Tommy Keister rides his skiff back to the rocks to unload the catch of alewives below the Benton Falls Dam on the Sebasticook River in Benton on Friday, May 21. Michael G. Seamans/Morning Sentinel Buy this Photo

Zach White of South Portland drops into Pleasant Pond in Richmond on Wednesday while swimming with his girlfriend, Isabella Cunningham and her sisters, Destiny and Britany. The quartet took their first plunge of the year as temperatures soared into the 90s. Andy Molloy/Kennebec Journal Buy this Photo

A farmer cuts hay as he clears the first round of tall grass from his pastures along County Road in Oakland on Wednesday. Michael G. Seamans/Morning Sentinel Buy this Photo

Torrey Miller, 4, greets a calf while walking through a barn at The Wright Place farm in Clinton on Tuesday. The girl’s mother, Caleigh, walked through the barn with her. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel Buy this Photo

Colby College graduates toss their caps into the air Sunday morning, May 23, after receiving their diplomas in front of Miller Library during the college’s 200th commencement, on Mayflower Hill in Waterville. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel Buy this Photo

John Elliott of Clinton paddles his 18-foot kayak Tuesday along Messalonskee River in Waterville. Elliott said he uses the English-made Valley Skerray model kayak on the Messalonskee and Kennebec rivers, and the ocean. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel Buy this Photo

Annie Cough puts a flag on the grave of a veteran Thursday in Oak Grove Cemetery in Gardiner. She and several other volunteers were putting flags on graves there and in the adjacent St. Joseph’s Cemetery in honor of Memorial Day. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal Buy this Photo

Willy Ellis, right, examines the 1940 Ford Deluxe his lifelong friend, Jim Perry, drove by to show him Tuesday at Ellis’s antique motor shop in Farmingdale. Perry restored the V-8 engine before registering the coupe. He took the vehicle to the barn where Ellis repairs and operates steam engines. Andy Molloy/Kennebec Journal Buy this Photo

Monmouth Academy’s Jared Martin throw the shot put during the Mountain Valley Conference championship track and field meet Wednesday at Hall-Dale High School in Farmingdale. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal Buy this Photo

Cony’s Anna Reny wins the 300-meter hurdles during Capital City Classic track and field meet Friday, May 21, on the Taylor Harmon Track at Cony High School in Augusta. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal Buy this Photo

Messalonskee first baseman Maddy Card makes a diving catch for an out against Skowhegan during a softball game on Friday, May 21, in Skowhegan. Michael G. Seamans/Morning Sentinel Buy this Photo