Divers Kyla Clark, left, and Zach Beaudry emerge Wednesday from Purgatory Stream in Litchfield after collecting tarps from the bottom. A crew from Friends of the Cobbossee Watershed retrieved the benthic barriers, which had been placed in the stream to combat an infestation of milfoil. The nonprofit has worked throughout the Cobbosseecontee watershed to fight the invasive species.
House Republican staffers Ryan Lorrain, left, Craig Slavin and Melissa Willette document their visit to the C-SPAN bus for social media on their phones on Tuesday Sept. 1, 2015 when it was outside the State House in Augusta. The bus is traveling the country to promote C-SPAN’s “Road to the White House” program.
Steven Beaulieu sweeps a hallway Friday at Hall-Dale Elementary School in Hallowell. He and other custodians, along with teachers and other staff members, were preparing for the first day of school, which is Wednesday.
Defendant Andrew Maderios speaks with attorney Leonard Sharon during is jury trial on domestic violence charges at Somerset Superior Court in Skowhegan on Monday. (Photo by David Leaming/Staff Photographer)
Alyssa Marcellino wipes her eyes during a sentencing for a number of charges including operating after suspension, causing a fatal accident in Monmouth, and other charges on Wednesday at the Capital Judicial Center in Augusta.
Shantel Seaman, 19, grades baby red potatoes Monday in the produce shed at her family’s farm in Litchfield. Filling a special order of the popular spuds was one of Seaman’s last chores of the season before heading off to college for the fall semester.
Bill Mitchell stands between the two builds he now owns on Common Street in Waterville where he plans to lease for businesses and office space. (Photo by David Leaming/Staff Photographer)
Though shirtless in the heat of the day on Monday, Zach Ball labored to get firewood inside for this winter. Some forecasters are predicting a similar winter as last season. (Photo by David Leaming/Staff Photographer)
Against the noon time sun Waterville firefighter Glenn Bordas sprays water from high in a ladder truck bucket as a new firefighter learns to operate controls on the truck at Head of Falls in Waterville on Tuesday. (Photo by David Leaming/Staff Photographer)
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