Winthrop baseball players run sprints Tuesday at Charlie’s Field at the Maxwell Athletic Complex in Winthrop. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal

Derek Tillson clears snow Thursday from a row of vehicles at Quirk Ford of Augusta at 7 Water St. in Hallowell after an early spring storm hit central Maine on Wednesday night. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal

Josh Schleier, of East Madison, Maine scans the ditch as he bags recyclable cans and and bottles while picking up along Route 104 in Skowhegan on Tuesday. If they aren’t damaged, the cans and bottles are worth from 5 cents to 15 cents. Schleier said he starting picking up cans when he was 5, teaming up on the project with his grandpa. At 17 he’d saved about $4,000 from years of picking up, using some of the money to buy his first car, a 1996 Chevy Beretta. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel

Tyce Gagne, left, Eliana Ellis and Logan Juengst all lunge as they practice footwork during fencing practice on Thursday, March 14, in the gym at Buker Community Center in Augusta. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal

Volunteer Anna Dulin, right, and Samantha Lessard greet a visitor to Olde Mill Place in Vassalboro on Sunday, March 17. The man and others in his group walked through the Thrift Store at the mill. Lessard is holding Alex Truman, 8 months. Truman is the son of Lessard’s friend Melissa Green, who volunteers at the Thrift Store at the mill. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel

Bennett, 2, of Pittston, smiles Wednesday while swinging at the Gardiner Common where he, his sister, and their mom were enjoying a spring day. Anna Chadwick/Morning Sentinel

Members of the Lawrence baseball team warm up during practice Tuesday in Fairfield. Anna Chadwick/Morning Sentinel

Skylar Caron, left, of Waterville operates a remote-controlled car Thursday as his son, Kyro, 5, and their bulldog, Layla, watch the vehicle spin at the parking lot at Head of Falls in Waterville. Kyro, who began playing with RC cars when he was 4, also took a turn at the controls. The car, equipped with GPS, is capable of traveling 100 mph, Caron says. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel

Maddie Rock, the Development Coordinator at the Alfond Youth & Community Center, jumps into Messalonskee Lake during the 31st Annual Polar Plunge on Saturday, March 16, in Oakland. Anna Chadwick/Morning Sentinel

UMaine’s Sarah Talon, right, and Anne Simon hug after beating Vermont in the America East women’s basketball championship game Friday, March 15, in Orono. Anna Chadwick/Morning Sentinel