James Stinson, left, keeps his eyes on the balls that were pitched to him by brother Simon Stinson, left, and sister Eliza Stinson, not pictured, as they play a game Tuesday near Morton Field in Augusta. The family was waiting to watch their brother, Samuel Stinson, play in an American Legion tournament game.
Clouds are reflected in the Kennebec River around Albert Barter, of Skowhegan, as he waits for a striped bass to strike his line on Thursday at the state boat launch in Hallowell. Barter said that he'd gotten a few hornpouts and a some stripers but none of them were big enough to legally keep them.
Jim and Marcia Henika harvest a quart of raspberries Sunday at Milton's Raspberries in Mt. Vernon. The Arizona couple, who summer on Parker Pond, said the trip to the "pick your own" patch comes between collecting strawberries and blueberries each summer.
Jackie Frost greets one of her goats Sunday on Open Farm Day at Butting Heads Farm.
Standing beside the still, Dan Davis talks about the rum making process during at tour Thursday at Sebago Lake Distillery in Gardiner.
Lucia Vega Rocketship peddles a manual flower grinder that was part of a collection of alternative machines similar to threshers and winnowing tools Thursday at the 2017 Kneading Conference in Skowhegan.
Former Messalonskee star Jake Dexter reaches for a fly ball during practice Wednesday at Goodall Park in Sanford. Dexter plays on the Sanford Mainers in the New England Collegiate League.
Ellie Richardson digs up daylily flower bulbs for an order being sent to Missouri last week at her business, Ellie's Daylilies, in Unity.
Brady Pingree sprays down Tom on Saturday before the horse competes in a pulling contest at the Pittston Fairgrounds. Brady and his father, Regan, brought four horses down from Phillips to compete.
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