An osprey plunges Tuesday into Echo Lake on Tuesday in Mount Vernon for a perch. Osprey and other raptors are hunting for prey such as smelt and suckers that spawn in the spring.

Halfpastfive band members Caleb Marsters, left, Brandon Doughty, Gavin Spellman and Nick Buonaiuto perform in Healthy Smiles on Water Street in downtown Gardiner on Saturday.

An man guides a horse drawn wagon loaded with three Amish girls enjoying ice cream in Unity on Wednesday.

Olivia Turner looks through the window of a closed cafeteria door waiting to get into the Cinderella Project event just before it opened at 9 a.m. on Saturday at Gardiner Area High School. Turner was first in line and said that she'd arrived at 5:50 a.m.

City employee Scott Haskell works on a goat head fountain Thursday in the Hallowell City Cemetery.

Marine Patrol Officer Clint Thompson inspects a fyke net Wednesday,on the Kennebec River in Gardiner. The nets harvest elvers migrating in the river, Thompson said.

Mount View's Betsy Hunter wins her heat of 100 meter hurdles last Friday on the track at Maranacook Community School in Readfield.

Mila Barnes-Buker, 10, left, escorts her friend, Sara Crall, both of Mount Vernon, into Minnehonk Lake on Sunday for their inaugural dip of the year. Both swimmers reported "feeling the burn" from the water that was in the mid 40s even though the outside temperature was in the mid-60s.

Skowhegan's Wylie Bedard reaches for ball during game against Cony on Wednesday.

Barbara and Wolf Roy of Winslow enjoy a cold treat at Gifford's Ice Cream in Waterville on Tuesday. The Roys have loved ice cream together for 58 years.

Elmer Elvin recycles planting soil Tuesday at his family's Readfield farm. The Elvin Farm is taking farm share memberships now and plans to have the greenhouse open by May 1.

Holding a marijuana joint in each hand, and a jar of the plant in his left hand, Donny Christen speaks about the effort to legalize the drug on the steps of the Somerset County Courthouse in Skowhegan during the annual Patriots Day Smoke-In on Monday.