Members of the Hall-Dale softball team celebrate with Jade Graham (24) after she hit a home run against Dirigo on April 23 in Farmingdale. Anna Chadwick/Morning Sentinel

Mt. Blue’s Stephen Davis and Maranacook/Winthrop’s Ethan Chilton battle for a loose ball April 22 in Farmington. Anna Chadwick/Morning Sentinel

Lazy Acres Farm owner Sarah Lutte harvests tulips — including Drumlines, Black Hero, Cabana and Lorenzo — for opening weekend April 19 in Farmingdale. The small family farm focuses on sustainably raised pastured pork and seasonal specialty cut flowers. Anna Chadwick/Morning Sentinel

Cony’s Ashley Olsen runs through the team tunnel during introductions before the Rams’ lacrosse season opener April 24 against Mt. Ararat in Augusta. Anna Chadwick/Morning Sentinel

Michael and Bonnie Williams pose for a portrait April 24 in their Waterville home. Read the story of how Michael Williams of Waterville, who suffers with a terminal illness, applied for and was granted a wish for his daughter and grandson to visit him from North Carolina. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel

A walker passes cones and signs that line Burleigh Street on April 22 near where a flagger works by excavation for utility work on the street in Waterville. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel

Bill Bemis of Bemis Family Farm in Corinna stands behind his pure maple syrup and other maple products he sold April 17 during the Downtown Waterville Farmers’ Market Winter Market at the Head of Falls parking lot in Waterville. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel

A worker looks over containers of paint while working April 16 at the former Solon Manufacturing and Maine Spinning Co. mill at 7 Island Ave. in Skowhegan. Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel

Messalonskee baserunner Sean Achorn, left, dives safely into first base to beat a pickoff throw to Cony first baseman Parker Morin during an April 23 baseball game at Morton Field in Augusta. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal

Legislators clap after Gov. Janet Mills, center, signs LD 1 into law at a ceremony April 22 at the Maine State House in Augusta. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal

A person walks down a tree-lined path April 18 in Augusta’s Capitol Park. Capitol Park, which was established in 1827 and sits between the Maine State House and the Kennebec River, served as a parade ground and encampment site during the Civil War. The park was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal

Gwendolyn Ellis, left, points to an egg on the top shelf April 19 as her mother, Julia Ellis, grabs it for her during the annual Spring Egg Hunt inside Hubbard Free Library in Hallowell. Eggs were hidden all around the children’s area in the back of the library. Before the event started, staffers joked about how they will occasionally find plastic eggs throughout the rest of the year that the children missed. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal