Waterville Rotary Club President Suzanne Uhl-Melanson gestures while dedicating a sitting bench in honor of the years of community service from the Willard B. Arnold family, at the Quarry Road Recreation Area in Waterville on Monday.
David Leaming
STILL LIFE: Sprinkler sprite
The hot weather brought out a sprinkler for Emiko Peck, seen running through the water to cool off, at her home in Waterville on a hot and muggy Sunday. Emiko and her sister, Mimako, ran from sprinkler to kiddie pool to ward of the heat.
STILL LIFE: Up and away
The W. H. Green & Sons crane company brought in a second crane to successfully remove the steeple from the St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church in Waterville on Wednesday. The church will be torn down for a housing project.
PHOTO: Waterville church identity removed
The W. H. Green & Sons crane company brought in a second crane to successfully remove the steeple from the St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church in Waterville on Wednesday. The church is being torn down to make way for a housing project.
STILL LIFE: Messalonskee Lake picnic
The sun finally poked out after a week of dreary rain and clouds bringing picnickers and boaters to Messalonskee Lake in Oakland on Monday. Enjoying a lunch outside are, from left, Chrystal Dakin, Kim Corriveau and MaryRuth Dakin.
PHOTO: Fire destroys Camp Mataoka maintenance building
Camp Mataoka employee Michelle Oliver on Tuesday sprays water on the smoldering remains of a two-story maintenance building that was destroyed by fire in Smithfield Monday evening.
STILL LIFE: Field of flags
Heather and Ralph Merrow on Sunday set out to dry, at their home in Waterville, some of the 500 American flags that were left over after members of Boy Scout Troop 436 placed them on graves of veterans at the Maine Veterans Cemetery in Augusta recently.
SNAPSHOT: Love taps
A downy woodpecker pecks a stop sign on Cottage Street in Fairfield this week. According to nearby homeowner Trevison Hardy, the bird began his daily routine of beating the sign a month ago. The metal tapping noise can be heard a long way off. “He does it every day and all day,” Hardy said. “I think it’s funny.” Hardy added the bird may be trying to attract a mate.
STILL LIFE: Love taps
A downy woodpecker pecks a stop sign on Cottage Street in Fairfield this week. According to nearby homeowner Trevison Hardy, the bird began his daily routine of beating the sign a month ago. The metal tapping noise can be heard a long way off. “He does it every day and all day,” Hardy said. “I think it’s funny.” Hardy added the bird may be trying to attract a mate.
STILL LIFE: Head light
Mike Pellerin of Mike’s Electrical Services installs one of two new signs at Headquarters Salon on Main Street in Waterville on May 13.