Justin Lord Willett, 12, runs a snowblower on the back of a farm tractor to clear a a work area on Tuesday in Hallowell.

Meg Mourey, left, an antiques dealer from Lancaster, N.H., shows a piece of pottery to Miriam Buckley, of Damarine Antiques, on Tuesday at the 22nd annual New Year’s Day Antique Sale at the Augusta armory. There were 45 antiques dealers at the show.

A runner out for a cold New Year’s Day jaunt heads east over the Memorial Bridge on Tuesday in downtown Augusta. The forecast for the rest of the week will be cold, with high temperatures forecast just up to the teens and 20s.

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.

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.

Ryan Gray, 8, of Hallowell, snowboards down a small hill on Friday, in Hallowell. He and his brother, Finn Gray, were trying out their Christmas presents the day after a snowstorm.

A pedestrian looks up at snow-covered Christmas decorations on the side of Gagliano’s Italian Bistro on Friday, at corner of Winthrop and Water streets in downtown Augusta.

Augusta Pawn and Jewelry employee Troy Hanscom spreads salt in front of the store on Friday on Water Street in downtown Augusta. Building owner Karen Hatch shovels snow further up the street.

Connie Wing, left, and Eunice Dee clap for the Cosmic Carolers after they finished a song at the Hillside Terrace on Wednesday, in Hallowell. The group performs in the city’s annual Christmas parade and this is the eigth year that the Cosmic Carolers have performed at several assisted-living and nursing homes in Hallowell.

People walk past the brightly decorated windows of Stacy’s Hallmark on Water Street in downtown Augusta on Tuesday.