Extraordinary Olympians

SNAPSHOT: Wet walk

A walker with an umbrella walks through Market Square on a rainy Tuesday afternoon in downtown Augusta. It would be a good idea to those umbrellas handy, since, the National Weather Service forecast calls for rain through Thursday evening.

SNAPSHOT: Clean up day

Marilyn Meyerhans, left, and David Worthing clean up tires from the side of Route 17 during the Manchester Conservation Committee’s roadside cleanup on Saturday morning. About fifty volunteers fanned out across the town picking up garbage. There were lots of cans, bottles, takeout coffee cups and other typical litter collected according to committee member Annie […]

SNAPSHOT: Dierks Bentley

Jacie Twist, of Gardiner, reaches up and touches hands with Dierks Bentley during his concert Thursday night at the Augusta Civic. Twist said that she was the first person in line at noon before the show to get her front row spot. About 3000 fans attended the show that also featured opening acts Eli Young Band and Will Hoge.

Dierks Bentley:Encore picture

Jacie Twist, of Gardiner, reaches up and touches hands with Dierks Bentley during his concert Thursday night at the Augusta Civic. Twist said that she was the first person in line at noon before the show to get her front row spot. About 3,000 fans attended the show that also featured opening acts Eli Young […]

SNAPSHOT: PRUNING RASPERRIES

Ken Shephard prunes a raspberry patch on Thursday afternoon in Farmingdale. He said that was just cutting out the old and dead canes to make room for the new green ones to grow.

SNAPSHOT: Detailing the demolition

Standing inside the new Damon’s Quick Stop, co-owner Pat Damon snaps a photo Wednesday of an excavator demolishing the old North Augusta Market on Route 27. There had been a market in the old building since the late 1940s. The Damon family, who also run Damon’s Beverage Mart on Augusta’s east side, have owned it […]

SNAPSHOT: Blooming beautiful

A cyclist passes under flowering ornamental trees on the Kennebec River Rail Trail while heading into downtown Hallowell on a warm, sunny Sunday afternoon.

SNAPSHOT: Kora Shrine Circus

Johnny Rocket turns after getting sprayed in the face by a tow truck during the Kora Shrine Circus performance Friday afternoon at the Augusta Civic Center. The circus continues today with show times at 9:30 a.m., 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.

SNAPSHOT: Earth Day seeds

Delaney Ellis and Skylan Bella, both 7 of Turner, fill their little containers with potting soil to plant corn seeds as part of Earth Day events on Thursday morning at the Children’s Discovery Museum in Augusta. The museum has been busy this week since most school children are on vacation this week, according to executive director Carrie Arsenault.
There will be Earth Day activities where children can plant seed pots and learn about recycling on Sunday too.