James “Buddy” Dunn searches for fiddlehead ferns that have not opened and gone by along the Kennebec River in Waterville on Tuesday. Dunn said the picking has been good and he picked 20 pounds recently.

Investigators with the state Fire Marshal’s Office looked for evidence on Saturday for the cause of a fire that destroyed a home on Route 137 in Knox Friday night.

More than a dozen local men armed with brooms and shovels cleaned winter sand and gravel off Donigan Road in Moscow on Tuesday. Road Commissioner Jay Rollins said there is enough road work to keep the workers busy for a week.

Unity firefighter Ron Burd, left, uses a torch to ignite dry grass in a field during a control burn Monday as others with portable water tanks stand by. The field was being burned because of the extremely dry conditions.

Melissa Goldberg uses a hula hoop as others swing balls attached by a cord at Head of Falls in Waterville on Monday. The activity, known as Poi, is an exercise used to enhance dance and juggling. “We’re just friends having fun in the sun,” Goldberg said.

MAESTRO DEBUT: St. John’s Regional Catholic School kindergarten student Camden Cotnoir was selected to be guest conductor of the University of Maine in Orono Symphonic Band that performed to students and parents at Sacred Heart Church in Waterville on Monday. Cotnoir’s brief performnce drew a standing ovation and conductor Chris White gave her the baton she used. A smiling Cotnoir said she was nervous and added,” I’ve never done this before.”

Pastor Gary Hubley, center, of the Vassalboro United Methodist Church, leads an Easter sunrise service Sunday on the banks of China Lake in East Vassalboro. Though the sun did not break through the clouds, 24 parishioners and a flock of seagulls in the background gathered for the service.

Luke Raven speeds past his mother, Jenn, who was a little slower and wobbly on stilts while enjoying some exercise at their home in Unity on Saturday.

Madison Hart looks back at her cousin Hunter Hart-Guertin, who tried to pass her. The two drove battery-powered cars during a birthday party in Waterville recently.

A man watches as Timothy Landry of Fairfield, dressed as Darth Vader, is helped out of a van by Gene Paradis at the Gamestop store in Waterville. Landry showed up in costume to buy the new Xbox 360 Star Wars special edition that was released nationally on Tuesday. “I’m a big fan of Star Wars,” the 42-year-old Landry said. The new game costs $400 and he said the costume he wears on Halloween and area events cost him $1,000.