Santa Claus greets shoppers outside Old Navy at 12:14 a.m. on Friday in the Marketplace at Augusta.
Megan McKenney, of Lewiston, waits in line to check out at 1:11 a.m. on Friday at Kohl's in Augusta. She and her shopping group were planning to get coffee before continuing on to Freeport for more Black Friday shopping.
Shoppers file into the Walmart Supercenter for Black Friday shopping just after doors opened at midnight in Augusta.
Shoppers are bundled up against the cold as they wait outside the Walmart Supercenter at 11:59 p.m. on Thursday in Augusta.
Naquela Knox, left, and her mother Heather Owen carry their items to the cash register at 12:47 a.m. on Friday at Kohl's in Augusta. Owen said that they arrived just after 12:01 a.m. as the doors opened and that it was the sixth year for their annual mother-daughter Black Friday shopping trip.
Chris Turner, of Gardiner, who was first in line, waits at 11:36 p.m. on Thursday for the Best Buy in Augusta to open at midnight for Black Friday shopping. Turner said that he got in line at 7 a.m Thursday. The second person in line arrived at 3 p.m.
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