Erskine Academy freshman Mckayla Doyon emerges from out of a snowbank after collecting a softball in the parking lot of the South China school Monday afternoon. Monday marked the first day pitchers and catchers could begin practicing, and the Eagles took advantage. Full baseball and softball squads, as well as all other spring sports teams, open practice March 26. See story, page C1.
AOS 92 Superintendent Eric Haley confers over budget figures with Finance Director Paula Pooler during a meeting with the Winslow Town Council on Monday.
Colby College assistant hockey coach Chris Hall coaches the team at center ice during practice on Tuesday.
The Maine Law Enforcement Special Olympics Torch Run Ice Out Plunge, held Saturday in Winthrop, raised about $35,000 for Special Olympics, organizers said. From left, Lewiston police Cpl. Patrick Griffin, Luke Booker, Lewiston police Cpl. Eugene Kavanaugh, Mike Feldman and Curtis Bohlen were among the 95 to dive into Maranacook Lake.
Pat Berneds, of Randolph, unfurls a round bale of hay Monday at the Oaklands Farm in Gardiner. Berneds, 75, once served as the farm manager at the beef operation and stops by occasionally to help farmer Logan Johnson with chores.
A tractor with a snowblower cleans the Kennebec River Rail Trail on Thursday near the trail's southern terminus in Gardiner.
Waterville police including Deputy Chief Bill Bonney, left, and firefighters scan Messalonskee Stream off the West River Road in Waterville after the report of a person in the water Tuesday.
Colby College's Sasha Fritts jumps with joy after scoring against Tufts on Sunday.
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