A lone cow walks through a pasture in Fairfield as hundreds of crows take flight on a cold Thursday. Many more crows were seen searching for grain nearby.
Barber Mike Kinney, left, Augusta Police Officer Jonathan Provisor and Chief Jared Mills laugh during a beard shaving event on Friday at the Water Street Barbersalon in downtown Augusta.
Armed with a snow shovel, Rob Malloy managed to stay upright while riding his bike during snowstorm in Waterville on Tuesday.
From left, Kennebec Valley Garden Club Vice President Debbie Sherman and members Karen Foster and Jean Matheson decorate the front stairway at the Blaine House on Thursday in Augusta. This year's decorations have a military theme, and those in the entryway and up the stairs are to honor Gold Star families. For many years the club has done the Christmas decorations at the governor's mansion. This year's theme, at request of Maine first lady Ann LePage, is a "Holiday Tribute to Our Armed Forces," according to a news release from the club. The club is "honored and anxious to be a part of expressing respect and honor to our brave men and women in service to our country," according to the release.
Terri Stasiowski decorates the store front Saturday at Skills, Inc., on Water Street at the 26th annual Holiday Stroll in downtown Skowhegan.
Street lights illuminate Main Street in Vassalboro as traffic passes through town late Monday. The town is considering upgrading lights to LED fixtures.
Colby College celebrates their second period goal Saturday to tie Bowdoin College 1-1 at Colby College in Waterville.
Homeowners Francis and Marlene Plourde, center, are comforted by friends as their home on the Bass road in Madison is destroyed by fire on Wednesday.
Coastguardsman Colt Cotten, right, guides a vessel onto a trailer Monday at the boat landing on the Kennebec River in Augusta. A crew from the Aids to Navigation unit in South Portland collected the last buoys in the river before it freezes for the winter.
Cody Hickey, left, and his brother, Scott, tow trees they cut Sunday as Scott's girlfriend, Libby Williams, lugs a saw while Cody's girlfriend, Mikaela Sleeper, carries their daughter, Addison, 1, and her sister, Melanie, 3, gets a ride on the sled from Cody. They visited Ben and Molly's Christmas Tree Farm in China for their tree-cutting expedition.
Melonie Dawers, a shelter worker, cuddles with Felicity, one of the miracle cats found in an a Unity storage unit, as she prepares her for her new adopted home Saturday at the Humane Society Waterville Area. The shelter held the open house to raise money to save it from closing.
Tyler Goucher wipes his eyes during his sentencing Friday at the Capital Judicial Center in Augusta. The tattoo on his hand reads, "You must make the choice, to take the chance, if you want anything in life to change. ..."
Cony athletic director Paul Vachon speaks during a ceremony at the 25th Chrisanne Burns Tournament on Saturday, Nov. 24, at Cony High School in Augusta. Vachon was the girls basketball coach when the late Burns played in the early 1990s.
A 1994 clipping from the Kennebec Journal article about the first year of the Chrisanne Burns Memorial Tournament was on display during the 25th edition Saturday, Nov. 24, at Cony High School in Augusta.
David Marquis loads the four chords of his chopped wood in to his home Saturday on Route 201 near Fairfield.
Firefighters from Waterville and Winslow fire departments responded Saturday to a duplex fire on Green Street in Waterville.
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