As two big steer pull a plow, Wiekko Sillanpaa, front, gets some help from Logan Robinson as the boys attempt to plow a straight line during some friendly competition at the Rustic Roots farm in Farmington on Sunday. Robert Sillanpaa of New Vineyard guides the steer.

Monmouth Academy senior Kristoff Fox hurls a shot put Wednesday during the Special Olympics field competition hosted by Hall-Dale High School in Farmingdale. Students from around Kennebec and Sagadahoc Counties competed in the annual event.

Alewife migrate Tuesday up Seven Mile Brook in Vassalboro. Don Lettre, who counts the fish for the town, said about 1,000 alewife made it up the ladder on the dam into Webber Pond on Monday, with another 14,000 needed before commercial harvesting may begin.

Messalonskee High School's Dylan Brown slides safely under a tag from Lawrence High School's Josh Dow (20) at Messalonskee High School in Oakland last Friday.

Lenny Kelley holds the barn doors Monday as Bub Pierce cleans the pens at McGee Stables in West Gardiner. Kelley was visiting Pierce, who trains the pulling horses at the stable that compete in events all summer and fall throughout Maine.

University of Maine second baseman Caleb Kerbs makes a diving stab at a hard hit ground ball in the first inning at Colby College in Waterville on Wednesday.

Winslow High School's James Raymond gets knocked down from behind by Cony High School's Joel Bennett during a game at Thomas College in Waterville on Saturday.

Eric Angevine sits in a rocker beside a wood stove as his son Zachary searches a cabinet in the kitchen of the Sterling Inn in Caratunk recently. The bed and breakfast is celebrating its bicentennial this month.

Driver Paul Cusano surveys the scene after his tractor trailer jackknifed in the northbound lane of the I-95 overpass near Kennedy Memorial Drive in Waterville on Thursday.

Sheryl Clifford of Vision Government Solutions measures a home in Skowhegan Monday for the one-year revalution of residential and commercial properties in town.

Maranacook/Winthrop's Mack Rogers, left, and Messalonskee's Dylan Burton go for a loose ball during a game against Tuesday afternoon at Kents Hill School.

Richard Reed, of R&L Berry Farm, hangs a flag on Tuesday, opening day of the Mill Park Farmers Market at the base of Sand Hill on Northern Avenue in Augusta. This year 19 vendors will be at the market from 2 to 6 p.m. Tuesdays. There are many farmers markets in the area, including another in Augusta opening May 19 on Whitten Road in the Turnpike Mall that's held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday and Saturday. For a list of farmers markets, check www.getrealmaine.com/page/Farmers-Markets

People hold signs Wednesday as they walk across the plaza between the Cross State Office Building and the State House during a rally for rights for the deaf and hard of hearing in Augusta.

Al Sugden searches his bedding for bedbugs in his unit at 382 Water St. in Augusta on Tuesday, two days before city council was scheduled to discuss a new bedbug ordinance.