James Wiggins, of Augusta, shoots free throws Wednesday on a fresh coat of snow at Williams Playground in Augusta. Wiggins said he likes to play hoops in every weather condition and rides his bike all year.
Jerry Reid, Gov. Janet Mills nominee to head Department of Environmental Protection, testifies before the Committee On Environment and Natural Resources on Wednesday at the Cross State Office Building in Augusta.
The statue of former Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court Melville Weston Fuller sports a red, white and blue knitted stocking cap on Tuesday in front of the old Kennebec County Superior Court House at corner of State and Winthrop Streets in Augusta. Fuller was born in Augusta in 1833 and held the post from 1888 to 1910. Kennebec and Somerset County District Attorney Meaghan Maloney, whose office is the building, said that she didn't know who had put added the cap.
Hall-Dale High School's Ashtyn Abbott dunks for his 1,000th career point during a game Thursday against Dirigo in Farmingdale.
Monmouth firefighter Luke Boucher, left, listens as Mark Anderson advises him on how to use the spring loaded plastic spikes that come with ice rescue suit to pull himself out of water and back onto surface during ice rescue training on Saturday at the Monmouth Fish and Game club pond
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