Aubrey Wacome, 5, cuddles with one of the cows from Calvary Cattle Company in Benton on Aug. 11 at the 201st annual Skowhegan State Fair.
The taiko drum group from Hall-Dale High School performs Jan. 5 in front of a Christmas tree bonfire in Granite City Park in Hallowell. The Christmas tree bonfire event was a fundraiser for the Hallowell Firefighters Association. People could dispose of their tree for a $10 donation.
An Osprey plucks an alewife from the waters of the Sebasticook River in Benton on May 15 as the alewives make their annual run up river.
A bee flies around a purple lupin flower June 19 in Hallowell. The bright wildflowers were blooming across the area.
A car drives uphill and out of the low-lying fog Oct. 16 on Winthrop Street and up into the bright sunshine and clearer air near Camp Keyes. It was bright and sunny on top of hill but there was heavy early morning fog down in the valley closer to the Kennebec River.
A gaggle of geese search for food April 18 in a snow-covered field at the Flood farm in Clinton.
Abigail Borge, of Somersworth, New Hampshire, takes a leap July 10 in to the water at Moxie Falls in West Forks.
Water flows under the bridge as people walk over it April 17 in Vaughan Woods in Hallowell. Water was high after recent rain and snowmelt. The popular walking trails between Farmingdale and Hallowell can be accessed from trailhead near corner of Middle Street and Hallowell Litchfield Road.
Felix, Zev and Kleanthi Cunningham lead their grandmother, Missy Cunningham, from the trees Oct. 14 at Bond's Apple Orchard in Richmond.
A Les Chasseurs de rĂªves performer walks the streets of Quebec City on Feb. 15 as a Dream Hunter, a life-sized puppet operated on stilts, during the Quebec Winter Carnival. The Dream Hunter birds are mythical creatures tasked with stealing dreams in the night.
A pollen-covered bee crawls over a sunflower Sept. 13 in Hallowell.
Kevin Crane, an intuitive horseman, walks through Castonguay Square in downtown Waterville on Oct. 3 with Star the Dancing Horse. Star was the headline act for a variety show at the Waterville Opera House.
A juvenile bald eagle sits on a fence post Jan. 4 as other birds swarm around the landfill at Hatch Hill Solid Waste Disposal Facility in Augusta.
Kent Stevens uses a bucket truck Nov. 3 to repair the roof of the 1895 Victorian home he owns and shares with wife Ruth and their tenants in Skowhegan. The home overlooks Main Street and Fairview Avenue.
A person strolls along the Kennebec River Rail Trail beneath bright red trees Oct. 31 in Augusta. The Kennebec River Rail Trail starts near the spot seen here on Front Street in Augusta and ends in Gardiner.
A sailboat takes in the fireworks show from the Atlantic Ocean on July 4 off the coast of Northport. A private resident of Northport put on 40 minutes worth of fireworks from the shore of his home at Temple Heights in Northport for locals in the small mid-coast village.
Chig Neal fills a bag of maple leaves Oct. 29 in the yard of her Mt. Vernon farm.
The Blaine House, which is the governor's mansion that is across the street from the Maine State House in Augusta, is seen Jan. 17.
Leaves change colors with the season Sept. 23 in Winslow.
A person carrying umbrella walks past display window May 3 at Dreams Bridal in downtown Augusta.
Wild turkeys with a backdrop of fall colors Oct. 6 in Fairfield.
A heron stands on log early in the morning July 13 in Upper Pleasant Pond in Richmond.
A fisherman trolls past a Coast Guard aid to navigation buoy Sept. 28 in the Kennebec River on a very foggy day between Granite City Park in Hallowell and Butternut Park in Chelsea.
Musher Megan Strout of Ultimate Dogsledding Experience and her team of dogs pull passengers on a trail Feb. 10 at Coburn Park in Skowhegan during the last day of Somerset Snow Fest.
The Maine State House on Oct. 8 from scenic overlook in the Howard Hill Historical Park in Augusta.
Cassidy Bigos, of Temple, hauls a backcast Nov. 3 onto Jug Stream at Hovey Dam in Monmouth.
A duck hunter arranges decoys Nov. 19 on the Kennebec River in Hallowell.
Fire Marshal investigator Larry Moral carries the helmet of Capt. Mike Bell to Fire Capt. Stephan Bunker of the Farmington Fire Department. Capt. Mike Bell was killed in a gas leak explosion during a call to 313 Farmington Falls Road in Farmington on Sept. 17. The helmet was found amid the rubble from Monday's explosion. The helmet has been in the Bell family for over 15 years being handed down from brother to brother as they became captain of Ladder 3 at the Farmington fire department.
Jennings Pinkham, a firefighter with the Farmington fire department, washes the debris and dust from Tower 3 at the Farmington fire department on Sept. 19. Tower 3 Captain Mike Bell was killed in an explosion five days prior.
Scott MacLean stands Sept. 19 on the front steps of his family's trailer that was destroyed by the LEAP building explosion as residents were allowed back in to pick up personal items.
Forest Hills' Hunter Cuddy has a private moment with the Gold Ball in the locker room after defeating Schenck in the Class D state championship game Saturday at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor.
Winslow High School head coach MaryBeth Bourgoin performs Aug. 24 with the field hockey team in the dance-off at the Winslow High School field hockey play day in Winslow.
Tony Larrabee runs with chains April 5 to save some of his equipment from his burning barn at 174 Norridgewock Road in Fairfield burns. The barn was a total loss but no people or animals were hurt.
Shawn Quimby, future brother-in-law of the man who lost his life in a structure fire on North Road in Anson, tries to find comfort Aug. 8 with a friend's dog on North Road in Anson.
Christy Griglio, 7, takes a straight path to end of the corn maze Aug. 21 during Maine Farm Days at Misty Meadows Farm in Clinton.
Sophia Robbins, 9, leaps in to Outlet Stream from a tree limb July 2 in Vassalboro as the temperatures touched the 90s.
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