Thomas College alumni Sahil Sanan, left, and David Pease wore tutus as they splashed through the muddy water during the 3rd annual Dirty Dog Run held at Thomas College in Waterville on Sunday. More than 600 participated in the muddy obstacle course where proceeds of the event goes to the college intramural department.
Construction crews spray a coating of concrete to the side of Camden National Bank on Main Street as construction continues to move forward on the construction of a boutique hotel in Waterville on Thursday.
Rod Spiller, right, co-teacher of the forestry and agriculture class, helps a student work on a skidder at Mt. Blue High School in Farmington on Friday.
Augusta Police Officer Carly Wiggin, left, encourages Donna Dachs to groin kick an aggressor during self defense class Thursday in Buker Community Center in Augusta.
Surrounded by agitated honey bees Tony Jadczak removes a frame cover to inspect the brood of young bees in one of several hives in Oakland on Tuesday. Jadczak, a state bee inspector for 33-years, said the mortality rate for his bees this year is about 15 percent due to poor food supplies last summer, a relative harsh winter and late starting spring.
Winslow High School's Alexa Petrovic (7) slides safely in to second base ahead of the ball to Nokomis High School's Hanna Meservey (10) in Winslow on Thursday.
Lisa Smith, director of the Humane Society Waterville Area, listens as Garth Russell, representing animal control officers statewide, speaks during a meeting to revise and improve laws pertaining to dangerous dogs on Thursday.
Gardiner High School center fielder Julia Nadeau (9) can't handle the fly ball to center field at Nokomis High School in Newport on Friday.
Tom Roberts from Snakeroot Organic Farm sets up for the first farmer's market of the season on Common Street in Waterville on Thursday.
Jacob Edman hangs the lobster sign for Becky's Seafood ahead of the May 4th re-opening for the season in Oakland on Friday.
Waterville police and firefighters arrive at the scene of a reported overturned aircraft at the Waterville Airport on Sunday, April 23. Police say strong winds caused the biplane, piloted by Keith Deschambeault of Rangeley, to partially overturn while landing. Deschambeault was not injured and the plane was damaged. In background are members of statewide fire and rescue departments that were present for unrelated training.
Gov. Paul LePage gestures at portrait of 1st Lt. Walker Blaine Beale while leading a tour of Blaine House on Saturday in Augusta. It was part of the annual Blaine House food drives the Gov. LePage and First Lady Ann M. LePage have been doing since 2011. More than 200 people dropped off food and got a tour, according to Communications Director Peter Steele. "Our family has been blessed, and this is our opportunity to give back in a very meaningful way," LePage in a news release.
A tricycle and a fire extinguisher are among the detritus Tuesday in front of 94 Mount Vernon Ave. in Augusta. William Hippler said that he'd taken a fire extinguisher upstairs to help a neighbor but never got to use it because fire was burning too strongly.
Cony's Kami Lambert, left, Lauren Coniff, center, and Faith Leathers-Pouliot celebrate Coniff's goal to put the Rams up 7-5 during a game against Winslow on Tuesday at Cony High School in Augusta.
This Thursday panorama shows pressed metal ceilings and stairways in the Erskine Building of the Stevens Commons in Hallowell.
Jeremy Clement, left, and his attorney Steve Bourget appear on video from the Kennebec County jail during Clement's initial appearance Friday in the Capital Judicial Center in Augusta. Clement was ordered held on $500,000 bail.
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