Adam Myers, left, holds the ladder as Nicholas Kimball installs an American flag on a utility pole on Saturday along Water Street in Randolph. Earlier this summer plans to mark Randolph's transportation corridors with flags for the summer were derailed when the volunteers learned the town lacked the liability coverage required by the owners of the poles, Central Maine Power and Fairpoint Communications. The flags that had gone up had to come down. But with the help of a donation to cover the premiums and work by town officials and volunteers, the Maine Municipal Association insurance was secured on Friday, July 1, and the two firefighters put the flags up Saturday.
Adam Myers, left, holds the ladder as Nicholas Kimball installs an American flag on a utility pole on Saturday along Water Street in Randolph. Earlier this summer plans to mark Randolph's transportation corridors with flags for the summer were derailed when the volunteers learned the town lacked the liability coverage required by the owners of the poles, Central Maine Power and Fairpoint Communications. The flags that had gone up had to come down. But with the help of a donation to cover the premiums and work by town officials and volunteers, the Maine Municipal Association insurance was secured on Friday, July 1, and the two firefighters put the flags up Saturday.
Augusta Fire Department Deputy Chief David Groder, left, with a safety vest and firefighter Anthony Thibodeau with a ballistic vest last week at Hartford Station in Augusta. The agency has been utilizing the vests for two years.
Maine State Trooper G.J. Neagle and his police dog, Draco, and Game Warden Steve Couture leave the woods on Bellsqueeze Road in Clinton after they found Michael Savage, who police said fled from a Hinckley Road home when police arrived in responding to an anonymous 911 call.
Ben LaPierre, 13, hammers in a fence post as other volunteers move a tarp-covered wall frame during setup Tuesday for this weekend's Le Festival de La Bastille in Augusta. The festival opens Friday and runs through Saturday night at Pete Gagne Field, at 65 Old Belgrade Road in Augusta. This year features fireworks both Friday and Saturday night and closing performances each night by C.J. Chenier and the Red Hot Louisiana Band. This is the 20th year of the festival that celebrates Bastille Day, July 14, a French national holiday marking the fall of the Bastille prison in Paris in 1789, the beginning of the French Revolution.
Morris Careddu, 4, walks with his mother Crystal Careddu and grandmother Monique Careddu as they leave with their fireworks on Saturday from Pyro City fireworks store in Manchester.
Backyard Farms President Stuart Jablon, right, explains the process of sorting premium tomatoes from lesser quality ones at the Madison company on Thursday.
Movie patron Nancy Clark purchases movie tickets from Austin Frederick at the box office at the Railroad Square Cinema in Waterville for this years Maine International Film Festival on Thursday, July 7, 2016. (Photo by David Leaming/Staff Photographer)
Ryan Lamb, left, regional director of sales and operations for the Aubuchon Store company, speaks with Joe Maygo about relocating live plant inventory from the Skowhegan store that has closed on Thursday.
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