May 17. Waterville City Hall and the Waterville Opera house is shown at the right. Buy this Photo

Oak Hill’s Maverick Swan, right, and Grayson Letourneau collide in the center during a baseball game against Gardiner on Monday, May 17, in Gardiner. Andy Molloy/Kennebec Journal Buy this Photo

Waterville baseball players sit in a team area beside the dugout during a game against Erskine on Friday, May 14, in Waterville. Coronavirus pandemic precautions limit the number of players inside the dugout. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal Buy this Photo

Waterville No. 1 singles player Inga Zimba competes during action against Mt. Blue at the North Street tennis courts Tuesday in Waterville. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel Buy this Photo

Lilly Cusick, 9, assists Travis Mills to operate his prosthetic arm while he spoke to her classmates Wednesday at St. Michael School in Augusta. The Catholic school accepted a challenge from the Mills Foundation to raise enough money to fund two weeks of retreats for veterans and their families at the Travis Mills Center in Rome. Students, staff and family members competed in walks, obstacle courses and made donations toward the $16,000 cost. Andy Molloy/Kennebec Journal Buy this Photo

Journalists on the upper deck watch masked House members working Wednesday at physically-distanced desks during a special legislative session at the Augusta Civic Center. It may have been the last time legislators meet there since the Legislative Council recently voted to return to Maine State House. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal Buy this Photo

Coltrane McRae, a junior at Waterville Senior High School, snacks on fruit and focuses on French while taking online classes Wednesday. McRae enjoyed a near 80-degree day while taking the class from a lawn chair in the front yard of her Waterville home. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel Buy this Photo