Referee Jerry Norton prepares to catch a tossed coin Friday night at Alumni Field in Augusta at the start of the first football game of the season between Mt. Blue and Cony.

State Rep. Brad Farrin looks out from underwater in a dunk tank after volunteering in a fundraiser event for the Norridgewock Fire Department during this year's Oosoola Days Labor Day festivities on Monday.

Maine State Police Troop Detective Elisha Fowlie secures a .22 caliber rifle that was allegedly fired by Doug Burl at a man outside Burl's Chelsea residence Thursday. Burl was charged with reckless conduct with a dangerous weapon by troopers following the 10 a.m. incident. No injuries were reported.

Defendant Timothy Danforth listens to proceedings in a bail hearing in Franklin Superior Court in Farmington on Wednesday, September 7, 2016. Danforth is charged in the murder of Michael Reis. At left is attorney Sarah Glynn.

For 32-years Merle Trott Jr. has assumed the clown character of Tickles the Clown. Merle Jr, seen here Tuesday, speaks from the Clinton Lions Club Agriculture fairgrounds about his family's interest in clown entertainment beside a poster showing his late father Merle Trott Sr. In back is clown princess Coralie Spencer.

Jay Berey, of Turner, climbs on Otter Cliffs at Acadia National Park near Bar Harbor on Monday.

Former Major League Baseball pitcher Lee Smith, center, smiles as Ken Walsh, executive director of the Alfond Center, right, dedicate the newly constructed and licensed Wrigley Field replica at Fran Purnell Field in Waterville on Wednesday.

Griffin PeLotte, 10, top, and Ethan Gilman, 11, scale a tree at Fran Purnell Park on Mathews Street in Waterville on Wednesday.

Messalonskee High School's Nathan Violette (24) battles for the ball with Brunswick High School's Carlyle Boyle (4) in Oakland on Thursday. Messalonskee tied Brunswick 1-1 in double overtime.

The Milky Way splits the night sky over Seawall campground at Acadia National Park in Southwest Harbor on Monday.