Kelly Trial, 3, right, feels the cool splash of water from a sprinkler Monday while swinging in the shade at her Vassalboro home. Robbins' mother turned the lawn sprinklers toward the swing to cool down Kelly, her sister Emma Robbins, 10, left, and Isabella Grey, 13, of Rockland. The temperature reached 90 degrees in Vassalboro on Monday. The girls said they sometimes go to the lake to beat the heat.
Dylan Tenney waters the flowers Monday at Unity College as the American flag flies at half staff in honor of civil rights icon John Lewis. Tenney normally works in the kitchen preparing food, but has been shifted to facilities because of the lack of students and faculty on campus from the pandemic. Temperatures hit the 90s Monday.
Sonny Black cools down Sunday in the shade of his Litchfield barn as temperatures reach the upper 80s. Temperatures hit the 90s Monday. The National Weather Service predicted the heat will dissipate with rain mid-week. Black, 86, said a bit of breeze in the 200-year-old hay loft offered respite from baling.
Emma Robbins, 10, feels the cool splash of water from a sprinkler Monday while swinging in the shade at her Vassalboro home. Robbins' mother turned the lawn sprinklers toward the swing to cool off Emma, her sister Kelly Trial, 3, and cousin Isabella Grey, 13, of Rockland. The temperature reached 90 degrees in Vassalboro on Monday.
A kayaker paddles through China Lake in China on Sunday.
Arley Waterhouse, 6, plays Sunday with his sister, Harlow, 4, while waiting for customers at the lemonade stand they erected at their home in West Gardiner. The duo made a few sales at $1 a pour as temperatures hovered in the low 90s.
Tube riders are towed by a boat through China Lake in China Sunday.
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