More than 1,000 walkers head south Saturday on Water Street during the 15th annual MaineGeneral Health Walk for Hope in downtown Augusta.

People walk and dance Saturday in front of a disc jockey booth on Water Street between Market Square Park and The Olde Federal Building during the the 15th annual MaineGeneral Health Walk for Hope in downtown Augusta. The out-and-back 3.1-mile course started in Mill Park, went through downtown and onto the Kennebec River Rail Trail, then turned back to Mill Park using the same route.

People, dogs and even a pair of pink-wearing ponies walked on Saturday in the 15th Annual MaineGeneral Health Walk for Hope on Water Street in downtown Augusta.

Costumed walkers head south Saturday on Water Street in the 15th annual MaineGeneral Health Walk for Hope in downtown Augusta.