Joey Jones, 8, splashes in Three Cornered Pond while swimming with his family on Friday at Bicentennial Nature Park in Augusta. The park is open to Augusta residents and their guests from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. every day through the summer. It is on Route 3, half a mile past Weeks Mill Road.

Senator Angus King, left, and Rep. Bruce Poliquin, right, embrace in laughter after speaking to reporters following a tour the Sappi Fine Paper mill in Skowhegan on Friday.

Fuenral home workers from Smart and Edwards arrive at at the Oosoola Park boat landing on the Kennebec River in Norridgewock to pick up the victim of a drowning on Thursday.

Matt Morrill, right, guides Burt Truman through a building at the Stevens School Complex in Hallowell on Monday. Morrill recently purchased the dilapidated former correctional facility and state office complex.

Waterville rescue crews tend to a car involved in a collision at the Post Office Square in downtown Waterville on Wednesday. Only minor injuries were reported.

CAP.cutline_standalone:John Wing cuts a field of hay Tuesday at his Manchester farm. The 85-year-old said he started mowing the first crop last week atop his 1959 Formal Super C tractor.

Dam removal protesters receive support from a passer-by as they stand at the bend in the road on Route 201 in Vassalboro on Thursday.

Kevin Gower slides down one of two 1,000-foot ziplines at G O Tubing on Alder Park Road in South China on Wednesday. The company was set to open Friday.

Maine Forest Service personnel consult at Kingfield Fire department on status of the eight firefighters battling a fire on top of nearby Mount Abram on Monday, with Incident Commander Shane Nichols, third from right, and MFS Chief Ranger William Hamilton. Hamilton said the terrain and heat have been brutal for firefighters. "They have a 90-minute hike with gear over steep rocks to reach the fire," Hamilton said.

Mountain Valley's Eddie Deroche, right, pins Nebraska's Alex Dubas in Rumford on Monday.

It was warm enough on Monday for Tyler Hillard to go shirtless and his battery-controlled convertible to go topless at his home in Rome.

Standing behind a bundle of 20 American flags that had to be removed from Randolph utility poles, Jim Kimball talks about the summer flag program on Friday in Randolph.

Ande Smith monitors the recount Tuesday in Augusta. Smith requested the recount after unofficial results showed him losing the Republican primary election for U.S. House in the 1st Congressional District to Mark Holbrook by 55 votes.

Michelle Sweet takes a moment to talk with her granddaughter, Eva, during their wagon ride down Pleasant Street in Waterville on Friday.

Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Forester Eric Hoar, left with folder, listens to a question from Joan Sturmthal of Hallowell during a tour of areas that will be cut at Jamies Pond Wildlife Management Area in Hallowell on Tuesday.