Bath Fitter salesman Rick Gauthier speaks with Jessica Argraves, right, and her daughter, Amber, during the Manchester Lions Club Home & Garden Show at the Augusta Civic Center.  The 38th annual show was a success, according to Manchester Lions officer Mike Ponti, with “good turnout” during the weekend. 

Girl Scouts from around the state vote against a proposal to drop a line of cookies during a debate Thursday at the Statehouse. The fourth annual Girl Scout Cookie Debate introduced Scouts to the legislative process. Rep. Joyce Fitzpatrick, R-Houlton, attended the event.

Nerf Sabatine dumps sand he raked up in front of his Whitefield farm Wednesday.  Sabatine devoted the morning to cleaning up the sand remnants of a “long, snowy winter,” he said. 

Jan Goranson, left, hugs Bob Gleason while he visits Goranson and her husband, Rob Johanson, in the sugar shack at Goranson Farm in Dresden. The husband and wife team boiled more than 300 gallons of sap this maple syrup season, according to Johanson.  Gleason operated an adjoining spread, Green Point Farm, until he retired and […]

Janet Smith, right, of Winthrop, walks with her friend, Juanita Dunn, of Manchester, through a mixture of snow and rain Monday in Manchester.  Rain is expected to persist Tuesday with a chance of snow this weekend.

Morgan Morrow, 10, can’t collect a pass from her father, Dave, outside their Readfield home Sunday.  The Morrow family was practicing for the upcoming softball season that the girls play and father coaches.

Children run across the South Monmouth Road after getting dropped off by a school bus this week in Monmouth. The kids were running to Countryside Daycare, at the Jessica and Scott Herr residence, to