Diana Morgan and James Chick hang a sign on the pulling ring barn Sunday, June 20, at the Monmouth Fairgrounds. The agricultural exhibition became the first fair of the season when it opened this past Wednesday and the first to open in Maine since the statewide quarantine in 2020, according to Morgan, Monmouth Fair’s president. Andy Molloy/Kennebec Journal Buy this Photo

Averie Turner, 4, is served a vanilla cone with sprinkles, while getting a cold treat Monday, June 21, with brother Paxton, 7, left, and grandpa Randy Turner, right, at the Island Dairy Treat in Skowhegan. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel Buy this Photo

Bruce Hanson snaps some photos of the interior of a wigwam on display at the History House Museum in Skowhegan on Wednesday. The wigwam was built by Barry Dana and Skowhegan High School students during the pandemic. Michael G. Seamans/Morning Sentinel Buy this Photo

Winslow school Cubesat team student Charles Byers, 13, solders a fine electrical wire Wednesday before the wire was attached to a mylar satellite students were building. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel Buy this Photo

Old Soul Collective store owner Jessica Stetson holds the Progress Pride Flag on Monday, June 21, that was damaged at her store in downtown Skowhegan. The flag was torn away from a pole that was attached to outside of the Old Soul Collective building. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel

Firefighters from the Waterville fire Department extinguish a small shed fire at 40 King St. in Waterville on Thursday. Michael G. Seamans/Morning Sentinel Buy this Photo

Visitors Rosemary Jones, left, and Angela Rosenkrans are framed in and arched window of the new education center Friday at Viles Arboretum in Augusta. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal Buy this Photo

Freeport’s Blaine Cockburn (2) embraces teammate Devin Lamb (22) after losing to Old Town in the Class B baseball state baseball championship game at Mansfield Stadium in Bangor on Saturday, June 19. Michael G. Seamans/Morning Sentinel Buy this Photo

Cape Elizabeth left fielder chases down a fly ball deep to left field as Winslow fans cheer below the scoreboard in the Class B state softball championship game at Coffin Field in Brewer on Saturday, June 19. Michael G. Seamans/Morning Sentinel Buy this Photo

The Winslow High School softball team takes shelter in their bus next to the Cape Elizabeth bus during a lightning delay of the Class B state championship game Saturday, June 19, at Coffin Field in Brewer. Michael G. Seamans Buy this Photo

A firefighter cools hot spots Monday, June 21, while working the scene of fire that burned three-quarters of an acre of woods near a home along state Route 139 in Fairfield. Several area agencies responded to the woods fire. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel Buy this Photo

Skowhegan River Hawks celebrate after beating Biddeford 7-4 to win Class A softball state championship Saturday June 19, on Richard W. Bailey softball field in Standish. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal Buy this Photo