MCI’s Charlotte Peasley, left, and Angela Boisvert run in the 100-meter hurdle prelims during the KVAC Small School track and field championships May 24 on the Stadium Field track in Topsham. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal

Yarmouth’s Colter Olson, right, and teammate Ward Jenkins hug in the air after winning the Class B boys lacrosse state championship in overtime over York on June 15 at Fitzpatrick Stadium in Portland. Anna Chadwick/Morning Sentinel

Riders in bumper cars slam into one another Aug. 15 at the Skowhegan State Fair. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel

Dirigo softball players practice juggling during a weather delay June 8 in their Class C South softball semifinal game against Hall-Dale in Farmingdale. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal

Kindergarten teacher Denice Hatch encourages kindergartner Nathan Bard during his first day of classes Aug. 28 at Atwood Primary School in Oakland. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel

Early morning sunshine lights up the colorful fall foliage around 7:20 a.m. Oct. 17 in Mount Vernon Cemetery in Augusta. In the background, a fog bank hovers over the Kennebec River further down the hill. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal

Callie Burnham, left, and Alannah Halford peak around the door of the second parlor room May 17 in the soon-to-be Hartland Historical Society’s first-ever home. Anna Chadwick/Morning Sentinel

Steven Dutile, left, and wife Rebecca Corson Somes pause Sept. 8 near ash and debris left after an Aug. 30 fire swept through the third floor of the the historic Coburn Mansion. The pair were in the process of restoring the home which was built in 1848 at 24 Main St. in Skowhegan. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel

Greely girls celebrate June 1 after winning the Class B state track and field championship in Bar Harbor. Anna Chadwick/Morning Sentinel

Using a torch at the end of a long pole, Hallowell Fire Department Deputy Chief Aaron Selwood starts the annual bonfire of Christmas trees Jan. 6 in Hallowell’s Granite City Park. People who brought trees were asked for a $10 donation at the annual post-holidays fundraiser for the Hallowell Firefighters Association. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal

Members of the Lawrence football team review plays before a Sept. 20 game at Skowhegan. Anna Chadwick/Morning Sentinel

The Peaslee siblings, Makayla, 14, from left, Shane, 6, and Natalie, 12, jump off the dock at Bicentennial Park in Augusta June 19 as temperatures reached into the 90s. Anna Chadwick/Morning Sentinel

Mt. Blue’s Kendall Foster, left, and Caribou’s Grace Jean adjust their head gear Feb. 20 at the start of their 185-pound final match at the girls wrestling championships at Winslow High School. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel

Lewiston celebrates after winning the Class A cheerleading state championships Feb. 10 at the Augusta Civic Center. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal

Competitors exhibit bovines Aug. 27 during the Maine State Holstein Show at the Windsor Fair. Dozens of cows were displayed and assessed by judges with the intent of exchanging ideas about how to breed and cultivate superior holsteins. Andy Molloy/Kennebec Journal

Confetti flies June 30 as driver Howard Sharp, facing, and his son and navigator, Doug Sharp, of Rochester, New York, celebrate being named grand champions and overall winners of the 2024 Hemmings Motor News Great Race on Water Street in downtown Gardiner. The men are in their winning car, a 1916 Hudson Hill Climber. Photographer Rich Abrahamson says, “My challenge in this photo was focusing on the winning team as they embraced in a cloud of confetti at the finish line of the Hemmings Motor News Great Race. The confetti and antique auto blended with Gardiner’s historic downtown. The flying paper obscured the faces of the father and son team in most of the photos. The moment ended as a downpour began. It was time to run to the car, dry off gear and edit.” Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel

Olivia Kelton of Rhode Island and Mitchell Tarrio of Augusta have a picnic Sept. 1 beneath a willow tree in Capitol Park in Augusta. The couple, who both graduated from Assumption University in the spring, were planning to kick off a job hunt after Labor Day. Kelton plans to pursue a career in public relations while Tarrio hopes to teach at the elementary level. Andy Molloy/Kennebec Journal

Vanessa Bowler, left, collects a bale from Emily Rioux passed from a hay trailer by her brother-in-law, Roger Rioux, in August at the family’s farm in Monmouth. Roger Rioux reports the third cut stacked in a barn was a little wet but the harvest this season was “average” for Maine hay cultivation. Cooling temperatures should enhance future crops of the hay he hopes to collect and sell this year. “We don’t need the hot weather anymore,” he says. Bowler is Roger Rioux’s partner on and off the field. Andy Molloy/Kennebec Journal

Dr. Christabel Chan reads a novel Oct. 6 while sitting along the Kennebec River on the east side of Augusta. The resident physician is rotating through the Togus Veterans Administration Medical Center as part of her four-year ophthalmology residency at The George Washington University in Washington, D.C. Andy Molloy/Kennebec Journal

Josie Christianson, 5, rides in a combine harvester Nov. 10 as her father, Steve, transfers seeds they harvested at a plot at Kents Hill in Readfield. The non-GMO harvest at the Christianson Farm at 330 Main St. is sold as silage to other farmers to feed pigs and chickens. Steve Christianson says he is not sure how many acres he has cultivated this year with his wife, Caroline, but “it’s enough to keep us busy,” as demand for locally sourced nutrition causes them to increase what they grow. Andy Molloy/Kennebec Journal