Benjamin Stratton, right, and Dan Usher strum guitars Thursday in Gardiner. The duo jammed for seagulls on the Kennebec River while waiting for friends. “We’re just playing all over the place,” Stratton said of their walking and picking tour of the city.
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: High lights
Lucas Andrews, 3, peeks beneath the shelf of ice holding him on the Kennebec River in Hallowell on Monday evening. Andrews searched for fish while his brother, Isaac, and father, Steve, skated beneath a nearly full moon.
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SNAPSHOT: On high
James Weeks hoists staging Monday for a platform Maine Masonry erected over the sidewalk on Water Street in Gardiner. Crews are refacing a brick building belonging to Bank of Maine and built two courses of staging over the sidewalk to reach the exterior. The Bank is restoring the 19th century building on Gardiner’s main street, […]
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SNAPSHOT: Harmonizing
Joyce Drew strums the guitar as Pat Soboleski picks the upright bass Wednesday during a rehearsal of the Carol Bailey String Band at the Litchfield Senior Center. Band members play instruments including the mandolin, guitar, bass, banjo and harmonica. The group named itself in honor of Carol Bailey, who died in 2010, to commemorate her work founding the center for elderly residents at the former Litchfield Academy.
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SNAPSHOT: Going green
Timothy Heutz, right, shows Todd Belaire the boilers for the new wood pellet heating system they lifted into place with a crane Thursday at Gardiner City Hall. The boilers, installed by Heutz Premium Pellet Systems, are expected to replace the 40-year-old heating system that burns about 7,000 gallons of heating oil at the fire station and city headquarters. The city received a $61,000 grant for the $122,000 project as part of the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act of 2009.
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SNAPSHOT: The recess pool
Cole Whitten contemplates how many points the Patriots will score over the Giants while guessing the outcome of the Superbowl during an inside recess Wednesday at Carrie Ricker Middle School in Litchfield. Students overwhelming supported the New England team, according to principal Christine Lajoie-Cameron, while it rained and snowed outside. Whitten confided he’s a Packer’s […]
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SNAPSHOT: Just say no to romance novels
Michael Griffin inspects novels Monday in the free book box on the porch of the Underwood Memorial Library in Fayette. Griffin, of Fayette, was looking for “something to do during the winter months,” he said, but took a pass on freebies since they were all romance novels.
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SNAPSHOT: What goes up
Maranacook Community Middle School students in Readfield got an interesting lesson Monday in Newton’s laws.
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SNAPSHOT:At the top
Ryan Parks, 5, climbs a snow bank Sunday at the University of Maine at Augusta outdoor fitness center. Parks, of Sidney, explored the trail system at the Center with his siblings and parents. The five interconnected trails loop through the woods at UMA for up to a mile.