Sonia Breault pours a beer as people watch the Brett Kavanaugh Judiciary Committee hearing on television at Mainely Brews on Thursday.
Emerson McQuatters, left, and Matt Wellman walk towards the trees to pick their own apples on Tuesday at Bailey's Orchard in Whitefield.
Isabelle Poirier balances on a pumpkin while eating an apple as her twin sister Elise selects her pumpkin at The Apple Farm in Fairfield on Sunday. Dozens of families roamed acres of orchards picking from some of the 54 varieties of apples. Fresh cider, donuts and picked apples were sold in the store also filled with apple products, crafts and produce. The farm on the Back Road is open daily.
Sarah Sugden, director of the Waterville Public Library, stands outside the library on Wednesday. Sugden has accepted a position with the Brown County Library System in Greenbay, Wisconsin.
Local, state and Sappi Somerset Mill officials attend an announcement of the year-long rebuild of Paper Machine 1 in Skowhegan on Wednesday. Listening from left are Dee Dee Baum of Sappi, Skowhegan Town Manager Christine Almand and Fairfield Town Manager Michelle Flewelling.
Albion residents Leanne York and Robert Brown along the rutted Marks Road on Tuesday. The shoulder of the road is considerably higher, at left side, than the roadway and prevents water from running away from the road surface. Brown said he has complained to town officials since 2016.
Kay Bailey, left, and Rodney Bailey sort apples into bushel sized wooden crates on Tuesday at Bailey's Orchard in Whitefield.
A photo taken Friday, Sept. 21, shows an old sign inside the all sports booster concession stand with the word "NO" in front of eating taped over at Gardiner Area High School's Hoch Field.
Customers at the pizza stand chat with Kathy Cutler, top, and Deirdre Berglund during a football game against Lake Region on Friday, Sept. 21, at Gardiner Area High School's Hoch Field. The pizzas are made and baked at the small booth behind the stands.
Lake Region quarterback Ethan McMurray throws a pass during a game on Friday, Sept. 21, on Hoch Field in Gardiner.
Daxton Roy, 2, left, and older brother Dawsun Roy, 6, eat fried dough bites before a football game against Lake Region on Friday, Sept. 21, at Gardiner Area High School's Hoch Field.
Meredith "The Dough Queen" Mathieu drizzles melted butter over fried dough bites in the music boosters concession stand before a football game against Lake Region on Friday Sept. 21, at Gardiner Area High School's Hoch Field. She said that they had 125 pizza crusts from Damon's in Augusta to fry for the game.
After frying them, Lorna Hatch scoops hand cut french fries into a serving container during a football game against Lake Region on Friday, Sept. 21, at Gardiner Area High School's Hoch Field. She said that she'd been volunteering there for 26 years.
Dan Smith shouts at his draft horses, Joker and Peanut, as they pull during the 3,200-pound weight competition Thursday in the packed livestock pen at the Farmington Fair.
House painter Ralph Butts reaches from a second-story window on Monday to paint the exterior of a house in Oakland. Butts chose to paint from inside because the ground below was not stable enough for his ladder.
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