Hallowell firefighters Lt. Roy Girard, left, Capt. Richard Clark, Chief Michael Grant and Ryan Girard display a trophy Wednesday that the volunteer company received Sept. 14, for exhibiting the department’s Tiger engine at the 50th annual Maine State Federation of Firefighters Convention in Ellsworth.

Gardiner firefighters wait to extinguish a blaze Monday during a training exercise at a Gardiner home donated to the city.

Sonny Black, left, and farmhand Randy Pierce toss hay bales Wednesday into a trailer at Black’s Litchfield farm. First cut bales are selling briskly to other farms, Black said, with a second crop of hay expected to be cut this week.

Workers with Reed & Reed mix and pour concrete Monday into a pier at the Richmond-Dresden Bridge construction project on the Kennebec River.

Eric Dickerson applies a coat of paint Thursday to an out building at O’Donnell’s Farm in Monmouth.

Shane Miclon rehearses a juggling act Thursday at Johnson Hall that he is scheduled to perform during the first showing of “The Early Evening Show With Mike Miclon” at the Gardiner theater on Saturday, Sept. 21. The spoof of late night talk shows, featuring local musicians, comedians, sketches and performers, has been running for 16 years with Shane’s father, Mike, serving as the host. While most performances over the last 14 years at the Oddfellow Theater in Buckfield sold out, tickets are still available at Johnson Hall for the show on Saturday.

Skeeter Arnold blasts paint Monday off the loading dock of a warehouse in South Gardiner. A crew from Tim Dennett Property Management was taking advantage of wet conditions to pressure wash the paint off the building before applying new coats later in the week.

Zach Montell collects a pass Monday while playing catch outside the Central Maine Commerce Center in Augusta.

Brian Malanson harvests a McIntosh apple today at Lakeside Orchards in Manchester.