Outside the Maine Lakes Research Center in Belgrade on Thursday, Neal Hallee paints one of many cans that will be used to hold raffle tickets during the 42nd Congress of Lakes Association conference to be held June 23 at Colby College in Waterville. This year’s theme is sustaining Maine lakes with respect to economic and environmental issues.

Ashley Taylor of Chesterville plays her violin as a pedestrian walks past on Main Street in Farmington on Monday. Taylor said she has fun playing outdoors and has done so since February. “I enjoy it and I use the money for college expenses,” she said.

SUMMER FUN: Izabela Healey blasts through water at the end of a lawn water slide at her home in Thorndike on a hot and summer-like Saturday.

Waterville firefighters and Thomas College personnel scramble to place sandbags to divert rushing water from a water main break at the Waterville campus on Monday. Water gushed up through the ground along the new entrance road and drained toward the Student Center, and toward the main campus parking lots.

A fisherman stands on the bow of his boat while casting into the Kennebec River below the Eddy in Skowhegan on Wednesday. The boat remained steady in the moving current with an electric motor.

Eddy Roode, top, and Henry Otten of Kennebec Electric and Lighting install a new sign at the Dairy Queen restaurant on College Avenue in Waterville on Tuesday.

Jennifer Hickey holds a cup of ice cream as her dog Buttons, left, sniffs it while Rondo starts licking after they and 100 people and pets completed a 3.5-mile walk to benefit the Humane Society Waterville Area at the 19th annual Pet-a-Thon on Sunday.