SNAPSHOT: Thank you for your service

Colby Russell-Leo salutes after placing a flag in a holder in front of the gravestone of a veteran Friday at Plains Cemetery in Litchfield.

SNAPSHOT: Try some of these?

Plant sale organizer Cheryl Edgecomb, left, tells Sherrie Holbrook about some of the plants for sale at the 21st annual Cox Memorial Methodist Plant Sale on Saturday in Hallowell. There were several other plant sales in the area on Saturday.

Walkers helping those with AIDS

Participants in the AIDS Walk of Central Maine start north from Hallowell on Saturday morning. About 100 people took part in the fundraiser for MaineGeneral Medical Center’s Horizon Program. They walked a five kilometer route  from Hallowell to downtown Augusta on Kennebec River Rail Trail and 10 kilometer runners did that twice.

SNAPSHOT: Counting needles

Linda Lincoln, left, and Maine Forest Service District Forester Morten Moesswilde, center, help third-grader Chris Wilcox count the needles to determine what kind of tree they are examining during an event for Carrie Ricker School students at Smithfield Plantation nature area on Thursday in Litchfield. It had five needles per bundle, so Moesswilde told them […]

STILL LIFE: Where they make the laws

About seven hours after the Legislature adjourned around 3 a.m. Thursday, Rep. Susan Morissette, R-Winslow, top right, leads a tour of the State House in Augusta for a fifth-grade class from Winslow Elementary.

SNAPSHOT: Squeegee on the side

Rocky Rocque squeegees off an atrium window on Thursday morning at Don’s Famous Franks on Mt. Vernon Avenue in Augusta. Rocque said that his usual job is “flipping burgers” there but also washes the window when needed.

SNAPSHOT: Planting day

Robin Wiesner places melon seeds into soil blocks on a rainy afternoon inside an old glass greenhouse at 3 Level Farm in South China. She said that since it has been too wet to plant lately, the greenhouse was getting pretty full of seedlings.

SNAPSHOT: Spine tingling

Helen Thompson School fourth-grader Ben Dostie, left, checks out a model spine while chatting with physical therapist Michele Stevens during the Aspirations Fair on Friday afternoon at Laura E. Richards Schools in Gardiner. There were about 30 careers represented at the event. In addition to the kindergarten through second graders at her school, principal Karen […]

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.