Larry Palleschi scrapes ice on Wednesday from the driveway of his parents' home in Monmouth. Palleschi expects to be back at it again this weekend after a storm forecast to bring several inches of snow and some freezing rain to the region ahead of Christmas Day.
Tammy Baker breaks down and cries while she and her fiancé, Anthony Goepfert, speak on Tuesday at a Waterville hotel about a reported oil spill that made them sick at the apartment they rented at 241 Main St. in Fairfield.
Richmond's Ashely Abbott goes over the top of Winthrop's Jillian Schmelzer during a Class C South game Wednesday in Richmond.
Men venture onto Cochnewagon Lake in Monmouth on Monday using an all-terrain vehicle and by foot. A recent cold snap has created a narrow shelf of ice on several shallow bodies of water across central Maine. The crew was erecting poles to mark snowmobile trails on the lake.
Kennebec RiverHawk forward Cooper Hart, right, battles for the puck with Messalonskee's Sean Rodrigue during the first period of a Class B North game Wednesday night at Colby College in Waterville.
Eben Haviland stares at the burning candles during the lighting of the menorah during Hanukkah at the Beth Israel Congregation in Waterville on Sunday.
Maranacook's Kaylee Jones, right, gets a ball knocked away by Winslow's Silver Clukey during a Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference Class B game Tuesday in Readfield.
Gerard's Pizza owners Stacy and Claude Caron speak Tuesday with a customer at the Water Street business. The Gardiner institution reopened recently.
Cony senior Jordan Roddy stumbles to the court as Nokomis sophomore Jayden Brooks defends during a Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference Class A game Tuesday night in Newport.
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