Foliage glows on the other side of the Kennebec River as shadows fall across the Augusta Dog Park as Shadow the dog jumps at, but misses, a toy being waved by Harry Pierce, of Gardiner, on Tuesday afternoon.

Kathy Gerard puts sauerkraut on a bratwurst as she and other volunteers served lunch Saturday at Union Methodist Church of Belgrade during Oktoberfest festivities. There was food, music and other events at several sites around the village.

Siena LaMonica, 3, of Augusta, runs pulling a kite, which her father and grandfather, center, helped her launch, across Augusta’s Capitol Park on a recent sunny afternoon.

Tonya Gould, left, tries to get her seven-month-old son Briton Barnaby to look at photographer Diana Griggs, center. Her husband and fellow photographer Dennis Griggs helps Gould get her son to look up.

Heading back towards the Kennebec River, Chris Crittenden, left, and Shanna Wheelock, both of Lubec, paddle under the granite arch of bridge the carries Water Street traffic over Bond Brook one afternoon this week in Augusta.

Maya McCoy, left, and Brent McCoy, on a unicycle, juggle flaming torches in the finale of their “Secret Circus” performance on Wednesday afternoon in the Johnson Hall mini-park in downtown Gardiner. It was the first in this year’s Lively Lunch performance series held noon to 1 p.m. on Wednesdays through August. Next week’s show features […]

Corrie Donahue, of Monmouth, left, paint’s a pink and purple cat on the face of Gwen Lewis, 3 of Winthrop, at the Raspberry Festival last weekend at the East Winthrop Baptist Church. The festival featured pies, barbecue sauce and other food with raspberries along with pony rides.