Shoppers browse used books and other items Thursday during the Friends of Lithgow Library’s annual sale at the Lithgow Public Library at 45 Winthrop St. in Augusta. Organizers say more than 50 people were in line at 9 a.m. Thursday waiting to shop the more than 3,000 donated books and other items at the sale, which continues from 9 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. Friday and 9 to 11:45 a.m. Saturday. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal

James Kilbride feeds his wife, Julie Kilbride, a bite of baked potato with fiddleheads and cheddar as their son Alex watches Wednesday at the Taste of Waterville. Anna Chadwick/Morning Sentinel

Rotary Club members prepare trays containing lobster dinners during the club’s 40th annual lobster bake in downtown Skowhegan on Thursday. The event, staged in the municipal parking lot next to the Chamber of Commerce, honors former Rotarian and friend Mickey Powers. The lobster bake was featured as part of day one of the three-day Skowhegan River Fest. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel

Reece Paul, 3, of Belgrade, pulls his toy dolphin from the water Tuesday while playing with his mother, Taylor Harrington, and 18-month-old sister, Whitney Paul, at Peninsula Park on Long Pond in Belgrade. The family also collected pine cones for making bird feeders. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel

Lariah Millett, in light blue shirt, and Lilly Ocasio are supported by other cheerleaders on Friday, July 26, during a cheerleading clinic at Gardiner Area High School. Anna Chadwick/Morning Sentinel

Owen Corrigan is dressed as the Grinch for Oakfest’s Christmas-themed boat parade on Messalonskee Lake in Oakland on Sunday, July 28. Amy Calder/Morning Sentinel

Tracy Widdecombe of Whitefield picks up a paddle Tuesday after completing a three-hour canoe trip that ended at the boat landing on the Kennebec River in Sidney. Others on the canoeing expedition include Widdecombe’s boyfriend, Kevin Jones, also of Whitefield; Jones’ son, Kolby Jones, 13, right; Kolby’s twin sister, Alana; and Alan Jones of Sidney. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel

Chief Dana Mealey of the Farmingdale Fire Department rakes a ditch recently outside the volunteer department’s station on Northern Avenue. Mealey, Capt. Doug Ebert, top, and Deputy Chief Mike LaPlante are repairing drainage for the station’s parking lot and performing other maintenance. Andy Molloy/Kennebec Journal

William Bean, left, and Draven Finnegan of Clean Cut Painting Co. guide their bucket lift while painting the trim near the top of Waterville City Hall on Thursday. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel

A Wiscasset Speedway employee signals to drivers during the Brackett’s Market 4-Cylinder Pro heat race on Saturday, July 27. Anna Chadwick/Morning Sentinel

A man runs Wednesday evening beneath the canopy of a large tree at Colby College in Waterville. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel

Triathletes dive into the Kennebec River as they start the Ironman 70.3 Maine on Sunday, July 28, in Augusta. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel