An ice fisherman checks his jig Friday, March 10, while taking in the spring-like conditions on the Canaan side of Lake George. Michael G. Seamans/Morning Sentinel

U.S. Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, left, and Maine Senate President Troy Jackson, D-Allagash, applaud after Chief William Nicholas Sr., chief of the Passamaquoddy Tribe at Motahkomikuk, took the podium for State of the Tribes Joint Convention of the House and Senate Thursday. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal

Alan Anderson, an employee of the Lockwood Hotel in downtown Waterville, clears the courtyard of snow on Tuesday. Michael G. Seamans/Morning Sentinel

Khalia Lovell flips during the Never Give Up Never Quit Gymnastics Invitational on Saturday, March 11, at the Augusta Armory. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal

Robert Krickus, 8, holds onto the rope tow Saturday, March 11, at the ski hill at Quarry Road Trails in Waterville. Michael G. Seamans/Morning Sentinel file

The chorus performs Friday, March 10, during Chizzle Wizzle rehearsal at Cony Middle/High School in Augusta. The 132nd annual edition of the Chizzle Wizzle musical variety show, “Now in Season,” ran from Tuesday through Friday this past week in the Viles Auditorium at the school. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal

Stephan Assante tosses heavy snow over a walkway rail Wednesday while shoveling at the Vassalboro Grange. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel

Alpacas get a close look at a camera Thursday as Bailey Heller, the manager at Northern Solstice Alpaca Farm at 141 Crosby Brook Road in Unity, looks on. Heller and others care for 39 alpacas that range in age from 1 to 19. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel

Kevin Bacon feeds another log into the firebox under the evaporator Saturday, March 11, at Bacon Farm Maple Products at 1427 Pond Road in Sidney. Bacon says the farm burns about half of a cord of wood a day and looks to produce about 500 gallons of syrup this year. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal

A participant, dressed as Luigi from Super Mario Bros., leaps into Messalonskee Lake on Saturday, March 11, during the Alfond Youth and Community Center’s 30th annual Polar Plunge at the Pressey House in Oakland. Michael G. Seamans/Morning Sentinel