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Rabbi Rachel Isaacs, left, and Melanie Weiss read the Book of Leviticus, the third book of the Torah, prior to Yom Kippur services Wednesday at Beth Israel Synagogue in Waterville. The holiest day on the Jewish calendar. The event started at sunset Wednesday and ends at nightfall Thursday. The 25-hour period is marked by soul-searching and synagogue services that include special prayers and rituals. (Anna Chadwick/Staff Photographer)
Troop sendoff in Augusta and Yom Kippur in Waterville featured in the Week In Photos
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Teresa McKinney, Diamond Family Director of the Arts at Colby College, left, and Tyler French, Associate Director of Artistic Planning and Community Engagement, share an umbrella Sept. 25 as they cross Colby’s campus in the rain in Waterville. (Rich Abrahamson/Staff Photographer)
Purchase this imageMembers of the 136th Engineer Vertical Construction Company of the Maine Army National Guard stand at attention Friday as family members and friends photograph and watch the start of a sendoff ceremony at the Augusta Civic Center in Augusta. (Rich Abrahamson/Staff Photographer)
Purchase this imageSgt. TJ Johanson, a member of the Maine Army National Guard 136th Engineer Vertical Construction Company, holds his son Odin Johanson, 3, of Wales, at the close of a sendoff ceremony for the unit Sept. 27 at the Augusta Civic Center in Augusta. Also shown is TJ Johanson’s son Isaiah LaBrecque, 9, left, and Johanson’s mother-in-law, Sara LaBrecque, at the right. The 130-member unit is being deployed to Saudi Arabia. The unit, which is split between Lewiston and Skowhegan, will support Operation Spartan Shield with construction, electrical work, masonry and various other mission-focused capabilities.(Rich Abrahamson/Staff Photographer)
Purchase this imageBelfast’s Rilyne Mehuren, left, tries to get around Messalonskee’s Caroline Clifford-Bickford during the JV field hockey game Sept. 25 in Oakland. (Joe Phelan/Staff Photographer)
Purchase this imageChildren and staff from the Maine General Early Learning Center take a lap around the garden Thursday behind the Alfond Center For Cancer Care in Augusta. (Joe Phelan/Staff Photographer)
Purchase this imageZachary Fields makes a cut with a piece of string Wednesday after throwing off the hump, which is a pottery technique for creating smaller pieces from a large mound of clay on the pottery wheel. His studio is located at 182 Ridge Road in Bowdoinham. (Anna Chadwick/Staff Photographer)
Purchase this imageSkowhegan’s Lydia Herrick plays the ball off a throw-in while Messalonskee’s Lydia Parent moves in on defense during the River Hawks’ 6-0 win on Tuesday in Skowhegan. (Anna Chadwick/Staff Photographer)
Purchase this imageWinthrop’s Ross Fichthorn escapes Dirigo’s Brady Philbrick (15) and Owen Smith (7) Sept. 26 in Dixfield. (Anna Chadwick/Staff Photographer)
Purchase this imageRabbi Rachel Isaacs, left, and Melanie Weiss read the Book of Leviticus, the third book of the Torah, prior to Yom Kippur services Wednesday at Beth Israel Synagogue in Waterville. The holiest day on the Jewish calendar. The event started at sunset Wednesday and ends at nightfall Thursday. The 25-hour period is marked by soul-searching and synagogue services that include special prayers and rituals. (Anna Chadwick/Staff Photographer)
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