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SNAPSHOT: Mill Park sledders

Kelsey Morin, left, and her daughter, Hadleigh Morin, 4, both of South China, slide down the Mill Park sledding hill on Tuesday in Augusta. There were several groups of sledders there on the New Year’s Day holiday. The sledding hill is near corner of Northern Avenue and Canal Street, between Sand Hill and downtown Augusta.

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SNAPSHOT: Pajama parade

About 20 people dressed in pajamas and bathrobes or coats cross Water Street in downtown Hallowell on their way from an apartment, where they gathered on their way to a New Year’s Day brunch at Slates Restaurant, on Tuesday. One of the organizers said that pajamas for brunch has been a holiday tradition for them for at least 10 years.

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SNAPSHOT: New year noisemakers

Joani Gavett, left, and Nancy Bunker, both of Mount Vernon, ring in the New Year by blowing noisemakers at noon on Monday at the Cohen Center in Hallowell. Organizers said noon here corresponded with midnight in Indonesia. About a 100 people attended the New Year’s luncheon.

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SNAPSHOT: Good as new

Kris Devine paints the newly installed wooden trim in the public stairway between Water Street and the Arcade parking lot on Dec. 14 in downtown Gardiner. Work is also under way at the top of the stairway, where the former Mad Dog Pub is being renovated and will reopen as Alex Parker’s Steak House.