Maine Department of Conservation employee Patrick Brown lowers a hoist Monday after helping place a ramp in the Kennebec River at the state boat launch in Hallowell. Brown and colleagues Matthew Myshrall and Bill Cunningham placed the ramp and floats for boats that will remain in the river until the end of October.
Andy Molloy
Andy started his photojournalism career with the Kennebec Journal in 1995. Over the years, he has won numerous Maine Press Association awards for his images of Maine people, places and events and contributed to CentralMaine.com’s 2017-18 General Excellence Digital honor.
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SNAPSHOT: Raise a glass for Mom
Lois Kenney, right, serves up a glass of wine while her partner at Two Hogs Winery, Ann Dube, second from right, pours a glass Sunday during a Mother’s Day wine tasting at the Vassalboro shop. The vintners bottle and sell nine different types of wine made from Maine berries, according to Kenney. The name derives […]
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SNAPSHOT: Bounty of baskets
Aurilla Holt hangs flower baskets Wednesday on the exterior of her Hallowell floral shop, Berry and Berry, on Water Street. Florists are displaying a variety of plant selections for Mother’s Day on Sunday.
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SNAPSHOT: Salmon trap
SALMON TRAP: Department of Marine Resources technician Josh Noll, right, releases an alewife Tuesday as his colleague, Derik Lee, checks the interior of an auger trap anchored beneath the dam on the Sheepscot River at Head Tide Village in Alna. The scientists were sampling fish species to determine how many Atlantic salmon are migrating through the passage. So far, they have collected about a 100 juveniles since March, according to Noll, and five adult fish.
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Civil War reminders
Augusta Historic Preservation Commission member Andy Loman, left, inspects a sign that Augusta Public Works employees Matt Jackson, center, and Steve Veilleux installed Monday near the Civil War monument on Memorial Circle in Augusta. The city installed 13 new signs across the community as part of the Museum in the Streets seasonal tours to recognize […]
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SNAPSHOT: Net check
Marine Patrol officer Clint Thompson inspects an elver net Sunday at the confluence of Cobbossee Stream and the Kennebec River in Gardiner. As the eel fishing season winds down, Thompson said, the recreational shad and alewife harvest commences, warranting continued scrutiny of tidal tributaries.
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SNAPSHOT: National day of prayer
First Lady Ann LePage, right, hugs Kathy Todd on Thursday after leading an observance of the National Day of Prayer at the Statehouse. LePage read a prayer to the group of approximately two dozen who assembled before they sang the “America The Beautiful” and proceeded on a prayer walk around the capitol.
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SNAPSHOT: Down by the river
Clayton Smith, of Harpswell, carries a basket of fiddleheads he harvested in Hallowell down to the Kennebec River to wash. “The season has just started,” Smith said of the ferns that grow in river valleys, but he has already picked about 600 pounds.
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SNAPSHOT: Ready to roam
A Bald Eagle leaps out of a cage Wednesday a moment after being released by Game Wardens Steve Allarie, right, and Terry Hughes in Augusta. The 8-year-old hen was recovered by Allarie in late March after it become entangled with another eagle in Litchfield. After being rehabilitated at Avian Haven in Freedom, the bird was […]
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SNAPSHOT: Bouquet day
Bethany, right, and Dorothy Ives sort a bouquet Tuesday they picked outside their Hallowell home. The seven-year-old twins presented the flowers they arranged to neighbors.