Nicholas Jacques, of Sidney, puts a trap back into a hole in Messalonskee Lake after checking the bait on Thursday afternoon. Jacques and other ice fisherman described the fishing as slow.

A nordic skier is framed by trees as more snow falls on the trails Saturday morning at the Viles Arboretum in Augusta.

Jamie Tansey smiles at his son, Eamon Tansey, 4, both of Sidney, as they walk back up the sledding hill Friday afternoon at Mill Park in Augusta.

Ross Hutchings II, of Hutchings Electric, installs a street light on Wednesday after on Water Street in downtown Augusta. He was replacing one that was destroyed when a tractor-trailer rolled over after hitting the nearby railroad trestle last week.

Robbie Cooper plays the baritone horn Tuesday as the Cony Middle School Band rehearses for its upcoming Caribbean Festival Concert, which raises money for a spring trip to Washington, D.C. The Caribbean Festival is at     6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 25, at Cony High School. Tickets are $8 apiece.   Dwight TIbbetts, right, leads the band […]

A car splashes through a large puddle on Bangor Street in Augusta as temperatures warmed above the freezing mark Friday afternoon, a day after a storm dumped several inches of snow, followed by sleet and rain. Today’s forecast calls for much colder temperatures with, highs in the teens.

With grass and the open waters of the Kennebec River in the background, John Waller washes a bike he was servicing at Mathieu’s Cycle and Fitness on Thursday afternoon in Farmingdale. He said that even though ice was forming on the stand holding up the bike, washing outside worked better than indoors.

Priscilla Slagger, left, claps as her husband, David Slagger, center, shakes hands with Gov. Paul LePage after he was sworn in as Maine’s first Maliseet Indian legislator in the State House’s Cabinet Room Wednesday in Augusta. Slagger, of Kenduskeag, will be seated in the House on Thursday.