Richard Cormier piles firewood he cut at his Farmingdale lot, on Tuesday. Cormier said he’s selling the freshly cut hardwood by the third of a cord.

Elwood Snowman, of Winthrop, cleans the roof of a relative’s camper on Tuesday, in Pittston. “It’s great exercise,” Snowman said of his labors. “It least that’s what they tell me.”

Dan Longfellow checks the cables of a skidder on Tuesday, as a flock of chickens peck at his family’s Farmingdale farm. Longfellow was preparing the rig to twitch logs from the family’s lot.

Conrad Gardiner lugs a pair of traps and a bucket from a stream in Hallowell on Tuesday. Gardiner said he was switching the bait traps to another stream to catch shiners for ice fishing bait.

Grace Peters, right, unhooks a smelt Sunday while fishing with Roger Cahoon, center, and Jim Earle Sr. at Baker’s Smelt Camps. The winter angling shacks, rented by the tide, have emerged from Merrymeeting Bay to Randolph on the Kennebec River. The migrating fish are “really running now,” Baker’s Smelt Camps owner Mike Baker said.

Teamster Bub Pierce directs a team of Belgians to haul a freshly cut pine tree from a lot Thursday in South Gardiner. West Gardiner contractor Steve McGee employed the pulling horses, which compete at fairs across Maine, to twitch pine from a house lot he was hired to cut. “We all need exercise,” McGee said while felling a tree. “It’s good for the environment and it produces revenue.” Pierce, who trains the horses for McGee, agreed. “They need to learn how to work before they learn how to compete,” he said.

Gardiner Police Officer Dan Murray photographs a SUV that accidentally backed into a building owned by the Bank of Maine Thursday, on Water Street in Gardiner. The operator briefly lost control of the vehicle due to a medical condition, Murray said, before striking the building, a parked vehicle and light pole. The driver was examined by Gardiner rescue but didn’t warrant additional medical attention, Murray said. The building sustained minimal damage.

Christine Simpson, of Anchorage, Alaska, follows her husband, Eric, and mother-in-law, Karen Simpson, Wednesday while cross country skiing in Hallowell.

Jennifer Fielding launches her daughter, Abbie, 9, rear, and Lia Umland, 5, in a sled Sunday, down a hill at the Oaklands Farm in Gardiner. Another six inches of snow fell between Saturday and Sunday, creating perfect conditions for winter expeditions. The Fieldings, of Gardiner, were accompanied by their son, Connor, 7, on the downhill adventure.

Nick Neuhaus, left, Tucker Whitman, Tommy Lanphear and Alec Daigle salute the flag Sunday, during their Eagle Court of Honor by Boy Scout Troop 622 in Manchester. The teenagers were recognized at the Manchester Elementary School after each completed lengthy community projects and were elevated to the ranks of Eagle Scout.