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With afternoon temperatures in the 70s, Tim Campbell blows leaves Thursday off the wall in front of the Maine State House in Augusta. Workers from the state’s Bureau of General Services are utilizing the warmest Halloween on record to clean up fallen leaves at the Capitol Complex. Joe Phelan/Kennebec JournalLizzy Snyder, of WMME-FM (92 Moose) and a judge for the door decorating contest at Gardiner Regional Middle School, reacts Wednesday to one of the decorations. The contest was part of Red Ribbon Week, celebrated annually from Oct. 23 to 31 and the nation’s oldest and largest drug prevention awareness program. This year’s theme was “Life is A Movie. Film Drug Free.” Anna Chadwick/Morning SentinelGardiner’s Avrey MacMaster (2) has her shot blocked by Nokomis goalkeeper Eliya Drummond during a Class B North field hockey playoff game Tuesday in Gardiner. Joe Phelan/Kennebec JournalMembers of the Ellsworth boys soccer team celebrate after a goal in the first half against Waterville during a Class B North quarterfinal game Wednesday at Colby College in Waterville. Anna Chadwick/Morning SentinelThe Lawrence High School Marching Band marches in before a football game against Hampden Academy on Friday, Oct. 25, in Fairfield. Joe Phelan/Kennebec JournalCostumed trick-or-treaters visit the table outside of State Lunch on Thursday, Halloween, for candy on Water Street in downtown Augusta. Anna Chadwick/Morning SentinelChildren’s Librarian Carolyn Gallmeyer, dressed as a bag of popcorn, fills bags with popcorn Tuesday for attendees of a Halloween celebration at Lithgow Public Library in Augusta. For area trunk-or-treat festivities, visit Page A9 and CentralMaine.com. Anna Chadwick/Morning SentinelA frog takes cover among rocks and leaves Thursday, Oct. 24, on the shore of China Lake in China. Rich Abrahamson/Morning SentinelJerry Winslow blows oak leaves on Tuesday, Oct. 29, in the Monmouth Ridge Cemetery. The caretaker of the meticulously maintained plot prefers blowing season over mowing season. Andy Molloy/Kennebec JournalAdam Benedict, in costume, leads a group of his co-workers from Power Engineers on the group’s daily walk on Thursday, Halloween, near the Kennebec River in downtown Hallowell. Members of the group say they go for walks together to get fresh air. Joe Phelan/Kennebec JournalAlyssa Estabrook, an eighth-grader at Skowhegan Area Middle School, plays a ghost child Thursday as she watches from a window at Joe’s Flat Iron Café at 65 Water St. during a Skowhegan Ghost Tour in the downtown area. Estabrook participates in the community theater group. Rich Abrahamson/Morning SentinelEric Ye of Philadelphia takes a vertical photograph Sunday, Oct. 27, from the railroad tracks in Hallowell. Ye says he drove nine hours with his parents and sister to spend a few days documenting architecture and people in the city. The college student says he is taking still images and making videos for school. Andy Molloy/Kennebec Journal
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