

Sean Esterbrook of Vassalboro paddles back to his pickup Tuesday after a morning duck hunt on the Kennebec River in Pittston. Esterbrook only collected a single mallard on the expedition for migrating waterfowl. “I’m headed south,” he said of future hunts this season.
Cathie Hinds stirs the gravy pot as volunteers prepare for the community Thanksgiving dinner put on by the Augusta Valley Scottish Rite Masons at Gardiner Area High School on Thursday.
Kally and Lenny Cotton chase a calf Sunday in the cattle pen at a neighbor’s farm in Gardiner. The couple had picked up canes to reunite the bull with his mother in a pasture they own across the road.
AmyLou Craig talks to her puppy, Brewer, on Tuesday in a parking lot near the Kennebec River Rail Trail in Augusta.
Winslow quarterback Jacob Trask walks off the Fitzpatrick Stadium field after the final play of the Class C state championship game Saturday.
Winslow running back Nate St. Amand gets caught from behind by Yarmouth linebacker Henry Venden during the Class C state championship game Saturday at Fitzpatrick Stadium in Portland.
Shirley Eberhart laughs with other volunteers as they prepare boxes of pie for meals that will be delivered from the community Thanksgiving dinner put on by the Augusta Valley Scottish Rite Masons at Gardiner Area High School on Thursday.
Timothy Lane Jr., left, and Cindy Clark talk to reporters outside of 75 Washington Street on Tuesday in Augusta.
Brett Trefethen surveys a barn in Vienna earlier this month that he plans to raze to reclaim the boards.
St. Michael School eighth-grader Drew Dionne carries a bag of Thanksgiving groceries Monday to people waiting in line for food at the Augusta Catholic school.
Maine Department of Transportation employees Gary Ritter and Jean Perron connect the snowplow wing unit to a department truck at the Skowhegan facility Thursday. Asked if he dreaded the winter season, Ritter replied, “No, I love to plow.” He got the chance overnight Monday, when the area got a dusting of snow.
Maine Central Institute’s Braden Monteyro lands on his head after trying to haul in a pass in the Class D state title game Friday night in Orono.
Oak Hill’s Darryn Bailey (8) breaks up a pass intended for Maine Central Institute’s Blake Forest (3) in the Class D state title game Friday night in Orono.
Serge Lavoie pulls back on a sign post so a tractor-trailer hauling a 100-foot wind turbine tower can back up after failing to make the curve on Bush Street in Skowhegan while en route to the Bingham area on Thursday. The rig eventually rounded the corner near Water Street and Route 150.