Runners take off Saturday from Vaughan Field at the start of Old Hallowell Day 5K run in Hallowell. Hibby Regan (8502), center, was the first female finisher, in 21 minutes, 8 seconds. There were 141 finishers in the early morning event.

Brett Almasi was the first male finisher Saturday, in 17 minutes, 52 seconds, during the Old Hallowell Day 5K run on Middle Street in Hallowell.

Wearing her Lady Liberty costume, Nancy Jacob waves Saturday to spectators from the back of a Volkswagen Beetle during the Old Hallowell Day parade on Water Street in Hallowell. Jacob says she has been wearing a version of the red, white and blue costume in parades for 40 years.

Runners give thumbs-up Saturday to cheering supporters in front of Cox Memorial Methodist Church during the Old Hallowell Day 5K run in Hallowell. There were 141 finishers in the early morning event.

Chief Scott McMaster of the Hallowell Police Department rides an electric bike Saturday during the Old Hallowell Day 5K run on Middle Street in Hallowell.

Courtney Acheson sprints Saturday over the last two blocks of the Old Hallowell Day 5K run on Middle Street in Hallowell. There were 141 finishers in the early morning event.

Wearing her Lady Liberty costume, Nancy Jacob waves to spectators Saturday from the back of a Volkswagen Beetle during the Old Hallowell Day parade on Water Street in Hallowell. Jacob says she has been wearing a version of the red, white and blue costume in parades for 40 years.

Brett Almasi, left, was the first male finisher Saturday, in 17 minutes, 52 seconds, and Hibby Regan was the first female finisher at 21:08 in the Old Hallowell Day 5K run in Hallowell.

Kara Walker, dressed as the Marmalade Lady, waves Saturday from the Maine Orange Growers Association float during the Old Hallowell Day parade on Water Street in Hallowell. The group’s motto: “Global warming/climate change is happening. Let’s embrace it. Grow oranges!”

Dressed in the style of the early 20th century campaigns for women’s right to vote, a group calling itself The New Suffragists marches Saturday in the Old Hallowell Day parade along Water Street in Hallowell.

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