Nicole Desjardins places a carnation next to the name of her son, Nathan Desjardins, of the Fryeburg Police Department, on Thursday at the Maine Law Enforcement Officer's Memorial in Augusta. Desjardins, who died during a water rescue in 2017, was the 85th name to be added to memorial.
Alpha Castro uses a brush to clean off extra gold leaf Wednesday from the ornamental plaster ceiling of the reading room at Lithgow Public Library in Augusta. The brush also burnishes the leaf to a shine.
Anthony Guimond, of Belgrade, carries a mace Saturday while marching to the University of Maine at Augusta graduation in the Augusta Civic Center.
Carrie Ricker School 3rd-grader Kenlie Nadeau, left, and her mother, Brooke, take apart an owl pellet to see what they can find in it during Forestry Day events on Thursday in Smithtown Plantation in Litchfield. Pellets contain animal hair, bones and other things owls can't digest.
Sierra LeBlanc gives her son Colby a hand with a bat between innings during a Madison Area High School softball game on Monday.
Chris Blackburn carves a piece of repaired plaster over the fireplace in the reading room Wednesday at Lithgow Public Library in Augusta.
An umpire signals safe as Madison's Sydney LeBlanc slides into home plate as Oak Hill's catcher Abby Nadeau attempts the tag on Monday.
Waterville Mayor Nick Isgro backs his car away from reporters after refusing to answere questions following a press conference in Waterville on Monday.
Thomas Keister uses ropes to maneuver his boat filled with alewives he netted Wednesday to an area on the Sebasticook River in Benton. Workers then unloaded the fish into crates that will be sold as lobster bait by the Springtime Bait company.
Selah Knapp, 3, rides on the shoulders of her mother, Andrea, during a stroll Sunday near their home in Gardiner. The duo were en route to watch a musical together at Gardiner Area High School to celebrate Mother's Day.
Skowhegan's Kyle Jacque leaps during at triple jump competition on Thursday at Erskine Academy in China.
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