Heath Campbell drives Real Peace (5) to the win Saturday, Aug. 20, in the Hight Invitational at the Skowhegan State Fair. Michael G. Seamans/Morning Sentinel

Skowhegan Area High School soccer team members practice on Wednesday at the school in Skowhegan. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel

Jeff Grenier, with Clean Up Group, washes windows Wednesday at the Hathaway Creative Center in Waterville. Michael G. Seamans/Morning Sentinel

Doug Gauthier, hardscape foreman for Berube’s Lawns & Landscapes, sets pavers in place Thursday, Aug. 18, as he builds a patio in Gardiner’s McKay Park. He and other workers have been renovating the small park that connects the Arcade Parking Lot to Water Street in downtown Gardiner. It will feature picnic tables in the upper level and have a ramp down to the parking lot. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal

Keegan, left, 6, and Calum Fregeau, 9, build sandcastles Tuesday at the base of the steps leading to Long Pond at Belgrade’s swimming area. The brothers were engineering mud between dips in the pond before returning to school. Andy Molloy/Kennebec Journal

Head football coach Patrick Munzing, center, yells encouragement to Tiger football players during a drill at the end of practice Friday, Aug. 19, on Hoch Field at Gardiner Area High School. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal

Lee Briccetti, left, and Corinne Coleman look at art hung as part of the Harlow Gallery’s member show Friday, Aug. 19, at 100 Water St. in Hallowell. The exhibit is the final one to be featured in the gallery before it closes in November. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal

Hundreds of parents and children wait Sunday, Aug. 21, in the lobby of the Augusta Civic Center for start of the Greater Augusta Area Back to School Program. Andy Molloy/Kennebec Journal

Morse’s Max Owen hits out of a bunker during a golf match Wednesday at the Augusta Country Club in Manchester. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal

A Gardiner Area High School receiver is tackled by Oak Hill High School’s defense during a scrimmage in Wales on Monday, Aug. 22. Andy Molloy/Kennebec Journal

The University of Maine football team plays an intra-squad scrimmage Tuesday at the University of Maine at Orono. Michael G. Seamans/Morning Sentinel

A duck swims Saturday, Aug. 20, in the Kennebec River in Hallowell. The small duck is one of the first to migrate, leaving the Northeast ahead of other waterfowl to find grounds in South America for the winter. Andy Molloy/Kennebec Journal

Winslow football coach Wes Littlefield talks to players during a practice in Winslow on Wednesday. Michael G. Seamans/Morning Sentinel

Ty Dauphinee drives through the smoke in the arena Friday, Aug. 19, during the final night of the annual demolition derby at the Skowhegan State Fair. Michael G. Seamans/Morning Sentinel