Firefighter Jim Lane examines the smoking remains of a snowmobile that burned in Fairfield on Thursday. Owner Justin Bouchard said he had done some recent work on head gaskets on the Arctic Cat and took it out for a ride. “It started up real easy and while I was running it, I saw smoke and flames and jumped off,” Bouchard said.

THORNDIKE — The fire that destroyed the Thorndike Congregational Church did not stop the parishioners from having Sunday services.

THORNDIKE — The fire that destroyed the Thorndike Congregational Church did not stop the parishioners from holding Sunday services.

THORNDIKE — The century-old Thorndike Congregational Church was destroyed by fire early Wednesday morning, and trustees say they will rebuild.

THORNDIKE — The century-old Thorndike Congregational Church was destroyed by fire early Wednesday morning, and trustees say they will rebuild.

Harlan Benner carries a poinsettia plant through rows of flowers Wednesday at Sunset Flowerland in Fairfield Center. Benner said the greenhouse grew 6,700 plants and 15 varieties of poinsettias this season.

WATERVILLE — The Salvation Army could use a hand this holiday season. Many hands, especially ones attached to tiny red bells.

Justin Smith throws burned lumber off the second floor of a home on Weston Avenue in Madison on Wednesday. The house sustained serious damage in an arson fire set Nov. 30, 2010. Co-owner Alan Ward said the house will be rebuilt after salvage work is complete and will be smaller. Ward did not know when the house will be finished.