Cony boys basketball players work through a drill during the first practice of the season Monday in Augusta.
Will Longfellow, of Manchester, nets a brown trout he caught Monday while fishing off Peninsula Park in Belgrade. The angler said he tries to dip his waders in the water on most days off from work in pursuit of salmonids.
Mandy Dow, co-owner of H&R Block in Waterville, assembles a Christmas tree of large Lego blocks for the official H&R Block tree Wednesday in advance of the fifth annual Sukeforth Family Festival of Trees at The Elm in Waterville.
University of Maine at Augusta's Madeline Suhr, left, and Southern Maine Community College's Aija Andrews do a jump ball to start the game Tuesday in Augusta.
Lisbon's Seth Leeman intercepts a pass intended for Winthrop/Monmouth/Hall-Dale receiver Beau Schmelzer in the Class D South championship game Friday in Lewiston.
Lisbon's Isaac Burnell holds up the Class D South championship plaque as the team celebrates its victory over Winthrop/Monmouth/Hall-Dale on Friday in Lewiston.
Christmas blow molds depicting carolers line the sidewalk outside a home in Anson on Tuesday. Other blow molds being set up and displayed included Santa and Mrs. Claus, reindeer with a sleigh, penguins and Mickey Mouse.
Brunswick players celebrate their 42-14 victory over Lawrence on Friday in Brunswick.
With the Maine State House in the background, a city of Augusta employee hangs holiday lights Thursday on a tree inside Memorial Circle. The city lights trees on the rotaries at both ends of the Memorial Bridge and throughout the downtown area.
Lisbon's Seth Leeman runs for a touchdown against Winthrop during the Class D South championship game Friday in Lewiston.
Southern Maine Community College's Tara Flanders, bottom, passes the ball after she got control during a scrum with University of Maine at Augusta's Kaeti Butterfield on Tuesday in Augusta.
Dalziel Lewis, left, of Dig Deep Farm, weighs a yam for customer Kathi Wall on Tuesday at the Mill Park Farmers Market winter home at 70 State St. in Augusta. The market will be held there on Tuesdays from 2-5 p.m. from now through April 14, 2020. It will be back at the Mill Park pavilion again the first Tuesday of May 2020. The 70 State St. building is a former church at the corner of State and Oak streets and is also home to the Augusta Multicultural Center.
A duck hunter arranges decoys Tuesday on the Kennebec River in Hallowell. Late fall hunters pursue diving and puddle ducks migrating south until ice covers the river.
Old Glory flies off the homestead of Deacon Benjamin Weston, built in 1817. The homestead stands Wednesday next to the Kennebec River within Weston Woods and Waters in Madison.
Football fans from Pittsfield-based Maine Central Institute, including Leeann Salley, right, huddle near snow piles Saturday during the regional championship game with Winslow in Hampden.
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