A long line of customers streams through the doors at 11:59 p.m. on Thursday at The Marketplace at Augusta.
Jen Viles, of Canaan, center, and Josh Herrin, of Oakland, carry her new television out of the Kohl's at 12:33 a.m. on Friday in Augusta. Their group were the first people in line and had gotten there around 8 p.m.
Matt Gallacher, assistant manager at Walmart, left, helps Paul LeBlanc, right, load a 58-inch Samsung television in the back of LeBlanc's Subaru CrossTrek in Waterville on Friday.
Best Buy associate Tammy Wells hands out tickets for door buster items to people waiting in line at 11:35 p.m. on Thursday in Augusta.
Benita Jamison packs the last of her bags in the back of her Heather Smith's SUV after shopping for Black Friday deals at Kmart in Waterville on Friday.
Chelsie Herrin, of Skowhegan, pulls a cart with a kitchen play set and pillows through Kohl's at 12:11 a.m. on Friday in Augusta. Herrin and several other relatives were the first people in line and had gotten there around 8 p.m.
Matt Gallacher, assistant manager at Walmart, stands with a 58-inch Samsung television as the new owner retrieves his car in Waterville on Friday.
Shoppers browse the merchandise on sale for Black Friday in Waterville.
Shoppers walk towards Kmart looking for Black Friday deals in Waterville.
Heather Smith, of Orono, packs her car with merchandise she has collected since starting shopping Thursday afternoon. She and her cousin-in-law, Benita Jamison, had put a thousand miles or more on their car shopping from Bangor to New Hampshire and Waterville in between on Friday.
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