Hanna Valle, one of four choreographers for the production of “Rock of Ages,” takes notes recently during a dress rehearsal at the Waterville Opera House. Michael G. Seamans/Morning Sentinel

Assistant manager Kia Washington hustles food recently to the dining room at POPonOVERs Cafe and Baked Goods, located at 119 Main St., in Pittsfield. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel

Tracy Greaney lies in the fresh wood chips with the new turkey chicks at the family farm in Mercer on Wednesday. The family farm raises and slaughters nearly 3,000 turkeys each year for the Thanksgiving season. Michael G. Seamans/Morning Sentinel

Mckenzie West makes a breakfast sandwich while working Tuesday at Sunrise Bagel in Waterville. The business is planning to open a second location in Augusta in September. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel

Speaker of the House Rachel Talbot Ross, D-Portland, talks with Rep. Meldon H. Carmichael, R-Greenbush, and Rep. Scott Cyrway, R-Albion, before the House of Representatives session began Thursday at the Maine State House in Augusta. Ashley Allen/Kennebec Journal

David Clinard of Oakland, an opponent of the bill, and Planned Parenthood volunteer Gretchen Phoenix, a supporter, talk to each other in the third floor hallway between Senate and House chambers on Friday, June 16. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal

Majority Leader  Maureen Fitzgerald Terry, D-Gorham, hands a note to Lena Knox, an honorary page, for her to deliver to another House member on Thursday at the Maine State House in Augusta. Ashley Allen/Kennebec Journal

The Hall-Dale softball team celebrates after beating Bucksport 2-1 in the Class C championship game Tuesday at the University of Southern Maine in Gorham. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal

York pitcher McKayla Kortes jumps for joy after the Wildcats completed their 2-1 win over Nokomis in the Class B softball state title game. Michael G. Seamans/Morning Sentinel

Monmouth Academy’s Kyle Palleschi celebrates after scoring a run against Bucksport during the Class C baseball state championship Tuesday at the University of Southern Maine in Gorham. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal