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SNAPSHOT: Gravity defied

Ben Fulmer, of Readfield, hits a bump Tuesday beneath blue skies while free style skiing on the slope overlooking Torsey Pond at Kents Hill School in Readfield.  The private prep school competes in downhill, snowboarding and free style skiing. 

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SNAPSHOT: Plane as day

Nick Hamel, right, Selby Landmann, center, and Scott Boucher price firecrackers recently at Pyro City Fireworks on Route 202 in Manchester. Employees stocked up for the Thursday opening of the first fireworks store in Maine since the ban on fireworks was lifted last year.

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SNAPSHOT: Back in service

Rob Saucier, left, and Rick Tracy, of Groveland, Mass., balance an 1852 hose carriage on a trailer Sunday outside of Saucier’s South Gardiner shop. Saucier, the proprietor of Custom Carriages, repaired the wooden wheels on Tracy’s fire wagon that first fought blazes in Concord, N.H. Tracy plans to display the carriage in fire department musters […]

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SNAPSHOT: Cookie by cookie

Anna Schaab, second from left, shows Rose Warren, left, Ella Schaab, third from left, Isabel Charland and Georgia Warren how to roll fortune cookies Thursday at Hall-Dale High School kitchen in Farmingdale.  The Hall-Dale Middle School civil rights team members were baking up batches of the cookies before hosting several days of seminars about how […]

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SNAPSHOT: Taking a break

Bill Phinney stays comfortable Thursday in his wheelbarrow while monitoring a brush fire outside his home in Litchfield. Phinney said the mild weather encouraged him to kindle the burn pile in his yard. “I just love it,” he said of the February thaw.

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SNAPSHOT: Bore the Bridge

BORE THE BRIDGE: Maine Department of Transportation workers, from left, George James, Eric Moody and Keith Bates, level a drill Wednesday to bore a hole through a bridge column suspending the span across Cobbossee Stream in Gardiner. State crews have commenced work at repairing the concrete columns beneath Bridge Street and expect to be under […]

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SNAPSHOT: Princess shoe

Maya Ginka, 5, replaces a slipper that Ava Hersom, 4, lost while waiting to rehearse Sunday for an upcoming Valentine’s Day talent show in Augusta.  The Maine Parent Federation sponsors the show that showcases local musicians, dancers and karate studios on Feb. 14 to raise funds to advocate for children with disabilities. Local talent will […]

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SNAPSHOT: Steamed up

People dismount a sleigh Sunday after being towed around the Windsor Fairgrounds during the Windsor Historical Society’s annual sleigh rally. Several teams of horses and a pack of sled dogs gave rides in sub-zero temperatures around the Fairgrounds during the annual event.