Mt. Ararat’s Keegan Rowe, top, and Edward Little-Leavitt’s Andrew Casares swim the freestyle leg on their way to a tie at 2:03:35 for first in the 200-yard individual medley during the Class A KVAC championships Saturday, Feb. 5, at the Bath YMCA. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal

Gardiner/Hall-Dale’s Brady Gardner competes in the 200 yard IM at the Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference Class B swimming championships Monday, Feb. 7, in Bath. Andy Molloy/Kennebec Journal

St. Dominic/Gray-NG/Winthrop/Monmouth’s West Duffy, top left, celebrates with teammates after her goal gave the Saints a 4-3 double overtime win against Winslow/Gardiner/Brewer/Messalonskee/Lawrence/Erskine during a Class A North girls hockey quarterfinal game Wednesday at the Camden National Bank Ice Vault in Hallowell. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal

Members of the Amish community continue their work Thursday to rebuild the Unity Community Market, following a fire that destroyed the building last month. Michael G. Seamans/Morning Sentinel

A male mallard takes flight Tuesday along a snow-lined street near Messalonskee Stream in Waterville. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel

Student Josephine Fowler, center, and teacher Meghan Colby lead Colby’s fifth grade class Thursday across Spears Corner Road at Helen Thompson School in West Gardiner. The parade, medal presentations and closing ceremony inspired by the 2022 Winter Olympics were the culmination of the school’s four-week long Winter Kids program. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal

Chris Roy of Auburn is served chili Sunday, Feb. 6, as he portrays a knight from the year 1000 while suited in chain mail and armor during the Maine Sci-fi & Fantasy Nerd Fest at The Olde Mile Place in Vassalboro. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel

Matt Scott, 86, adjusts his trapper hat Wednesday while chatting with his son, Jonathan, in Vienna. Both men wore a winter hat with ear flaps while ice fishing on Parker Pond. Mid-day temperatures soared into the 40s. The elder Scott, a retired state fisheries biologist, said cusk is his favorite fish to eat. Andy Molloy/Kennebec Journal

Willa Rafuse, 8, climbs a tree at Hemphill’s Horses, Feed & Saddlery in Vassalboro on Sunday, Feb. 6. Willa’s family runs the store. She was playing in the snow with her brother Elliott, 10, sister Maggie, 3, and mother Emily. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel

Ralph Haiss, 6, left, is towed Sunday, Feb. 6, behind a sleigh driven by his parents Dan and Mandy Haiss. The front sled is pulled by the family’s Morgan horse along the Kennebec River in Pittston. The 100-year-old runner sleigh is designed for a single horse. Andy Molloy/Kennebec Journal

A moose looks before crossing Canada Road in Jackman on Friday, Feb. 4. Michael G. Seamans/Morning Sentinel