Abby Perry, 5, winds up to deliver a snowball Thursday while brawling with her twin sister, Emma, second from left, and cousins, Marinn Perry, 4, left, and Grace Perry, 6, at their grandparents’ Hallowell farm. The children were waiting for a bus to deliver them to school that was delayed two hours by the first snowfall of the season.

Forester James Peterson, of Rumford, measures pine logs for lumber Monday at a lot he harvested in Litchfield. The retired chemical engineer uses a cable skidder to twitch the pine to a yard where he determines which logs should be pulped and those that will be preserved for sawing.

Percy Carey, 12, sits in a willow tree in Capitol Park in Augusta while waiting Sunday for his father, Jason, to take a picture. The Careys, of Belgrade, were taking family portraits on the mild fall day.

Gil Coryell hangs the laundry Sunday between his home and garage in Augusta. Coryell said his family uses the all-natural drying system for clothes until it gets too cold.

Hall-Dale Elementary students, parents, faculty and staff run down Second Street in Hallowell on Sunday during the inaugural Sugar Rush 5K. The parent-teacher organization hosted the walk and jog to raise funds for the school and donate extra Halloween candy to Operation Gratitude, which delivers sweets to troops serving abroad.

St. Michael School fifth graders bless themselves during a service Thursday at St. Mary’s Church in Augusta on All Saints Day. Children from the private school dressed as saints during the annual Mass to celebrate individuals canonized by the Catholic Church.

Motorcycles rumble past Winthrop Middle School students during a “Bikers against bullying” event on Monday.  Superintendent Gary Rosenthal said the visit was organized by Julie Armillotti, guidance counselor, and middle-schoolers were all to have an opportunity to see the bikes and their riders.  “We try to be pretty proactive,” Rosenthal said. October has been designated […]

Wardens stand at attention as District Game Warden Kris Barboza, right, hangs a pennant Wednesday to a flag carried by the Wardens during the annual Fallen Officer Memorial Run.

Bill Forbes brushes a mandrel Tuesday he created in the foundry of the blacksmith shop located on the grounds of the Windsor Historical Society. Forbes said he hopes to assemble the handle and blade of the axe with the new mandrel this week.