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A crane positions the city's holiday tree into place Tuesday in Market Square in Augusta. The annual holiday tree lighting event is set for 2-6 p.m. Nov. 29. A snow flake craft is planned for 1 p.m. at Lithgow Library and Santa and friends plan to arrive at 2 p.m.in Market Square and will be available for visits from 2:15-4:45 p.m. Festive street entertainment is scheduled for 3-4:45 p.m. on Water Street and the 5 p.m. tree lighting will be followed by fireworks. For more information visit augustaparksrec.com. (Joe Phelan/Staff Photographer)
Christmas tree erected in Augusta
The annual holiday tree lighting events are set for 2-6 p.m. Nov. 29 in Market Square.
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Jamie Cates, from Lajoie Bros., bottom right, watches the tree being loaded and gives signals to the crane operator Tuesday at the former Augusta police station near Capital Park in Augusta. After it was strapped onto the trailer, the tree was delivered to Market Square at the corner of Water and Winthrop streets in downtown Augusta. The annual holiday tree lighting event is set for 2-6 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 29. A snow flake craft is planned for 1 p.m. at Lithgow Library and Santa and friends plan to arrive at 2 p.m.in Market Square and will be available for visits 2:15-4:45 p.m. Festive street entertainment is scheduled for 3-4:45 p.m. on Water Street and the 5 p.m. tree lighting will be followed by fireworks. For more information visit augustaparksrec.com. (Joe Phelan/Staff Photographer)
Purchase this imageAn Augusta police cruiser leads a convoy of trucks carrying the city’s holiday tree down Water Street on Tuesday in Augusta. (Joe Phelan/Staff Photographer)
Purchase this imageA crane starts to lift the city’s holiday tree from a trailer Tuesday into Market Square in Augusta. (Joe Phelan/Staff Photographer)
AUGUSTA ME – NOV. 18: A crane starts to lift the cityÕs holiday tree from a trailer into Market Square Tuesday November 18, 2025 in Augusta.
The tree will be the star of the cityÕs holiday tree lighting festivities that will be held from 2-6 p.m. Saturday November 29 around Market Square downtown.
There will be a snow flake craft at Lithgow Library from 1-3 p.m. There will Santa and friends arrive in Market Square at 2 p.m. and there will be available for visits there from 2:15-4:45 p.m. Festive street enterainment on Water Street from 3-4:45 p.m. Tree lighting is at 5 followed by a fireworks show.
More information available at www.augustaparksrec.com
Nearby same day events include the River of Trees fundraiser in Colonial Theater from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., Christmas events at Old Fort Western
(Joe Phelan/Staff Photographer)
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Augusta city employee Chris Blodgett carries a strap to guide the city’s holiday tree into place Tuesday as a crane lifts it from a trailer into Market Square in Augusta. The city’s tree lighting festivities are set for 2-6 p.m. Nov. 29 around Market Square downtown. Other nearby same day events include the River of Trees fundraiser from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., in Colonial Theater Christmas events at Old Fort Western. (Joe Phelan/Staff Photographer)
AUGUSTA ME – NOV. 18: Augusta city employee Chris Blodgett carries a strap to guide it as a crane lifts the cityÕs holiday tree from a trailer into Market Square Tuesday November 18, 2025 in Augusta.
The tree will be the star of the cityÕs holiday tree lighting festivities that will be held from 2-6 p.m. Saturday November 29 around Market Square downtown.
There will be a snow flake craft at Lithgow Library from 1-3 p.m. There will Santa and friends arrive in Market Square at 2 p.m. and there will be available for visits there from 2:15-4:45 p.m. Festive street enterainment on Water Street from 3-4:45 p.m. Tree lighting is at 5 followed by a fireworks show.
More information available at www.augustaparksrec.com
Nearby same day events include the River of Trees fundraiser in Colonial Theater from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., Christmas events at Old Fort Western
(Joe Phelan/Staff Photographer)
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A crane positions the city’s holiday tree into place Tuesday in Market Square in Augusta. The annual holiday tree lighting event is set for 2-6 p.m. Nov. 29. A snow flake craft is planned for 1 p.m. at Lithgow Library and Santa and friends plan to arrive at 2 p.m.in Market Square and will be available for visits from 2:15-4:45 p.m. Festive street entertainment is scheduled for 3-4:45 p.m. on Water Street and the 5 p.m. tree lighting will be followed by fireworks. For more information visit augustaparksrec.com. (Joe Phelan/Staff Photographer)
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Joe Phelan is an award winning journalist who makes photos and videos around the capital area for the the Kennebec Journal, Morning Sentinel and the other Masthead Maine publications. Joe’s first journalism...
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