A bee buzzes around a flower on Friday near the boat landing in Gardiner.
Wayne McAfee collects a square bale from a conveyer Monday at Sonny Black's farm in Litchfield. Farms across Maine are picking the first cut of the semiannual hay crop this week. McAfee said the work is hot and hard, but essential. "I'm ready to sweat," the 58-year-old remarked.
Defendant Claudia Viles and her attorney ,Walter McKee, listen as Justice Robert Mullen gives instructions to potential jurors in her upcoming trial on Wednesday in Somerset County Superior Court in Skowhegan.
Divers submerge beneath Cobbossee Stream in Gardiner Monday while training to control invasive aquatic species. The two-day workshop hosted by the Maine Volunteer Lake Monitor Program taught 20 workers from eight non-profits from across Maine methods on how to remove plants such as milfoil, according to Roberta Hill of the monitoring program. With less than 1 percent of Maine waterways infested with invasive species, Hill believes the training provides a chance to curtail the expansion with aggressive intervention. "That gives us an opportunity to prevent the spread of aquatic invaders," Hill said.
Madison players Madeline Wood, left, Kayla Bess and Erin Whalen hold up the Class C state championship trophy after the Bulldogs beat Bucksport 3-1 on Saturday afternoon at St. Joseph's College in Standish.
Logan Crowley, 9, solicits business Tuesday as his partners, Coleman Gilbert, 9, left, and his brother, Austin Crowley, 8, serve up a drink at their Kool-Aid stand on U.S. Route 201 in Gardiner. The Crowley boys' mother, Heather Peterson, said the capital for the startup was funded through washing cars and mowing lawns.
Members of the Messalonskee girls lacrosse team celebrate after they defeated Massabesic 7-6 in overtime of the Class A state championship game Saturday morning at Fitzpatrick Stadium in Portland.
Debbie Bright, of Winthrop, stakes a canopy in her plot at Annabessacook Farm in Winthrop on Sunday. Bright said that she covers all the organic produce she cultivates in the community garden, yielding enough to donate vegetables to the town's food bank.
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