Dressed as a bumblebee, Mariah Sack bites down on a pretzel wand she received at one of the many sites at Colby College on Sunday for the Halloween Extravaganza. She found biting down a bit of a challenge without all of her teeth.

CLINTON — For the ninth year, children and adults from all over Kennebec and Somerset counties have again lined up to have the wits scared out of them.

Onlookers at left cheer dozens of Maine Game Wardens as they begin running on U.S. Route 201 in Vassalboro toward Augusta during the fourth annual 15 mile Fallen Officers Tribute Run on Wednesday. The run honors the 15 Maine game wardens who died in the line of duty.

Sarah Kinsela paints the curb outside the Caverly Country Market in Hinckley along busy Route 201 on Tuesday.

Fresh cider drips from the barrel of a cider press as Dan Rague, center, loads apples and Paul Gadliardi pokes them down and Becky Rague turns a grinding wheel on Sunday in Oakland. The folks didn’t mind the fall chore as the cider was filled into containers.

Jeremy Garcia works without a shirt on a warm Tuesday while cutting up firewood on Front Street in Waterville.

Lawrence Siegler, right, pushes an ash log as Richard Eaton operates a winch next to a maple log while loading the wood on a trailer in Farmington on Sunday. The wood will go to the Town Line wood shop and made into cabinets.

Welcome to the third annual Great Corn Maize off U.S. Route 2 three miles south of town. The seasonal maize is open every weekend until Oct. 30 and weather permitting is packed with families.